Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:49 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

What about Usain Bolt, name me some sprinters of note that he beat

he's no carl lewis or ben johnson

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:34 pm  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

he's no carl lewis or ben johnson

No Alan Wells.

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:55 pm  

Fury's CV isn't full at he jumped up in levels to fight Klitschko when no-one fancied him and then had a mental breakdown.

Pretty sure if he fought in 2016 and 2017 he'd have ticked off plenty of top 10's.

In the Ring's current top 10 Joshua has beaten four of them, to his credit (as well as Klitschko).

Both great fighters but might have to wait a while for that fight to happen.

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:08 am  

For sure it’s a great period for British heavyweights...when within decades, we when there was only Bruno till Lewis who didn’t really come across as one for the British.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:57 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

For sure it’s a great period for British heavyweights...when within decades, we when there was only Bruno till Lewis who didn’t really come across as one for the British.

For those of a certain vintage Bodell, London, Walker, Cooper, Bugner and Dunne........

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:02 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

For those of a certain vintage Bodell, London, Walker, Cooper, Bugner and Dunne........

Talking about loyalty to British boxing...as I was writing it about Lewis....I was also thinking about Bugner.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:07 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Talking about loyalty to British boxing...as I was writing it about Lewis....I was also thinking about Bugner.

He (Bugner) never got truly accepted after he fought and controversially beat 'our 'Enery' Richard Dunne Sports Arena or whatever is called is opposite Odsall for free parking

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:00 pm  

Is Bugner still the Australian champion or is that honour held by a kangaroo these days ?


The 60s boxers mentioned earlier were unfortunate to come up against Clay/Ali who started a golden age for American boxers.

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Sun Mar 01, 2020 9:26 am  

Let's not forget the great Don Cockle who fought for the title in the 1950s... that one isn't for the faint hearted, poor Don!

Re: OT Tyson Fury. : Sun Mar 01, 2020 9:49 am  

Uncle Rico wrote:

For those of a certain vintage Bodell, London, Walker, Cooper, Bugner and Dunne........

4 of the best British pub brawlers we've had, Cooper was a good boxer but apart from a lucky punch against Cassius Clay was never gonna hit the heights away from these shores anyway, Bugner very technical and very difficult to hit and even more difficult to put down, unfortunately no heart.