Who would win a fantasy fight between Lennox Lewis and Tyson Fury?
Following the lead of The Independent’s Fantasy Matchmaker, MM match up two British heavyweight kings past and present: Lennox Lewis and Tyson Fury.
Analysis: Tyson Fury hammers Deontay Wilder and flies the flag high for British boxing
Tyson Fury said he’d go to London and beat Dereck Chisora in 2011. He said he’d go to Dusseldorf and beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. He said he’d go to Los Angeles and beat Deontay Wilder in 2018. And he said he’d go to Las Vegas and beat Wilder again in 2020.
‘Pillow fists’ Fury puts in punch perfect performance in Vegas to down Deontay
Tyson Fury added the WBC Heavyweight crown to his collection and in doing so became the first boxer in history to win every major world title in the division at some stage of his career.
From ‘fat pig’ who felt like drowning to Manchester comeback, Tyson Fury vows to tame Wilder and Joshua
No-one does braggadocio quite like Tyson Fury, who claimed WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s dismissive taunts brought him back to boxing.
Boxing’s 20th century greats unlikely to be replicated, says James Lawton – author of A Ringside Affair: Boxing’s Last Golden Age
“I had never known before, and might never again, such a heightened sense of being present at a moment so filled with impending drama,” writes James Lawton in his new book A Ringside Affair: Boxing’s Last Golden Age.
