British Heavyweight Boxing is becoming a laughingstock again!!

Reborn-DeeMcK-Reborn wrote:Ah here we go.....

Steffan wrote:Fury is good entertainment I dont know why he gets so much grief for on here

Looks like he is due to get sparked mind but then thats all part of the excitement

Rubbish singer mind

bhb001 wrote:

Steffan wrote:Fury is good entertainment I dont know why he gets so much grief for on here

Looks like he is due to get sparked mind but then thats all part of the excitement

Rubbish singer mind

Is that because he has Irish heritage instead of Welsh?

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:What, are you Welsh??

horizontalhero wrote:

Diggers wrote:

horizontalhero wrote:Fully agree Truss. I have been in and around boxing for the best part of 25 years, but little by little I have fallen out of love with the sport, but Like a Junkie for whom the fun has long since departed leaving only miserable addiction, I still keep coming back for more, but if I ever do manage to wash my hands is boxing, then Fury v Cunningham will surely be a key milestone in that journey. Entertaining? It was an embarassement . From his stupid pre fight hand shake, to his histrionics between rounds, his pathetic level of skill , the mismatch of size that allowed for him to win despite this patheitc showing, to his singing afterwards, it was cringeworthy from start to finish. if someone that had never heard of boxing asked me what I watched for entertainment, and I had to show them a recording of this event, I'd be hanging my head in shame. It would be less embarrassing to admit to being a fan of the x factor , or one direction or any of that other banal crap that passes for popular entertainment these days.
I have never ever before tuned into to watch a fighter solely in the hope of seeing them lose- I may have detested Naz.s personality, stupid shorts and even stupider ring entrances, but I marveled at his skill and chutzpah, but Fury has absolutely no redeeming features, if there is a god of boxing I pray he sees fit to answer my prays, and let's him get knocked out and back into obscurity as soon as possible.
To think that this muppet could one day hold the title held by men as dignified as Louis or Paterson, or as charismatic as Ali, or technically skilled as Holmes or Lewis is depressing beyond belief. Compare him to any of the previous Brits to have held any version of the heavy weight crown , even the likes of Hide or Akinwande, and he looks like a fat, charmless pub brawler. Please, please let him fight a Klitchkos , a Haye or any other half decent heavyweight as soon as possible. Rant over, and him starting to feel better already.

I can understand why people would hate the guy but for any fan of boxing to say he has no redeeming features is beyond me.
If nothing else he has the guts to get in the ring, get knocked down and get up and go on to win a fight. He certainly has the stomach for a tear up which a lot of boxers over the years havent had, when the going gets tough Fury at least steps up to the plate.
You might think he's talentless..which I personally dont agree with but again thats fair enough......but I dont see how anyone can say he doesnt have a boxers heart and for that alone he deserves some credit.

I'll concede that he has heart, but that I kind of take having guts as a given for a professional boxer, I was more inferring that he has nothing that makes him pleasurable to watch or likeable as a personality. I'm just fed up with boxers showing such little class, and not backing their boasts up. Fury was carrying on as if this performance was something to be proud of, when really it was urine poor.

Diggers wrote:

horizontalhero wrote:

Diggers wrote:

horizontalhero wrote:Fully agree Truss. I have been in and around boxing for the best part of 25 years, but little by little I have fallen out of love with the sport, but Like a Junkie for whom the fun has long since departed leaving only miserable addiction, I still keep coming back for more, but if I ever do manage to wash my hands is boxing, then Fury v Cunningham will surely be a key milestone in that journey. Entertaining? It was an embarassement . From his stupid pre fight hand shake, to his histrionics between rounds, his pathetic level of skill , the mismatch of size that allowed for him to win despite this patheitc showing, to his singing afterwards, it was cringeworthy from start to finish. if someone that had never heard of boxing asked me what I watched for entertainment, and I had to show them a recording of this event, I'd be hanging my head in shame. It would be less embarrassing to admit to being a fan of the x factor , or one direction or any of that other banal crap that passes for popular entertainment these days.
I have never ever before tuned into to watch a fighter solely in the hope of seeing them lose- I may have detested Naz.s personality, stupid shorts and even stupider ring entrances, but I marveled at his skill and chutzpah, but Fury has absolutely no redeeming features, if there is a god of boxing I pray he sees fit to answer my prays, and let's him get knocked out and back into obscurity as soon as possible.
To think that this muppet could one day hold the title held by men as dignified as Louis or Paterson, or as charismatic as Ali, or technically skilled as Holmes or Lewis is depressing beyond belief. Compare him to any of the previous Brits to have held any version of the heavy weight crown , even the likes of Hide or Akinwande, and he looks like a fat, charmless pub brawler. Please, please let him fight a Klitchkos , a Haye or any other half decent heavyweight as soon as possible. Rant over, and him starting to feel better already.

I can understand why people would hate the guy but for any fan of boxing to say he has no redeeming features is beyond me.
If nothing else he has the guts to get in the ring, get knocked down and get up and go on to win a fight. He certainly has the stomach for a tear up which a lot of boxers over the years havent had, when the going gets tough Fury at least steps up to the plate.
You might think he's talentless..which I personally dont agree with but again thats fair enough......but I dont see how anyone can say he doesnt have a boxers heart and for that alone he deserves some credit.

I'll concede that he has heart, but that I kind of take having guts as a given for a professional boxer, I was more inferring that he has nothing that makes him pleasurable to watch or likeable as a personality. I'm just fed up with boxers showing such little class, and not backing their boasts up. Fury was carrying on as if this performance was something to be proud of, when really it was urine poor.

It certainly wasn't a great performance, but I wouldn't call a urine poor performance one that a fighter wins. You say that all fighters have heart as a given, well I didn't see much heart from Akinwande when he fought to be honest, Id rather watch Fury fight than Akinwande any day of the week.
He won't fight many guys who are as slick and have as fast hands as Cunningham, I think that was a bit of a reality check for him. But he ground him down and won the fight. Like he has managed to find a way to do in his whole career thus far.
He is mad as a box of frogs but I find that quite entertaining personally.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Be like Haye-Maccarinelli again..