{"id":317998,"date":"2026-04-13T14:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=317998"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:38:31","slug":"dave-allen-calls-tyson-fury-performance-really-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/dave-allen-calls-tyson-fury-performance-really-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen Calls Tyson Fury Performance \u201creally Poor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although Fury \u201ctoyed\u201d with Makhmudov at times, switching southpaw and ending the twelfth along with his hands behind his back, Allen saw a version of Fury that was \u201cfive times slower\u201d than the person who ruled the division a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo the naked eye, he wasn\u2019t great tonight. I assumed it was a very average performance,\u201d said Dave Allen on his channel about Fury\u2019s performance against Makhmudov last Saturday. \u201cIt was just like the old Tyson Fury, but five times slower.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he went through the gears he could have gotten him out of there, and he either selected to not or he couldn\u2019t. A 36-year-old that hasn\u2019t met Makhmudov shouldn\u2019t be going 12 with a world-class heavyweight. Fury hasn\u2019t got much left. He was really slow. The pace was slow, painfully slow. Makhmudov isn\u2019t going 12 with anyone near the highest five.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The common consensus amongst fans that the Wilder trilogy took one of the best of Fury seems more accurate with every fight. While he got the unanimous decision (120-108, 120-108, 119-109), it was more about Makhmudov being \u201cdisinterested\u201d and slow than Fury being elite.<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s X post about Fury having \u201cnot much left\u201d reflects the fact of a 37-year-old heavyweight who has lived a really hard life, each out and in of the ring.<\/p>\n

Because the Wilder fights, wins over Dillian Whyte, and Derek Chisora didn\u2019t require Fury to be at 100%. The Ngannou scare was the primary major warning sign, and the next losses to Usyk in 2024 confirmed that the elite-level agility is gone.<\/p>\n

Many analysts consider that the 2021 war with Wilder was the start of the top for his peak physical years. Every fight since then, Whyte, Chisora, Ngannou, and the Usyk matches, has looked like a gentle decline in athleticism.<\/p>\n

If he looked that aged and slow against a version of Makhmudov that Allen described as \u201cfinished\u201d and \u201cpunching under water,\u201d it really highlights the danger he\u2019d face against the younger, hungrier crop.<\/p>\n

Someone like Moses Itauma or Richard Torrez Jr. operates at a totally different frequency. They throw them with a speed and volume that requires elite reflexes to neutralize.<\/p>\n

Fury used to maneuver like a middleweight; now, as Allen put it, he looks like he\u2019s fighting underwater or in slow motion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d prefer to see him box Joshua or Wilder,\u201d said Allen about Fury. I wouldn\u2019t need to see him box the young guys, anything too fresh, too sharp. I believe he\u2019s lost a step or two or three, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Allen, wanting to see him fight Joshua or Wilder, looks like he\u2019s asking for an \u201cOld Timer\u2019s\u201d tournament. It\u2019s a way for Fury to money out in a giant domestic or legacy fight without getting embarrassed by the \u201cyoung, fresh, sharp\u201d guys Allen mentioned he wants Fury to avoid.<\/p>\n

If he couldn\u2019t \u201cundergo the gears\u201d against a man Allen says is \u201cfinished,\u201d how does he survive twelve rounds with someone like Jalolov or perhaps a rejuvenated AJ? It looks just like the \u201cGypsy King\u201d is solely operating on muscle memory and repute at this point.<\/p>\n

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Olly Campbell<\/strong> is a boxing journalist who has covered the game since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical evaluation of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the small print that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Although Fury \u201ctoyed\u201d with Makhmudov at times, switching southpaw and ending the twelfth along with his hands behind his back, Allen saw a version of Fury that was \u201cfive times slower\u201d than the person who ruled the division a couple of years ago. \u201cTo the naked eye, he wasn\u2019t great tonight. I assumed it was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2583,2745,2032,8082,3467,6736,7686],"class_list":["post-317998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-allen","tag-calls","tag-dave","tag-fury","tag-performance","tag-poor","tag-tyson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318001,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317998\/revisions\/318001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}