Fury vs Cunningham press conference.

"This will be a three hit fight, I hit him, he hits the floor, I hit New York"

"I'm just wondering if I can out my twitter account on the bottom of your shoes so I can get some more followers"

Spoiler:

I'm looking forward to seeing this, I've seen some of the Americans on Twitter going crazy at this conference!

Could be a good fight Mike. Cunningham will come to win, hopefully he'll test Furys whiskers.

You gotta love the guy. I know his irrational haters want a humble guy who would just rather be there and thank everyone and their pets for the opportunity to showcase their skills.

He is a prat who lacks any sort of class and will get slaughtered if he goes anywhere near Wlad, Vitali or Haye. He will have no problems beating up a light punching cruiserweight like Cunningham though.

Well I think all other HWs would get slaughtered if they go near those 3. Cunningham would probably KO Price just by giving him an angry stare.

hogey wrote:He is a prat who lacks any sort of class and will get slaughtered if he goes anywhere near Wlad, Vitali or Haye. He will have no problems beating up a light punching cruiserweight like Cunningham though.

He may act the prat but so do a lot of other fighters. I watched some of his early fights recently and he is a totally different fighter, deserves a lot of credit for changing and improving his fitness so much.

azania wrote:Well I think all other HWs would get slaughtered if they go near those 3. Cunningham would probably KO Price just by giving him an angry stare.

Can we not have one Tyson Fury thread without Price being brought in to it?

We can indeed. Especially now that the bum has been shown up.

But lets all get behind Fury to land the big one. He is your best chance provided Haye doesn't step up. Get behind your british heroes.

azania wrote:We can indeed. Especially now that the bum has been shown up.

But lets all get behind Fury to land the big one. He is your best chance provided Haye doesn't step up. Get behind your british heroes.

If we can have threads without mentioning him why did you bring him up?

As a comparison.

Fury is entertaining and gets people interested. He is a skilled fighter who has made great strides from his early career. Hilarious bloke also who is terrific for boxing.

There was no need for a comparison in this situation. The constant need to bring him up in every thread is boring now.

hampo171 wrote:There was no need for a comparison in this situation. The constant need to bring him up in every thread is boring now.

There is an inference there that there was ever a point when it wasn't.

Why, because he's been shown up for a bum? If it was Fury you guys would still be laughing. But because its a nice humble man who got whooped by a glancing blow, you guys are still peeved.

Come on Az...........Guy won a bronze at the Olympics and won the Brit and commonwealth titles....

Think the word..bum to describe him....is a little harsh.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Come on Az...........Guy won a bronze at the Olympics and won the Brit and commonwealth titles....

Think the word..bum to describe him....is a little harsh.

Don't start him off.

It's posts like this that remind me encountering Pacnuthuggers who after a few posts really made you hope that they're bias towards one fighter would end up with that fighter getting knocked out.

Come on Cunningham, do us all a favour so Azania keeps quiet for a while!

p.s. couldn't care less about Fury, anyone who loses/struggles past the British version of Butterbean doesn't deserve attention.

azania wrote:We can indeed. Especially now that the bum has been shown up.

But lets all get behind Fury to land the big one. He is your best chance provided Haye doesn't step up. Get behind your british heroes.

Who is this 'your' you refer to?

Most of us can see past nationality. He may well have beaten Price, but he still shamelessly ducked him by vacating belts. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

That said, I hope he does get a shot at Wlad.

azania wrote:We can indeed. Especially now that the bum has been shown up.

But lets all get behind Fury to land the big one. He is your best chance provided Haye doesn't step up. Get behind your british heroes.

I would still put good money on Price putting Fury to sleep, you always seem to forget how Fury was put on his arse by the lightest punching heavyweight in world boxing Neven Pajkic i would imagine Price can jab harder than Pajkic right hook.

I dont know why people give Fury such a hard time. He is currently one of the best Heavy Weights in the country and maybe Europe, and he has just as much chance as beating a K as any other out there at the moment... He is not the sharpest tool in the box no, but a talented boxer yes and has obviously been working hard on his fitness and tactical stuff...

