I agree that aside from the disastrous round 9 Fury did slightly better. However, people can't just choose to selectively ignore that round. It was a very dominant round by Usyk. AJ was never dominated like that at any point in either fight.
No, I never changed my tune. Considering that Fury got clobbered and dropped, and AJ didn't, that isn't doing better. Only if we ignore what happened in that round did he do better than AJ did. Except reality doesn't allow you to conveniently bend it in order to appease people.
There's no contradiction on my part at all. If, and only if, we ignore what happened to Fury in round 9 then what you're saying about him doing better than AJ would be true. Except I live in the real world and refuse to pretend that it didn't happen. That's not objective. You might as well just pick the guy you like better which is exactly what you're doing.
Here's another way to look at it objectively. Something you're incapable of doing. Fury took more damage in a single round (rd 9) than AJ did across both Usyk fights in their entirety. That covers 24 rounds.
That was a horrendous beating that Fury took in there. He was saved by the bell. Usyk hit him with like 20 unanswered hard shots in a row that landed flush, some of them bombs, but you don't think that this significantly diminishes his performance? It certainly does.
Did Team Usyk say that this was his closest fight? Toughest isn't necessarily the same thing. There are a number of reasons why a fight might be tougher but that doesn't automatically mean that they lost more rounds than in any other fight. Again, Floyd said that the Augustus fight was his toughest but it wasn't his closest fight in terms of actual RBR scoring. Understand the difference.
Usyk's closest fight was against Briedis FYI. Most people only thought Fury won 4 or 5 rounds. Joshua won the same number of rounds against Usyk. Only he didn't take the beating that Fury did or get dropped (technical knockdown).
How many rounds did you think Fury won against Usyk? How about Joshua? Remember they both lost by Split Decision. If Fury did so much better, which he didn't, then how could this be?
See, I didn't think you would answer those questions. It'd expose your bias for all to see. Critical thinking must be hard for you.
Casual Fury fan.
Fury fans are quickly becoming as delusional as Garcia fans. They refuse to analyze fights objectively when making comparisons. In terms of actual round-by-round scoring Fury didn't do any better than AJ managed. Considering that he ended up getting dropped that should be the end of the comparison. AJ didn't get dropped or battered like that. That's the difference and it's a significant one.
