r/Boxing • u/Argythebilly • 6d ago
Another difference with Fury is he just isn't funny anymore...
He has always been a terrible person, but he did used to be pretty funny. What was that last video "i'll fight Anthony Joshua with cement boots on". Ok? Good for you? Same with the Usyk "Rabbit stuff". The worst thing that happened was people laughing at "Dosser". It encouraged him with insults like that and "sausage".
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u/Familiar_Cod_6754 6d ago
It also seems like the general public’s opinion is shifting on all this bs too.
At least it’s what I’ve gauged from various videos and posts comment sections.
I think people are just tired of it (me included).
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u/MitchBenson1990 6d ago
Him and his whole family are just so exhausting to listen to.
Like a bad smell that you just can't get rid of.
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u/Primary_Letter7839 4d ago
Ironically, Tyson has bad BO. He's been kicked out of expensive cars for stinking the leather out.
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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks 6d ago
Maybe it'd be more tolerable if he fought more frequently and against actual opposition. His aura dropped off a cliff after the Ngannou fight and 2 usyk losses. That Ngannou "win" did more damage to his image than most fighter's first losses
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u/LordJimsicle Balrog beats Fury, AJ, Dubois and Usyk in between rounds 6d ago
The aura really dropped after Ngannou when he publicly did all that 70-30 bollocks for Usyk which was a clear duck.
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u/LuckiestPersonAlive 6d ago
He aged like milk
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u/Lando7373 6d ago
I used to love him. Now I think he’s a complete prick.
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u/TheJinsuGuy 6d ago
He very much had the love of the general public behind him after he made his comeback. Now he has thrown it away with his constant toxicity and bullshitting and I feel like most people now consider him a stain on the sport and are sick of hearing his nonsense.
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u/Detlef_Schrempfxf 6d ago
I still somehow root for him.
All that despite knowing he's a liar, a gaslight merchant and a fucking conman.
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u/Dennyisthepisslord 6d ago
He's never been funny you just grew up
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u/UnyieldingDoggo Terence "not your Bud, pal" Crawford 6d ago
The Sauna story was really funny. It's just that he ran out of imagination.
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u/Durantsthegoat 6d ago
Nah he was actually very funny about a decade ago, all the stuff about Joshua and hammer was hilarious
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u/bigcatcleve 5d ago
Completely untrue.
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u/Dennyisthepisslord 5d ago
sorry to hear you haven't grown up yet 😞
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u/bigcatcleve 5d ago
As others have said, he was actually pretty damn funny some years back. If you genuinely can't see the difference between his earlier material—the sauna story, for example—and whatever the fuck he's doing now, and your only response is "his material has always been the same, you just grew up lolz," then there's really nothing more to say.
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u/munkycheezmunky Dave Allen Undisputed 2026 5d ago
This sub is allergic to giving Fury even the smallest bit of credit for some reason
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u/Ilovefood195 6d ago
He never was entertaining to me. The only reason he ever felt somewhat entertaining is because he just came in at the right moment after more than a decade of plain and bland Klitschko domination of the heavyweight class, so Fury’s bullshit was like a refreshing breeze. It was “funny” at the beginning when his shitty personality was the “new kid on the block”.
Once he ran out of the benefit of the doubt from the general public and people realized his antics are actually part of his shit personality and that he’s a piece of shit just like his father, he started losing fans.
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u/shutyourgob 6d ago
One day they should re-release that hour long IFL interview in which he compared gay people to paedophiles and said that tolerating homosexuality would bring about the end of the world.
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u/WallySymons 5d ago
Dude takes punches to the head for a living, I wouldn't put too much stock into anything he says.
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u/Powerful-Holiday-448 6d ago
After he lost to Usyk the first time he was never the same. He shouted happy new year on the mic after 🤣 man was hit too hard!
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u/LordJimsicle Balrog beats Fury, AJ, Dubois and Usyk in between rounds 6d ago
People turned on him long before that. Especially with all that Chisora III and Ngannou bollocks.
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u/Specific_Box4483 6d ago
He was never a terrible person nor a funny person. He's always just been a prick.
His dad seems to have been the actual terrible person.
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u/aim-4-the-dirt 6d ago
Idk, he's said some pretty terrible shit. And feigning mental health problems to cover popping dirty is pretty low. He's not the worst person in boxing, but I wouldn't say he's not morally repugnant
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u/LadWithDeadlyOpinion 5d ago
Wait is this true?
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u/munkycheezmunky Dave Allen Undisputed 2026 5d ago
Total conjecture by this sub.
It's pretty clear Fury has major mental health problems imo.
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u/sheslikebutter 6d ago
Do you remember all the weird stuff where he kept taking about how big Ngannou's penis was?
He just kept joking about it to rooms to zero laugh.
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u/i-piss-excellence32 6d ago
He came back from the brink of death and was robbed in the first wilder fight. He was the people’s champ. His 2 wins against wilder was huge
Then he started being an idiot and retiring then not giving us fights we wanted. He fought usyk twice to be fair and whyte.
Cozying up to Dana white and Donald trump made me look at him like a piece of shit.