That being said I still think Price is the more dangerous fighter and fancy Fury to loose if the two met.. Don't think we have seen the last of Price just yet.

tunes666 wrote:I dont know why people give Fury such a hard time. He is currently one of the best Heavy Weights in the country and maybe Europe, and he has just as much chance as beating a K as any other out there at the moment... He is not the sharpest tool in the box no, but a talented boxer yes and has obviously been working hard on his fitness and tactical stuff...

That being said I still think Price is the more dangerous fighter and fancy Fury to loose if the two met.. Don't think we have seen the last of Price just yet.

thats the problem , he is NOT a talented boxer , he is awful to watch , slow and average at best , he is so overated by the media ,

He's made leaps and bounds in his boxing ability recently, its the acid test for him this fight.

Acid test is a bit much. Fury is probably 50lb heavier. He needs to shift the love handles though. I wouldn't take my top in in front of the mrs if I looked like that, let alone appear in TV.

Az, please stop as I actually want to read a decent thread on Tyson Fury vs Cunningham.

.... Back to the thread, you got to give Tyson credit, he's entertaining in the press room/ twitter. Boxing needs guys like these, and he clearly got up the American noses.

However, I do feel Cunningham could be a tough night for him. I have memories of Jones vs Ruiz springing to mind but hopefully Tyson has done enough to get Cunningham to engage.

Not really. I think this will be the first opponent who genuinely believes he can win, we've seen Fury dropped by a guy who can be out punched by Malignaggi so what happens if Cunningham lands? No matter how much Az says otherwise Johnson came for a pay cheque.

Cunningham is no jones that's for sure.

People are reading too much into that knockdown. The light punching Collazo had Hatton all over the shop, nobody calling him chinny.

Johnson did indeed come for a pay cheque so that fight was a shocking measuring stick. But someone mentioned it already and the way Tyson has transformed himself is commendable. You look back at when John McDermott beat him (and he did beat him) and the bloke was in tatters.

Cunningham is no mug but if Tyson wants to go places his physical advantages should make this a fairly comfortable win, result wise at least.

He's a prat for sure but good luck to him.

Fury is a top 6-7 heavy. He has improved beyond measure. Yes he got decked. So what? He got up and closed the show. The punch was solid enough and not a clip round the ear hole. He didn't start break dancing. He's a great talent.

azania wrote:Fury is a top 6-7 heavy. He has improved beyond measure. Yes he got decked. So what? He got up and closed the show. The punch was solid enough and not a clip round the ear hole. He didn't start break dancing. He's a great talent.

Stop talking about price or hinting about price it is really boring.

As I watched that I was wondering how Fury, quietly waiting his turn, would handle an American press conference when his turn to speak came around. Again he showed with aplomb he doesn't fail to deliver in the trash talking stakes. There is no doubt he is on the WUM, stirring the pot for a few laughs. He should be able to generate a good bit of hype on NBC in the lead up. By the time the fight rolls around most American's will be tuning in to see him getting beaten up.

When Fury previously hit the canvas he walked open guard onto a peach of a punch, no fighter can afford to be so caviler no matter how hard or light the other guy punches. Fury also doesn't lose his senses and recovers quickly. I don't see Cunningham testing his chin too much but he could lead Fury on a merry dance, at least for a few rounds anyway.

Fury was on form.

Cunningham looked flustered

Naz was his normal cool self

What did Naz say in response to Fury when everyone started laughing with Naz, at around the 34mins 40 secs mark?

"This will be a three hit fight, I hit him, he hits the floor, I hit New York"

Thats quite a line! I must admit that made me chuckle. I'm looking forward to this one, personally I think it's a good match up.

If Fury does make his size difference count then it could be an easy night. However Cunningham does have more than a punchers chance.

Rick James wrote:What did Naz say in response to Fury when everyone started laughing with Naz, at around the 34mins 40 secs mark?

I think it was something in response to Fury saying he is used to fighting on national TV in front of the cameras and Naz said "if we both walked down the street, I would get more recognised than you" (Or along those lines)

Adam D wrote:

Rick James wrote:What did Naz say in response to Fury when everyone started laughing with Naz, at around the 34mins 40 secs mark?

