Boxing Pound Pound Ranking: Tyson Fury Confirmed in Top Five with Deontay Wilder Winning Second

If you are looking for a date that could have been the official start of this heavyweight boxing revival, it was November 28, 2015, when the undefeated Tyson Fury entered the ring in Düsseldorf (Germany) to disarm and expel him. Former joint champion Wladimir Klitsch.

We may not have known then, but Fury’s sad victory was to move the torch from the front face of the division to the new one, even though Fury’s initial reign was ultimately short, leaving three titles vacant the following year. without defending them.

Six years on, and many dramatic twists later (including the miraculous return of Fury from a devastating three-year release), the self-proclaimed “Gypsy King” remains at the pole position in this exciting era of boxing glamorous division. Deontay Wilder’s exciting 11th round knockout The fight in the trilogy they did on Saturday, which surprisingly served as Fury’s first career title defense, further strengthened who is the best fighter in the division.

Fury’s work, of course, is a long way off. The WBC and online champion is still expected to be the undisputed first king of the four-belt division. That can’t happen until joint champion Oleksandr Usyk defends his WBA, WBO and IBF titles in early 2022 in a contractual obligation rematch against Anthony Joshua.

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But there is no doubt that Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) got it in his time. the undefeated trajectory is rapidly becoming historically significant. The 33-year-old from Britain is a unicorn in terms of speed and agility capable of producing its 6-foot-9 frames. However, the way he changed gears to end Wilder in his second and third meetings is what continues to build on his growing legend.

At the first meeting held in 2018 to survive a couple of blows against Wilder that was based on his passion for Fury, the disputed division fell into a tie. But he was looking for a new SugarHill Steward coach, the nephew of the former Emmanuel Steward Hall of Famer, to teach the Kronk Gym style in search of his size and aggressiveness playoffs.

The 2020 rematch between Wilder and Fury was a one-sided demolition. The third meeting was anything. Driven by revenge, Wilder appeared ready to leave everything in the ring and forced Fury to rely on his spine and recovery skills to lift twice as much from the canvas against the sport’s biggest driller on his way to one of his three demolitions. Win an evil KO.

Fury’s skills and techniques in the game deserve to be recognized pounding among his teammates, earning his heart and even more praise. Whoever comes out of the Usyk-Joshua rematch or Fury who is forced to defend his WBC title first against the mandatory challenge of Dillian Whyte, is finding it increasingly difficult to bet against him in any of the proposed heavyweights.

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Honorable Mention: Juan Francisco Estrada, Artur Beterbiev, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Yordenis Ugas, Shakur Stevenson, Roman Gonzalez