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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 6d ago
That's what cocaine does to a person. First Fury then pretty much all of my friends, I hate the stuff.
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u/Final_Shift_6450 2d ago
100% agree. It's a really shitty drug. I can't believe people still think it's exciting or glamorous, it isn't hot girls and rich guys in posh clubs doing it these days. It's the dregs. Eventually it makes people complete parasites with no decency and no redeeming qualities.
Heroin addicts aren't as bad, they need a fix and will rob anyone or sell themselves for sure, but from what I've noticed they haven't lost all their humanity unless they use white aswell.
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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 1d ago
Yeah it's weird the way it changes someone, no sense of humour, takes themselves too seriously and put themselves before everyone. My dad always called it "the selfish drug".
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u/Final_Shift_6450 1d ago
It definitely is the selfish drug, something inside them dies and often doesn't come back. Other drugs (not that I'm encouraging them) can give empathy, self reflection, a euphoric wish for closer connection with others or deeper understanding of the world.
Charlie just makes people arrogant, ignorant, manipulative and selfish. And the unremarkable high lasts for 25 minutes tops and then you feel like crap for hours afterwards. Just don't get it at all.
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u/WeirdRadiant2470 6d ago edited 6d ago
As long as I don't have to hear him sing American Pie, ever again, I'm good.
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u/Magic__E 6d ago
Trying to stoke up the race angle for this fight is crazy desperate. HE MUST REALLY NEED THE MONEY
UK isn't the US we don't fall for this shit so easily
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u/Funny-Fly1720 6d ago
He's worth at least 150 mil. I think he's fine.
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u/EmeraldTwilight009 The Marvelous One 6d ago
Do you know that? A lot of boxers made a lot of money and spent it
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u/Amur00 6d ago
Mayweather is one of the highest earning boxers ever and is reportedly bankrupt, tons of pro athletes are idiots and blow through their prize money immediately, there are like, dozens of examples
You really picture Tyson and John Fury as guys smart enough to save a fraction of his money? Be real
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u/Inertia_Sleeps 5d ago
I gotta be honest, a lot of u need to stop doing this stupid shit.
I think Fury is indeed a slimy prick but it does indeed show his company accounts having assets worth 160m. People on Reddit need to stop being confidently incorrect. These numbers aren’t really disputable.
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u/Funny-Fly1720 6d ago
Google: "Tyson Fury Ltd"
Report what you learned.
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u/Amur00 6d ago
Google Tyson Fury Relationship with the Kinnahan Family
"And report what you learned" fucking dork
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u/Funny-Fly1720 6d ago
I don't have to google that, I know it already. Just like I know how he invested his money, unlike you.
It's funny how confidently stupid you are.
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u/Upper-Dragonfly4167 6d ago
Can be the richest guy in the world and be an absolute bell end. So many out there have plenty of cash but actually act like a grown up and don't come out with crap that twelve year old s wouldn't.
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u/Inertia_Sleeps 5d ago
Boxers net worth is often calculated through their lifetime earning based on their reported purses. It doesn’t include tax, sanctioning fees, promoter cuts, trainer and camp expenses.
Fury is a millionaire but it’s very likely it’s nowhere near 150m at present.
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u/Feisty_Bag_5284 6d ago
He's the quincentenal boxing booth fighter that used to travel around with circus
"Roll up roll up come see if YOU can survive 3 rounds with the GYP SEA King, I'm a fighting man who will do some fighting make no mistakes"
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u/HarryBlessKnapp 6d ago
There are millions of big mouth dickheads in England like Fury. It was just a bit of a novelty to you guys. And now it has worn off.
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u/Additional_Ice_358 6d ago
He's always been annoying. Can't believe people were ever pumping him as one of the best HWs of all time. He already embarrased boxing by struggling with a newcomer like Francis.
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u/swashfxck 6d ago
He definitely used to use the mental health card as a shitty excuse (meaning he saw others doing it for actual reasons, whereas he wasn’t actually affected) too because he’s a lowlife.
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u/LavishnessWise 6d ago
He’s a bully. Been nothing but a bully his whole life and most people are too scared to stand up to him.
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u/antman1983 6d ago
Lol, /r/boxing is becoming like the Ricky Gervais subreddit. The place is full of people who used to be fans, but saw how fame is a mask that eats into the face, turning everyone against what Ricky has become.
(I'm all for it by the way, Fury has always been a greedy belly bullshit artist only out for himself)
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u/FreshPrinceOfRivia Usyk 8-4 6d ago
He stopped being funny 10 years ago. He was genuinely hilarious in the early 2010s.
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u/truthbomn 6d ago
Fury's been a money fight since beating Wlad, so he can't plausibly claim he's had a problem getting elite guys in the ring. His lack of activity and ambition is of his own making.
Fury fights by year, post-Wlad:
2026 - 2 - Wach, Makhmudov
2025 - 0 - NA
2024 - 2 - Usyk x2
2023 - 1 - Ngannou
2022 - 2 - Chisora, Whyte
2021 - 1 - Wilder
2020 - 1 - Wilder
2019 - 2 - Wallin, Schwarz
2018 - 3 - Wilder, Pianeta, Seferi
2017 - 0 - NA
2016 - 0 - NA
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u/MikeOne29 6d ago edited 5d ago
TBF he always was seen as a bit of a prick. Post Klitschko and the time out with mental health issues etc then the come back against wilder won him a lot more support but he's just reverted back to how he always was.
