The British boxer exacted the Ukrainian’s first defeat in nearly a decade at the weekend, winning their world heavyweight title fight by unanimous decision.
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In the post-fight press conference, Wladimir Klitschko confirmed his intention to exercise a rematch clause in the contract with Team Fury.
“There will be a huge worldwide interest in this fight which already can be billed as the fight of the year 2016”, said Klitschko’s manager Bernd Boente.
“I received many messages over these last few days”.
IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s trainer Peter Fury thinks the IBF is being unfair by them threatening to strip Tyson of his IBF title unless he faces his #1 IBF mandatory challenger Vyachyeslav Glazkov next.
Identifying a venue will be one of the key steps in putting the fight on, and Peter Fury said: “We’re looking at possibly getting it at Wembley Stadium next year”.
“David Haye will never get a fight against Tyson Fury after what he did to me”, Fury said in a report by BBC Sports.
Fury upset the odds to snatch the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight crowns from 39-year-old Wladimir (64-4-KO53) in Dusseldorf via a comfortable points victory.
“I’m quite confident the fight can be a mega fight here in the United Kingdom and I’m hopeful the fight can end up here”.
“I had good information off good resources not to touch anything in the changing rooms because they might try and drug you”, ESPN quote Fury as saying.
Mick Hennessey, Fury’s promoter, is open to the prospect of a rematch in England.
And the Olympic champion admits the public’s appetite for a bout with Fury could make the fight happen sooner rather than later. “The bitter part about it is I definitely wanted to be the one to dethrone him in a great fashion”.
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And while Klitschko insists he under-performed, Peter Fury also believes his charge will come out stronger for a rematch after the quality of their first meeting drew a considerable amount of derision.
