Tyson Fury represents the upper echelons of heavyweight boxing in the world today. Others are in the same conversation as well. However, all of them have something that “The Gypsy King” doesn’t.
Other than Fury in the five big names of heavyweight boxing today, all of them have had at least one loss in their professional career. The four pugilists in question being Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Andy Ruiz and Dillian Whyte. Fury decided to remind all of them that he is the only one who still hasn’t faced defeat.
Fury added a story on his Instagram that had him in the centre surrounded by the other four. He captioned the image, “The below four all have the same in common, all lost.”
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Deontay Wilder had his undefeated career tarnished by Tyson Fury himself. The first meeting of the two ended in a controversial draw. However, Fury floored “The Bronze Bomber” in their second meeting which took place in February earlier this year.
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Anthony Joshua suffered his first professional defeat when Andy Ruiz Jr. shockingly knocked him out last year. However, he came back in December to return the favour to the Mexican. But that wasn’t the first time that Ruiz Jr. had witnessed failure inside the ring. His first defeat came back in 2016 at the hands of Joseph Parker.
Dillian Whyte also has only one loss in his professional career. The current WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO title holder, Anthony Joshua, knocked out Whyte in the seventh round back in 2015. He has gone undefeated since then in eleven of his fights and may challenge Joshua in the future.
Tyson Fury has his hands full as he receives challenges from the WWE as well
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It may seem that Tyson Fury is trying to pick up a fight by posting such pictures. However, the way things are going on right now, he doesn’t need to do that for himself. Fury will fight Wilder in a trilogy fight later this. If he wins, a title unification bout with AJ will be on the cards soon.
And if all of this isn’t enough for the 31-year-old, he is receiving call-outs from the pro wrestling universe as well. The newly crowned WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre, called out Fury for a fight one day after he laid his hands on the gold. With prior experience in the promotion, it will be interesting to if Fury decides to head back to WWE shortly.