Fury took a small purse to have his shot at Klitschko, but boosted his earnings by betting £200,000 ($460,000 NZD) on himself to beat the champion and will be able to set his own figure for the rematch.
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In speaking about a rematch, Klitschko said “we’ll see how the cookie crumbles”.
“I’ve said some stupid things”, Fury said after winning the belt.
“Japan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, America – wherever it has to be, it has to be”.
The victory came by a unanimous decision in Dusseldorf, Germany.
“There are a lot of different boxers and people who will have a lot of things to say about him”.
Fury now holds the WBO, IBF, WBU and IBO world boxing titles even though the fight was less a spectacle than many expected.
He said on Saturday night: “Why do I need to mention Deontay Wilder? Let’s have a laugh at his name shall we?” Probably the pound-for-pound king, whatever that means. That ended Klitschko’s reign as world champion after nine years, six months. I can feel when an opponent can hit me or not and at times he was jabbing and I was just getting out of there. Why would I be bothered about a novice like Wilder?
‘I knew all along I could win the fight.
Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images A bruised and bloodied Wladimir Klitschko loses his first fight in over a decade Saturday night.
The Mancunian, a 4/1 underdog, baffled Klitschko with a stylish, measured performance in which he utilised his height and youth perfectly to earn a superb win with scores of 115-112 twice and 116-111 despite being deducted a point for fouling.
“I never believed he would do it but he did”.
Since David Haye lost his heavyweight title in 2011 to Wladimir Klitschko, there has not been a British heavyweight champion until Tyson Fury’s victory in Germany last night. Others, like Klitschko’s surrender of his trio of heavyweight championship belts, simply fade away when you least expect it. I wasn’t given anything for free.
He then landed a bruising left uppercut in the ninth that wounded Klitschko’s right eye.
Klitschko started defensively and could not get out of his shell from the first round.
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Combined with the level of skill that he showed in the ring along with an ability to execute the ideal game-plan that was formulated by his uncle and trainer, Peter Fury, the question now is whether or not he will be able to remain at the top.
