Several fighters have been quick to throw their hats in to the ring to challenge the newly-crowned champion – including former WBA champion David Haye, current WBC champion Deontay Wilder and the promising Anthony Joshua.
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The 27-year-old Manchester fighter is only Britain’s fifth bona fide heavyweight world champion after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and David Haye.
He added: “We haven’t had an undisputed champion in I can’t remember how long and I want to be the first name to bring the belts back together and heavyweight boxing back to its full potential”.
“When somebody tunes in to look at a world title fight that is not what they expect to see, they look to see a fight and somebody get beat up for the title”.
“If Deontay Wilder wants a unification fight he is going to have to wait, because Wladimir Klitschko has a round two”, Fury said via the Daily Mail.
“Next time when we do have the rematch, I think it is going to be a much easier fight”.
Tyson Fury is basking in the glow of his new status as a boxing world champion.
“All these people can do what they want”.
The Briton revealed the existence of a rematch clause in the original contract for Saturday’s bout, but admitted it would involve him returning to Klitschko’s German heartland even as champion.
Mr Vali lost his 15-year-old son Zak to cancer just nine weeks ago and said the likes of Tyson and his uncle and trainer Peter offered great support to the boxing-mad teenager during his illness.
“When I say paedophiles could be made legal, it sounds insane”.
“All that I know and that I can talk about is that I’m the number one heavyweight on the planet”. If he says he’d rather give me the belt than fight me if I’m mandatory, that shows what he’s like as a man and a fighter.
Tyson Fury (green shorts) on his way to victory over Christian Hammer in a Heavyweight Contest by singing “Elvis” at the O2 Arena on February 28, 2015 in London, England. It’s got to be 10 – I still had the energy for a big vocal after a twelve-round fight! I just could not find the right distance.
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With him on top of the heavyweight division, some expect the division to be revitalized and have more color into it once again.
