Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday to end the Ukrainian’s 9 1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion and fulfill his father’s prophesy from the day he was born.
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Klitschko vs. Fury is live on HBO World Championship Boxing this Saturday, November 28 with a special afternoon fight time of 4:45 p.m. ET.
He said: “I’ve got to give the judges their due”. He is a charcter and boxing needs guys like him to spice things up a bit.
Klitschko, for his part, rates Fury as his biggest challenge since he fought David Haye, despite Fury’s fellow Briton whimpering to a lop-sided defeat when they met in 2011.
“Wladimir hits very hard and he has not been beaten since 2004 and you don’t do that if you are a mug”. Not only did it happen, but we were all lucky enough to get to see this unbelievable display of musical talent.
The 6ft 9in Traveller insists the bout is “just another fight”. “I tried but it didn’t work”, said Klitschko, who at 1.98-meters (6-foot-6), was in the unusual position of facing someone taller.
We, as fight fans, already know one of Klitschko’s weaknesses, which is his chin and inability to scrap.
Earlier, Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy has tweeted to say that the issue has been sorted and that the fight goes ahead.
“Fury has been avoided and has got himself into top shape for this fight”.
The British challenger went the distance with the Ukrainian champion in a fight which did not feature a lot of highlights.
“If I get the win there is a guaranteed song”.
He had previously claimed that he required a knockout in order to win because the location in Germany was Klitschko’s adopted home, but that proved false. Klitschko had some success in the last session but Fury held on a was declared the victor 116-111 and 115-112 (twice) on the cards. I cannot in good conscience retreat for a second time, so I am relieved to identify Craig Brough, Action Images photographer and my saviour, as its driver.
Middlesbrough’s former Commonwealth Games middleweight gold medallist John Pearce, an amateur rival of Carl Froch: “I was over in the Ukraine in 1997 for a Euro qualifier and even back then the people there were saying the Klitschko brothers trained like professionals even though they had amateur vests on”.
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Fury continued to keep the champion at arm’s length as he executed a gameplan to perfection in what was a cagey rather than spectacular contest between two man mountains.
