Tyson Fury insists he is just a “normal person who got lucky” enough to become the new world heavyweight champion and is already relishing a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko.
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Ukrainian Klitschko says he will fight Tyson Fury again next year.
“I lost the battle, but I didn’t lose the fighter, the fighter is still in there”, added Klitschko.
Fury – the first gypsy world heavyweight champion – had few believers that he could pull off a big upset and end Klitschko’s nine-and-a-half-year reign (the second longest by a world heavyweight champion after Joe Louis).
It was a poor display from Klitschko who finished with cuts to both cheeks while Fury was unmarked.
DUESSELDORF, Germany Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko demanded a rematch minutes after losing his four world titles to British challenger Tyson Fury on Saturday in a stunning unanimous points decision.
So it was a double celebration last night in Dusseldorf. I should have thrown more right hands, but after throwing left hands, I couldn’t find the distance and land as many as I wished. I never believed he would do it but he did.
Fury said: “I found him quite hard to hit, as he did with me”.
“I hope he (Fury) can win the rematch again and bring the titles back to Britain a free agent to fight the best possible fighters”.
Vitali Klitschko oversaw Tyson Fury’s glove-wrapping, but the Fury camp was incensed when Wladimir Klitschko wrapped his gloves without any of them present. Then: “Why do we need to mention Deontay Wilder?”.
“I was very anxious waiting for the decision”, he said.
Klitschko, the premier heavyweight of his era, relinquished the IBF belt he had held since 2006, the WBO title he’d owned since 2008, and the WBA crown he’d had since 2011.
“The speed was missing”, the 6-9 Klitschko said.
The unbeaten Traveller (24-0,18KOs) had even claimed the bout against the hugely experienced Klitschko (64-3,53KOs) would be “an easy fight”, but he obviously started a heavy underdog.
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“I knew this 27 years ago: The minute he came into the world, he was special. I will be the most charismatic champion since Muhammad Ali”, he said before serenading his wife in the crowd with a song by American band Aerosmith. 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.
