After the bout, Fury said “I’m a fighter so I will take on all challengers and be a great champion”.
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According to reports, because she has gone through several miscarriages in the past, the new champion wanted to take no risks after only discovering his wife was pregnant the day before the fight.
Fury said he had already encountered evidence of gamesmanship from Klitschko’s team. “I was so frightened of being drug tested and failing the drugs test. I didn’t want to take drinks or food from anyone”.
“It’s all still a bit early”.
Many thought the 39-year-old could retire but he will bid to win his titles back in 2016 per a clause in the big-fight contract.
Fury is set to earn around £15m for the rematch, three times his earnings for ending Klitschko’s 11 year reign and snatching his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles.
‘To be honest it doesn’t matter to me where I fight.
Klitschko said that he couldn’t show his full potential at any time of the match, adding that failure is not an option for him in the rematch.
Despite Klitschko’s desire for a rematch, Fury’s manager and promoter Mick Hennessy believes the former champion is unlikely to compete again and is having doubts about another fight after his defeat last Saturday. “I don’t know where it’s going to be”. Bellator President Scott Coker recently told Sherdog.com that negotiations to bring Fury to the Viacom-owned organization would have become “extremely serious” had he been vanquished by Klitschko. “I’ve not had a chance to speak to Tyson yet but I’m sure when I do, he’ll hit the roof”.
Who wins Fury-Klitschko II? “I tried but it didn’t work”, said Klitschko, who at 1.98-meters (6-foot-6), was in the unusual position of facing someone taller. “Not too many people thought I could do it but I had faith all along that I’d be the champion of the world and make it an easy fight”, he said.
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“Hopefully we will have an answer (on the venue) in the next few weeks”.
