Hypothetically...If Tyson Fury

[Willow The Wisp]

...Were to outbox, lean on and corner Usyk after hurting him in December; and score, say; a 7th round Knockout. Producing a truly great performance in recapturing the title.

What would that do for his legacy, assuming they both retire following a one-sided fight in December.


My thought, is that would seal the deal, making Fury the captain of his era:

1. Tyson Fury
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Oleksandr Usyk
4. Zhilei Zhang
5. Anthony Joshua
6. Daniel Dubois
7. Joseph Parker
8. Andy Ruiz Jr
9. Martin Bakole
10.Wladimir Klitschko


And, it would enter the 6'9" behemoth further into discussions about the 10 greatest, all-time:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Dempsey
4. George Foreman
5. Jack Johnson
5. Larry Holmes
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Sonny Liston
9. Tyson Fury
10. Rocky Marciano
11. Mike Tyson
12. Gene Tunney
13. Sam Langford
14. Harry Wills
15. Wladimir Klitschko
16. Evander Holyfield
17. James J. Jeffries
18. Ezzard Charles
19. James J. Corbett
20. Joe Jeanette

[TMLT87]

It'd help Furys legacy obviously but people would want a third fight to settle things. It'd be weird for them to retire at 1-1.

[Smash]

i think wilder is just a tad high on that list

[Willow The Wisp]

i think wilder is just a tad high on that list

I don't. At all.

[Willow The Wisp]

It'd help Furys legacy obviously but people would want a third fight to settle things. It'd be weird for them to retire at 1-1.

Like Andy Ruiz - Anthony Joshua!

[billeau2]

You're probably going to have a third fight if that happens. Although, fury has been known to elusive that way lol. Fury and USYK are lucky that have each other.

[TMLT87]

I don't. At all.

Wilders best win is Ortiz, then his second best is errr...Arreola? Helenius? (who Joshua also beat), Stiverne? Gerald Washington? how the **** is that enough to put him over Usyk who has beaten Fury, Dubois and Joshua x2? or even over Joshua who has beaten Wlad, Parker, Povetkin, Whyte, Pulev, Ruiz, Martin, Wallin in addition to several of Wilders better wins in Helenius, Breazele and Molina?

Even Dubois, Parker and Zhang have arguably surpassed Wilders resume in terms of meaningful high end wins at this point.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Wilder above Usyk is absurd. Wilder couldn’t beat Fury in 3 attempts, Usyk did it first time. Wilder held one belt, Usyk unified them all. Also has wins over AJ x2 and Dubois which is better than anything on Wilder’s resume.

Not sure if you’re trolling but if that’s a serious take, then wow…

[crimsonfalcon07]

Wilder above Usyk is absurd. Wilder couldn’t beat Fury in 3 attempts, Usyk did it first time. Wilder held one belt, Usyk unified them all. Also has wins over AJ x2 and Dubois which is better than anything on Wilder’s resume.

Not sure if you’re trolling but if that’s a serious take, then wow…

OP has never really wanted to give Usyk credit, and really wants to rate Fury as highly as possible.

[M312]

...Were to outbox, lean on and corner Usyk after hurting him in December; and score, say; a 7th round Knockout. Producing a truly great performance in recapturing the title.

What would that do for his legacy, assuming they both retire following a one-sided fight in December.


My thought, is that would seal the deal, making Fury the captain of his era:

1. Tyson Fury
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Oleksandr Usyk
4. Zhilei Zhang
5. Anthony Joshua
6. Daniel Dubois
7. Joseph Parker
8. Andy Ruiz Jr
9. Martin Bakole
10.Wladimir Klitschko


And, it would enter the 6'9" behemoth further into discussions about the 10 greatest, all-time:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Dempsey
4. George Foreman
5. Jack Johnson
5. Larry Holmes
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Sonny Liston
9. Tyson Fury
10. Rocky Marciano
11. Mike Tyson
12. Gene Tunney
13. Sam Langford
14. Harry Wills
15. Wladimir Klitschko
16. Evander Holyfield
17. James J. Jeffries
18. Ezzard Charles
19. James J. Corbett
20. Joe Jeanette

This dude has Wilder at 2 LOL. Credibility GONE.

As for all time, he'd have to destroy Usyk or beat him twice to be considered a ATG. Reality is he's lost to Usyk, only the ref saved him from being KTFO and lost to debutant Ngannou in his last 2. Hard to recover from that.