Too Fat, too Furious?
Now that the smoke has cleared from Canelo-Lara, I'm looking ahead to Tyson Fury vs. Dereck Chisora. Fury is a (-220) favorite, has an eleven inch reach advantage, and already beat Chisora a few years ago. If I like to bet on Goliath (and I do), who is more of a Goliath than the 6'9 Fury?
On the other hand, Chisora apparently is much fitter than before, while Fury has supposedly ballooned out to 26 stone or so.* (360 lbs. or so?) I'm inclined to think the media is exaggerating Fury's unfitness to make what is likely to be an uneventful rematch into a compelling matchup, but since I'm at least considering getting down on Fury, this heaviest of heavyweights fairly heavily, I've been searching the net for indications that the Mancunian Brobdingnagian is on his way to being fit to fight. What I find are videos on Youtube like this or this, that make Fury and his whole team look frighteningly incompetent. It's almost as if the Fury clan (who apparently are to some degree Irish Travellers a la Brad Pitt's bare-knuckled Pikey in Snatch) are trying to invite action on Tyson's opponent.
Otherwise, you can find articles telling about how fit Fury has become...that are dated 2012, or this one of him hanging out in the sauna back in January 2013, & listening to Skynrd. Inspiring.
Tyson has stated that he is the best heavyweight in the world, and that Wladimir Klitchko will duck him until he retires. If they ever do fight, I'm on Klitcho unless I have firm reasons to think he is slipping and that age has finally caught up with him. Fury has been called a poor man's Klitchko, and comparisons based on size and style are apt. In fact, if there is any validity to the notion that Kitchko is ducking Fury, it would be that Fury is actually two inches taller than Wlad, nullifying his usual huge advantage. Fury has certain physical gifts that can't be denied, though they may be discounted due to evident flab around his middle, or his wilingness to clown around, or mug to the crowd while in reach of his opponent.
Beyond that, parts of this training video reminds me of competitions you might find at a church picnic. What the hell.??.?
And maybe it should...the Furys love picnics...and buffets...
...and fast food. On the other hand the fight isn't until the 26th, so I will continue to take my time, before risking a chunk of my roll on this fight.
I briefly reached out to other sources, including Iron Mike Gallego (@ironmikegallego) who covers boxing for Deadspin, to see if he'd heard anything a bit more firm regarding Fury's fitness. He was kind enough to respond that while he had not, he had seen videos of Tyson Fury punching himself in the face.
Amusing, but this doesn't get me any closer to the truth regarding Fury's fitness, other than to say he once survived one of his own punches.
The other thing you'll find on youtube is footage of so-called dust-ups with Chisora, and other bad behavior from Fury, both of which I believe are intended to hype the fight, either along the lines of "these two REALLY don't like each other," or Fury generating interest by playing the heel.
He's pretty good at playing the heel, in that he can hold my attention during an interview or a rant, though my interest is certainly influenced by my intent to earn, or at least not lose money, and my wish to get a feel for his accent, and determine how many parts it is Manchester, and how many parts Pikey. He's far easier to understand than Brad Pitt in Snatch.
*Unconfirmed--pulled from comments on youtube.
*Unconfirmed--this is from a youtube comment.
On the other hand, Chisora apparently is much fitter than before, while Fury has supposedly ballooned out to 26 stone or so.* (360 lbs. or so?) I'm inclined to think the media is exaggerating Fury's unfitness to make what is likely to be an uneventful rematch into a compelling matchup, but since I'm at least considering getting down on Fury, this heaviest of heavyweights fairly heavily, I've been searching the net for indications that the Mancunian Brobdingnagian is on his way to being fit to fight. What I find are videos on Youtube like this or this, that make Fury and his whole team look frighteningly incompetent. It's almost as if the Fury clan (who apparently are to some degree Irish Travellers a la Brad Pitt's bare-knuckled Pikey in Snatch) are trying to invite action on Tyson's opponent.
Otherwise, you can find articles telling about how fit Fury has become...that are dated 2012, or this one of him hanging out in the sauna back in January 2013, & listening to Skynrd. Inspiring.
Tyson has stated that he is the best heavyweight in the world, and that Wladimir Klitchko will duck him until he retires. If they ever do fight, I'm on Klitcho unless I have firm reasons to think he is slipping and that age has finally caught up with him. Fury has been called a poor man's Klitchko, and comparisons based on size and style are apt. In fact, if there is any validity to the notion that Kitchko is ducking Fury, it would be that Fury is actually two inches taller than Wlad, nullifying his usual huge advantage. Fury has certain physical gifts that can't be denied, though they may be discounted due to evident flab around his middle, or his wilingness to clown around, or mug to the crowd while in reach of his opponent.
Beyond that, parts of this training video reminds me of competitions you might find at a church picnic. What the hell.??.?
And maybe it should...the Furys love picnics...and buffets...
...and fast food. On the other hand the fight isn't until the 26th, so I will continue to take my time, before risking a chunk of my roll on this fight.
I briefly reached out to other sources, including Iron Mike Gallego (@ironmikegallego) who covers boxing for Deadspin, to see if he'd heard anything a bit more firm regarding Fury's fitness. He was kind enough to respond that while he had not, he had seen videos of Tyson Fury punching himself in the face.
Amusing, but this doesn't get me any closer to the truth regarding Fury's fitness, other than to say he once survived one of his own punches.
The other thing you'll find on youtube is footage of so-called dust-ups with Chisora, and other bad behavior from Fury, both of which I believe are intended to hype the fight, either along the lines of "these two REALLY don't like each other," or Fury generating interest by playing the heel.
He's pretty good at playing the heel, in that he can hold my attention during an interview or a rant, though my interest is certainly influenced by my intent to earn, or at least not lose money, and my wish to get a feel for his accent, and determine how many parts it is Manchester, and how many parts Pikey. He's far easier to understand than Brad Pitt in Snatch.
*Unconfirmed--pulled from comments on youtube.
*Unconfirmed--this is from a youtube comment.
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