Tyson Fury fucking sucks, and yet he gets to fight on showtime?
Lafarrell Bunting was featured on Showtime,
Dominick Guinn was featured on Showtime,
Malcolm Tann was featured on Showtime.
Lot's of limited fighters get to fight on Showtime... and I haven't even looked at the people brought in to go against the featured fighter.
whenever he decides to step up in competition it's over.
He's 22 years old and 12-0. What level of competition do you actually want him to face? His opposition has continuously increased from taking on a
21-3 (with 20 kos) fighter in his second ever pro fight, to taking on fellow prospect
Scott Belshaw (who was 10-1 with an upset loss to Peret) in his 6th, to facing off with
John McDermott in his 8th and 11th fights. McDermott may never get beyond domestic level but he'd just beaten Danny Williams twice (whatever the judges said) and for a guy in his 8th fight that's a huge test... that Fury struggled with the first came and passed in the second attempt.
Honestly, I can't think of a HW prospect that's being matched harder outside of
Kubrat Pulev.
Sam Sexton is close I guess, but that's about it. I mean, in contrast US super prospect
Deontay Wilder is 11-0 with 11KOs... and has taklen on 2 fighters with winning records the best of whom (on paper) was 7-1. Compare Fury's competition to say
Arreola's in his first 12 fights,
Samuel Peter's or, for shits and giggles,
Vitali and
Wlads. The only current contenders who faced a decent level of competition early are
Solis (who has his incredible amateur experience) and
Johnson (mainly off the back of his draw with Timur).
On-topic I think whoever mention Breidis Prescott is on the right lines. Outside of Amir Khan he really has no notable wins. He struggled in his fight immediately before Khan (which was featured on US TV) and since the Khan win he hasn't really put anything together. He didn't look good against Toledo prior to the DQ, lost his next two against decent but not special opposition and has now beaten two scrubs.
Another suggestion is Nagy Aguilera. He got a lot of hype off his demolition of Maskaev but then in turn got taken apart by Peter, beat a scrub and lost to a journeyman.