There is a long list of fallen champions and other men who have taken beatings from Klitschko during the last decade and they would, oddly, provide entertainment in fights with Fury. Let him fight the next challenger. He said he went home completely dehydrated before he even touched anything – he was so scared of being drugged and failing the test.
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“We know the cheats, these people are extremely good at cheating”, Fury said.
And when asked about fighting Wilder, Fury responded: “Why do we need to mention Deontay Wilder?” But there was nothing that you could point at to suggest that there was any cheating by the Klitschko camp.
John Fury, the boxer’s father and a former professional heavyweight and bareknuckle fighter, stood up and also made his voice heard at the news conference, insisting that his son’s achievements should be recognised and that he was “the proudest father in the world”.
Fury has categorically stated he will not grant old adversary David Haye a shot, while rising British star Anthony Joshua could take a step closer to contention if he can beat Dillion White on December 12. “People want it to happen, at some stage down the line it will happen, whether it’s next year or the year after”. I’ve had a full six months of boxing. His reach bothered me. He’s suggested everything from being given a pair of boxing gloves that didn’t fit him to his weight being written down wrong at the weigh-in were attempts to rattle the unbeaten Fury and get into his head before the fight. Haye has opted out of their 2013 scheduled fight because of injury during training. “I just could not find the right distance”.
And he looks likely to have to repeat the feat in his next fight, with Klitschko having the option of a rematch if he feels he can reverse the result. “How’s that? Hughie would give me a much better fight than Haye, because at least he’d throw some punches back”. Fans shouldn’t look anywhere as it looks like Klitschko will exercise his rematch clause.
It’s a big venue, and it’s unclear if there’s enough interest in a second fight between the two heavyweights to sellout the large 80,000 seat stadium. On Saturday night he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring unified heavyweight champion.
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Fury brought Klitschko’s nine-year reign as heavyweight king to an end on Saturday in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
