Wilder? Klitchko? NO! Tyson Fury has named his TOUGHEST opponent

Tyson Fury says the first fight against Deontay Wilder was easy for him. Despite being knocked down twice, the former heavyweight champion believes it was a one-sided fight.  Not even Wladimir Klitchko was Brit’s toughest opponent. Fury claims his toughest fight was against Steve Cunningham back in 2013.  “I wouldn’t say [Wilder] was the toughest fight. I would say that was one of my easiest fights, to be fair. Other than the two knockdowns, it was a pretty one-sided fight. Yeah, my most difficult fights were much more harder than that. Deontay Wilder’s not my toughest opponent – that’s for sure. My toughest opponent in my whole career was Steve Cunningham. He was a former cruiserweight champion. I fought in him 2013 in New York, Madison Square Garden, and that was the toughest fight I ever had.” Fury told Boxingscene. “At that time in me life, I had never fought anybody like Steve Cunningham,” Fury said. “He won the [IBF] cruiserweight title and defended it maybe seven times or something like that. He was a unified champion and it was my step up to anybody with that type of ability. And he was slick, and he was hard to hit. He was very awkward, and he was a very good boxer, so that was the toughest fight of me life.” he added.  Before knocking Cunningham out, Fury’s losing the fight on the scorecards. It was 57-55 for Cunningham before he was stopped by the Brit.

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