Only thing Iād say against it is that the pool of talent to draw from was way bigger back in the day with boxing being by far the most lucrative sport.
The big guys in America now are favouring the NFL and NBA. In the 40s, 50s, 60s, the times that produced the golden era of the 70s, nearly every good athlete boxed or had given it a cut anyway.
Other thing Iād notice is Furyās mastery of infighting, using his weight, tying up when needed, controlling the opponents head. Dark arts basically, lads canāt do it today. Andre Ward was unfathomable for lads due to his mastery of this and its what really holds back Joshua, who is just a good jab and a straight right.
Lastly, size does matter, Wilder could comfortably make cruiserweight if he wanted to, most of his fights have been under the limit.
Wilder was superb for a guy that started so late, a warrior on the night too. History should look back on the trilogy fondly yous think.
I generally am not that bothered in the heavyweight divisions anyway.
The best divisions in boxing are generally lightweight up to little middle. These are the common sizes, you know guys 5ft8 - 6ft1, theyāre not circus freaks, they can move, they need to have good technique and speed is the name of the game.
I think heavyweights are generally for the casual fan.
Very possible, itās hard to say. For all he achieved, Vladimir was a massive underachiever relative to his talent. The washed Vlad shouldve beaten AJ, he had him, but he was too scared of what was coming back and let AJ recover.
Vladimir had similarish power to Wilder almost, and more training, skill, coordination, size and athleticism.
Is fury the best white heavyweight of the last 50 years? The Klitschkos I suppose and Joe bugner and Kevin McBride.
Heās probably the best English heavyweight ever. Heād surely bate enery cooper and Bruno.
I suppose the main attraction of heavyweight is that the world heavyweight champion has always been the ābestā boxer in the world in that hed bayt everyone else just due to sheer size and strength even if his skills arenāt as good.
Fury is a seriously skilful boxer , thereās no doubt about that. Heās got a dodgy chin but he has the heart of a lion, heāll leave a great legacy tbf
Ah come on!! Kevin Mcbride like!!
Tommy Morrison was a fantastic boxer but unfortunately was in an era with some of the best ever heavyweights,
Golota was another fantastic white boxer but just couldnāt keep his demons Uber wraps
Fucking hell Wilder took some punishment in that fight. Ref couldāve maybe stopped it before the last ko it didnāt look like he was defending himself at that stage.
Marketing mainly. Fury doesnāt play the game. Canāt see him where AJ will end up, on celebrity love island, or the dancing thing, or, worst of all, a question of sport.