Tyson Fury vs Michael Sprott

[Dubstep]

Put this on the GF by mistake...

One of my mates just completed this as part of a sports journalism course.

Any thoughts...

Michael Sprott is set to make a return to Britain, hoping to challenge heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury. The former British champion has largely been plying his trade on the continent, impressing with some brave performances against future world champions.

But Sprott now sees the young prospect as the perfect platform to relaunch an assault on British and European titles. "If you look at my record you'll see two things. One, I've been in with some big names and two, I specialise in beating prospects."

"After the Skelton loss, I felt the best way to a European title would be to travel on the continent. I got some great wins against some highly touted guys, but then I would get robbed in eliminator battles so it was one step forward two steps back!"

"I honestly believe that I have the ability to win a European title and maybe challenge for a world title when I bring my A game. I can certainly teach this loudmouth kid with the fortunate name a lesson. After him, I'd like Derek Chisora and then whoever holds the British title - probably either Williams or McDermott."

"Hopefully I can get all that done and Rogan will still be Commonwealth Champion. I'd love a tear up with him and then, if anyone can bare to watch it, someone needs to get Skelton out of the picture for good and I'd love it to be me!"

"With the European you get a world ranking and from there, who knows? All I know is that with a good plan and some good results you can get yourself places. People will say I'm being over-ambitious, but it's about time one Heavyweight showed some balls and put it out there."

[scurlaruntings]

Sprott knocks him out. Theres no way Tyson is ready for a veteran like Sprott. Il have to ask him next time i see him about this fight..

[kosaros]

Sprott is a bit deluded if he thinks he can challenge for a world title (unless hand picked), it will be incredibly difficult for him to just win the commonwealth title, because he is very much just a gatekeeper for domestic boxing now.

He has a chance against Fury, however the size difference could be a big factor, but also inexperience is a factor.

[Primadonna Kool]

Audley Harrison would beat Michael Sprott in a rematch....

[nulty]

Audley Harrison would beat Michael Sprott in a rematch....

No he wouldn't.

Audley is now mentally the bitch of anyone who stands up to him.

PS don't give the "they don't just hand out olympic gold medals line. It's been done to death.

[Ilesey]

Audley Harrison would beat Michael Sprott in a rematch....

I doubt that very much.

[p.Townend]

Fury is doing ok but with only 3 fights under his belt he is not ready for Sprott or Audley.Fury needs to improve in many areas before moving up to that level of opponent.Rushing him would just result in him being beaten by fighters he may be able to beat if he is allowed to develop his skills properly.

[sam1222]

yeah i agree, fury's not ready for this level yet (they need to get his head out the clouds first!) sprott, skelton, even audley would beat him right now. he's massively over-rated right now, why the big rush? what happened to letting fighters progress naturally? but then, his arrogance annoys me, so yeah, throw him in with sprott, rogan, skelton or harrison, and lets see what he's got. cos so far he's shown us nothing. unless you count poor ring craft, a lack of defence/ combination punching, etc. the only thing he does have is confidence, and if thats all it takes these days then i'd better take my 7 year old son down the gym later and start shouting my mouth off about how he's gonna be the next big thing.

[Beeston Brawler]

Fury would admit that he isn't ready for Sprott yet - I reckon his remarks are often tongue in cheek.

I would stick him in with Harrison tomorrow though.

[achillesthegreat]

Sprott is a seasoned pro. Fury is still a 6 rounder. Fury needs to step up to 8 in his next bout and 10 after that. I would be very impressed if Fury fought Sprott next.

[DOM5153]

fury has a poor defence and crap stamina, get those sorted out in his next 5 t 6 fights and then step up the compitiion

he is actualy talented and has proved that over his last 3 fights, but he has some awful habits

[nulty]

fury has a poor defence and crap stamina, get those sorted out in his next 5 t 6 fights and then step up the compitiion

he is actualy talented and has proved that over his last 3 fights, but he has some awful habits

Agreed but he does seem to be working on his fitness. Some decent sparring partners would soon make him realise his defence needs to tighten up.

He's a 3 fight novice, I'm willing for now to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Why not? If he backs up his talk we've got a top heavyweight if not we can have a laugh. Come on Fury.

[DOM5153]

Agreed but he does seem to be working on his fitness. Some decent sparring partners would soon make him realise his defence needs to tighten up.

He's a 3 fight novice, I'm willing for now to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Why not? Come on Fury.

maybe a new trainer would be beneficial to the development of his defence and ring craft, dont you think? :good

[nulty]

maybe a new trainer would be beneficial to the development of his defence and ring craft, dont you think? :good

Yes but he strikes me a guy who's hard to train.

I think he needs a trainer who can gain his trust and respect really early or else he'll say fuck it i'm doing what I want.

[robpalmer135]

Sprott is the first person to call out Fury. Fury wanted to fight someone in the british top 10 and sprott deffinatley is. lets get it on.

[dwilson]

Sprott would destroy Fury pretty easily right now. I doubt Furay will match his mouth with this fight.

[fatcity]

I am certain there are still some fat,bald out of shape "fighters" left in Europe for Fury to fight before stepping up to challenge -D boxers.:-(

[Buggo]

I think Sprott is just shouting his mouth off for publicity purposes. He’s fighting in April against Francesco Pianeta (the guy who beat Scott Gammer in Gammers last fight) for the EBU-EU Heavyweight title.

I wouldn’t rule this out to happen later in the year though. Fury’s camp should be look closely at how Sprott competes against Pianeta. It’s certainly too early at this stage to chuck Fury in against a well seasoned pro like Sprott, but as long as Fury keeps himself busy and gets himself in better condition he may opt for this fight. A win against Sprott would propel Fury up the British rankings.

[dwilson]

I am certain there are still some fat,bald out of shape "fighters" left in Europe for Fury to fight before stepping up to challenge -D boxers.:-(



For a guy with little amature career and little pro training I would say Fury has had good opposition. Peret has been a steady benchmark for Britains new heavyweight prospects to test themselves against and Fury has done the best job and he looked decent beating the bloke. The German'Jock had a good record against total novices too. Fury should not be pushed too hard even if he is making himself look daft with his bigtalk. I would give him 5/6 more fights before heading at Sprott.Next maybe he should fight another Eurotard then someone like Ferguson, Swaby or Sexton.