Teddy Atlas, the former coach of former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, talked about today's heavyweight Tyson Fury, because Fury KO Dillyan White has become the focus of the storm. Fury said he was going to retire many times after the game, so his historical status was brought to The attention of Atlas.
Atlas said bluntly that in the history of British boxing, Tyson Fury can beat the boxing champion Lennox Lewis and rank first, but in the history of world boxing, Tyson Fury is difficult to rank in the top five.
Atlas said: "Fury's current record is not in the top five of heavyweight history because he has played too few championship games and defended titles. But he can be called the best boxing champion in British heavyweight history, and although Lewis is also very good, he has lost twice after all, so Fury can surpass Lewis in the first place in British heavyweight history. On the list of heavyweight history, if ranked with an undefeated record, Marciano is first and Furi is second. ”
Atlas is in his 70s and is an ESPN boxing columnist who often points fingers at boxing, and his words are sharp and radical. Loved seeing some great battles and daring to tell the truth. Whether his evaluation of Furi this time is reasonable is also his family's words. The editors believe that Furi has played too few defending battles, and after KO Wilder, he only defended his title for 2 games. After beating Xiao Ke before, he did not defend his title in one game. But the quality of his game is still quite high.
Whether Tyson Fury's status is high or Lewis's status is high is probably a matter of wisdom. Tyson Fury remains unbeaten, but his quality of the game is not yet comparable to lewis, who has played against Holyfield, Tyson, Grand Klitschenko, Tua, Moselle, Golotta and others. The experience of the Great War is much richer, and Tyson Fury only defeats Xiaoke and Wilder, which is unconvincing. Although Fury has the ability to unify heavyweights, he has not fought the victory of Usik vs Joshua after all.
For now, the question of who Tyson Fury and Lewis is the first person in British history remains to be discussed. What is Fury's place in world history? Probably not really making it into the top five in the world. There is still a lot to be proved in Fury, and the hard battle still needs to be fought. It's a pity that Fury is retiring now. I don't know if he will come back into boxing. At least his historical positioning cannot be conclusive.
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