Fury admits he’s not ready for the Klitschko’s
October 28th, 2011
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Unbeaten 23 year old British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (16-0, 11 KO’s) has openly acknowledged that he is not ready to face the Klitschko’s.
Many British boxing fans are hopeful that Tyson will fill the void left by David Haye, who announced his retirement on his 31st birthday on October 13. Fury’s size is roughly equivalent to the 6’7 ½” WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, but as defeated challenger Tomasz Adamek stated after his one sided loss to “Dr. Ironfist” on September 10, he would have lost even if Vitali was 5” shorter.
Tyson would have a size advantage over the 6’6” The Ring, (Super) WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko but presently he is nowhere near Wladimir’s skill level.
In his Daily Mirror interview Fury said:
“It would be quite easy for me to go and get a fight with Vladimir in Germany. But I’m only a baby in heavyweight terms. I’m the British and Commonwealth champion, I’m undefeated in 16 fights, but I don’t need that fight right now.
“Maybe in five or six fights’ time, if they want to do it, then fine. But I’m not going to Germany now, because in another five fights I’ll be a hot property and they will have to come over here and fight me. What would be the point in me fighting them now for a quick pay day? It’s not about money for me, it’s about achieving.
“I’m not going to rush in there until I’m ready and get beat. Because once my “O” is gone, it’s gone. I’m going to take it steady at my own pace. I don’t need the money, I’ve food in the cupboard, I can put diesel in the car and I can go to the movies. I’m living the dream and I want to live it as long as I can.
“It’s easy to get a title shot these days because there is a lack of opponents. But to jump in the deep end now when I can’t swim would be senseless.”
Fury will defend his British and Commonwealth titles against undefeated Canadian Neven Pajkic (16-0, 5 KO’s) at Manchester’s Event City on November 12.
In Fury’s last fight on September 17 he scored a 5th round TKO win over American journeyman Nicolai Firtha (20-9, 8 KO’s).
Prior to his win over Firtha, Tyson won a unanimous12 round decision over Dereck Chisora (14-1, 9 KO’s) on July 23 picking up his British and Commonwealth title belts.
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@professor. Nobody needs to fight Audley Harrison. Nobody. He’s totally pointless.
Enough handpick fighters Fury needs to fight Audley Harrison who’s been calling him out for months now. Fury vs Harrison should happen in December sometime.
Fury has bundles of potential, hes 23 and still learning his trade, doing it the right way instead of jumping straight in with the champs. Hes main problem is his defence, he gets hit far to often from the inside which shouldnt be happening if your 6,9′. Hes been staggered a few times by 2 bob opponents but thats part of the learning process. once he sorts that out he will be a real contender (not to either klitschko though so id forget about that if i was him)
fury will never be ready he just aint that good! simples
I think fury will be ready just after they retire!!!!
Fury needs a good trainer before the opportunity passes by.
As stevie says price is by far the better prospect than fury he has a great jab and bangs harder than fury , a match up between the two would make sense for the british public but i doubt the promoters would want to risk their prize assets unless it was against a k bro for a bucket of cash.
why not whom else is there i dont like fury but its true
I agreed with everything Fury said until he said in 5 or 6 fights he’ll be hot property so they’ll have to come to the UK to fight him. Can’t see that happening somehow!
Wow! Fury isnt a dumb as he looks
Nice to see he has his head on his shoulders. Some boxers in Fury’ssituation would want Kiltschko roght now – and get TKO’d
price will beat fury now!!!! they are a lot of good fighters comming threw the amatures as well
@Anonymous I’m glad you said it cus it seems everyone else has either forgot or just doesnt know, but David Price is on his way just wait and see he can take on a K bro in 1 or 2 years no problem.
@anonymous
Thankyou Anonymous. That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.
@8:02, fangirl of the cowardly biatch Lena Lew.
@8:02. clit is in your crotch, hole. show some respect to the great champ you britard. davey ga y ex-fangirl
Fury is only 23 so why should he even consider fighting the Klits? He’s about 10 years away from his prime and the Klits will be long gone then. However, we do have a decent set of heavyweights in britain… Fury, Price, Haye, Chisora and we’ve got the young amateur Anthony Joshua as a future prospect. For a country so small we don’t do bad.
@matty do it son
Ive never had a pro bout but i reckon im ready for the klitchkos
@kangaroo. GTFOH boring wnkr. Go watch some featherfisted midgets like glamour girls pacs or floyds.
Niether to be honest. Paid for the last 2 haye fights. Best thing the guys done recently is retire. Only paid for the first fight because i wanted to see fraudley harrison get what he deserved. But going back to your original question i wouldnt pay to watch any english heavyweight. Id go down a few weights and pay good money to watch froch. At least your guarenteed a good and exciting fight
Vitaliy just said he “Will retire in 1, maximum 2 more fights”. So it’s 35 years old uncle Wlad who is gonna beat the sht out of every and any contender to his throne for another, let’s say, 4-5 years. Long reigning Wladimir KlitschKO!
It seems like he admits hes not ready every other month but he still gets publicity everytime he says it
o and sam..who would you rather give ppv money to vs klitschko , haye or fury? i dont think ‘all british boxing fans’ would give more money to haye.haye dont love the sport like fury does.
fury is the most down to earth, and honest boxer there is, and i can only applaud that. he is exiting and entertaining, although not world champion material will do very well because of his popularity.
all i can say about the man is he might be just ready for himself now . that is, in case he punches himself again at least he can parry, evade or dodge. y’know.
who ever said fury was ready in the first place? he’s as far as the moon and back from the klits. could it be the same guy that told haye he was ready??? uuh! booth???
5 or 6 more fights is like 2 years. Klitchko’s will retired by then.
I think i can say this on behalf of all british boxing fans, we really aint pinning our hopes on fury to replace haye. In terms of heavyweight in britain there isnt much coming through at all. And i honestly believe as soon as tyson moves up a few tiers in terms of quality that “0″ will disapear. I dont think it will even have to be a klitchsko that makes the 0 go.
Fury can wait his time knowing that the brothers are not going to be around forever. Right now there is not one heavyweight on the planet/solar system that can survive the Klitschko machine.
Five or six fights before Fury is ready to take on the boredom brothers hey? Try five or six decades
Any true boxing fan already knows this. Haye would destroy Fury.