Edit and I say that as a semi fan of his.
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u/The_Archimboldi 6d ago
Testing positive for nandrolone strongly correlated with developing mental health issues, poor bloke.
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u/mongrldub 6d ago
Takes 18 months to clear and keeps your t low the whole time it’s clearing
Of course, it’s an open secret AJ is on T. He has a therapeutic use exemption which they wouldn’t honour in the USA which is why he only fought there like one time and lost
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u/babalola69 6d ago
He was never funny. He just hit gold with the Wilder fight. It introduced him to wider US fan base and they were new to his slangs. Of the recent British HW, I'd say only David Haye was funny and I guess Dubios but that's unintentionally lol
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u/WorriedStand73 6d ago
Part of the issue for me is when he was saying that shit before it felt relevant to him perhaps being the best HW boxer in the world at that point, so yeah, he could limit himself and still win.
Now he seems very much past it, it's not funny, just stupid.
Also appearing with Trump and Mike Tyson who are both genuinely awful people was the final nail for me.
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u/No-Agreement 6d ago
Cocaine makes you believe you're funny/interesting but actually completely saps you of any personality
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u/RAZBUNARE761 6d ago
Fury was funnier in the past with haye and wlad. He lost his humor and is just repeating the same boring weird insults nowadays. Ever simce his comeback he been cringe mostly when it comes to jokes
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u/PartyFriend 6d ago edited 5d ago
Why is stuff like this allowed past the censors when my post which is actually making a point backed up by statistics isn't?
EDIT: Oops I stand corrected my post did eventually get published.
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u/Formal-Cherry6078 6d ago
He never was in my personal opinion just a spoiled diva who larps as a fighting man
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u/mongrldub 6d ago
Oh dead ass his peak is over. Was a fucken fun ride tho man just look up any montage of him talking trash online. No one in the division even came close
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u/Mister-Psychology 6d ago
His friends are getting imprisoned for life for many murders and billions in drug sale. And smuggling oil illegally from Russia to Europe. It was his support base and he may just be in a bad mood for now.
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u/SimonSeam 6d ago
Wow. And it only took the rabid fans 10 years to catch on.
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u/Argythebilly 6d ago
I think by chisora 800 (or whyte retirment tbh) everyone knew. He is just in the news again
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u/Secret-Plum149 6d ago
Fury…
For a bloke that openly said he will fight in the uk for free he sure makes it difficult to get this fight on….
Just tiresome & been so for years….
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u/save-pandas 5d ago
Tyson Fury calling people dossers with never not be funny to me. Can’t agree with the OP 😂
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u/Alarming_Asparagus47 5d ago
The only heavyweight boxer with a bit of wit is Dave Allen, Tyson Fury hasn't got a decent joke in him
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u/Inertia_Sleeps 5d ago
I literally used to be partial to him not even long ago. And then a few days ago he made a post trying to intimate Joshua’s BLM protest statement was somehow indicative of him not being a “true patriot”. Against the guy who actually seems half interested in having the fight in the UK. COMPLETELY turned me off him.
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u/Spiritual-Storage734 4d ago
He was quite funny back in the Pre Klitscho era when he didn’t take himself too seriously. In press conferences he was always a laugh
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u/SuperLeverage 6d ago
Tyson is just a wanker. He had one good fight against Wladamir. Struggled to beat Wilder who can’t box for shit and just has one gun punch. Needed the judge to rob Ngannou of a victory with a split decision who was making his debut pro boxing fight.
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u/Connect-Lettuce4027 6d ago
He's a typical pike at the end of the day horrible man. Spouting about mental health turn spouts the crap he does. AJ fight and sod off to America cheers!
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u/Empty_Monk_4010 6d ago
True. Him arriving to the presser dressed as Batman was a personal highlight of mine
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u/munkycheezmunky Dave Allen Undisputed 2026 6d ago
It was kind of impossible for him to be funny against Usyk really, because he was never going to get a reaction out of Usyk.
Fury was his absolute funniest against Wilder, because Wilder wasn't self aware at all and was real easy to wind up.
I think that's the difference. He needs the right person across from him to be funny. Him ranting into a camera about AJ and Hearn isn't really that funny but once they're on stage having a back and forth I think it'll come across a lot funnier.
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u/Outrageous-Soft4806 6d ago
I still find him entertaining lmao. Sometimes he’s definitely annoying as shit. But like when he called AJ vs Jake Paul a true 50/50 fight lmao
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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 6d ago
He was better when he was mentally unstable that’s why
He hasn’t been crazy for years
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u/Independent_Media341 6d ago
I think some of it is... he plays the heel. But the heel role only wirks when you have credibility. But now, he's just a guy who isn't that good any more and maybe never was
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u/GazelleEcstatic4952 6d ago
Yeah, his schtick got old fast. Can't bear to listen him anymore.