I think it was something in response to Fury saying he is used to fighting on national TV in front of the cameras and Naz said "if we both walked down the street, I would get more recognised than you" (Or along those lines)

Very sharp Adam. No wonder you are at the helm of this forum ;-)

Looking forward to this fight but it really depends on Cunningham turning up and having a real go at Fury.

i have a bet at 45/1 that price and fury both lost their next fight.
i actually thought fury was more likely to lose out of the pair of them. i didnt expect thompson to come looking to win, but im sure cunningham will give it his all. if cunningham can stay on his feet for the first 4 rounds, then his mobility could start to tell. fury starts to throw a lot of arm punches in the second half of a fight to compensate what he lacks in stamina. cunningham might tire too, but if it goes beyond 5 im confident it will go the distance. who knows with a higher workrate and fighting at home, its possible cunningham could win this.

When Fury fights someone his own size, I'll think about betting against him.

Fury to win via shut out. Thank me later.

Lance wrote:i have a bet at 45/1 that price and fury both lost their next fight.
i actually thought fury was more likely to lose out of the pair of them. i didnt expect thompson to come looking to win, but im sure cunningham will give it his all. if cunningham can stay on his feet for the first 4 rounds, then his mobility could start to tell. fury starts to throw a lot of arm punches in the second half of a fight to compensate what he lacks in stamina. cunningham might tire too, but if it goes beyond 5 im confident it will go the distance. who knows with a higher workrate and fighting at home, its possible cunningham could win this.

I would like to see proof of said bet.....

i like fury as a fighter, and seen as i don't watch press conferences or use twitter his rants don't bother me.

nobody can fail to see the improvements fury has made, he used to be fat and unfit and now he looks in better shape than most of the other hws, and showed decent skill boxing 12 perfect rounds and completely shutting down kevin johnson.

if has proved he doesn't dodge a challenge, lets remember most people saw chisora as a real 50/50 fight, and a lot of hw's today won't take such a risk early on.

In the form of the betting slip posted to me

azania wrote:Fury to win via shut out. Thank me later.

Hardly the most wildly speculative thing you've ever said.......

In other news the Pope is Catholic.....

TopHat24/7 wrote:

azania wrote:Fury to win via shut out. Thank me later.

Hardly the most wildly speculative thing you've ever said.......

In other news the Pope is Catholic.....

Archprelate.

eddyfightfan wrote:i like fury as a fighter, and seen as i don't watch press conferences or use twitter his rants don't bother me.

nobody can fail to see the improvements fury has made, he used to be fat and unfit and now he looks in better shape than most of the other hws, and showed decent skill boxing 12 perfect rounds and completely shutting down kevin johnson.

What I can't understand though is that he still looks a little fleshy/chubby in the ring, but some of the photos he posts on Twitter he looks completely ripped.

Haha I really enjoyed some of Fury's chat here. He handles himself well in front of the cameras. Sometimes boxers try the whole supreme confidence thing but are so obviously nervous that its a bit cringeworthy (I remember thinking that about Dirrell in the build up against Froch). But, Fury seems comfortable. Some good soundbytes from him there.

As a boxer I still can't shake the image of him against McDermott, where he was woeful. Part of his issue has been his fitness. But at least he looks in better shape now, so we can be hopeful in that department. I still think Fury seems to slow, uncoordinated and technically slack to become a force at world level. But, I'll be rooting for him here in the hope that I'm wrong.

He was a total novice against an experienced macdermott.

i like fury. but cunningham in america is a tougher challenge than its being made out to be. its too easy just to dismiss every opponent a guy like fury or price is facing. we were wrong to dismiss thompson, and cunningham is coming into this with less ability at heavy but a lot more ambition, plus home advantage. its not a bad fight at all for fury

azania wrote:He was a total novice against an experienced macdermott.

McDermott fights weren't the only ones where he looked shoddy. He was poor against Pajkic and that was what, a year ago? Anyway, I'm happy to be convinced otherwise. I hope he makes a good statement against Cunningham.

Does Cunningham even have a puncher's chance?

He wasn't a KO puncher at cruiserweight, was knocked down himself a fair few times, Fury may not have a great chin for a 250 pounder but if the best cruisers can stand up to Cunningham's shots more often than not, I'd back Fury not to be too worried.

Wow that was some pretty funny comments from Fury!