Fury: I should be ready for the Klitschkos soon

By Boxing News - 04/17/2012 - Comments

Image: Fury: I should be ready for the Klitschkos soonBy William Mackay: Big 6’9″ former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (18-0, 13 KO’s) is ripping through the 2nd tier ranks, beating all the easy opposition while at the same time bragging that he’s almost ready to face the Klitschkos. When Fury had the chance to fight a good heavyweight in David Price, he ran in the other direction and even gave up his British and Commonwealth titles rather than take the Price bout.

Fury said to RingTV “I should be ready for the Klitschkos very soon. It’s just a matter of striking a deal and getting over there and getting them knocked out.”

It sounds like Fury actually believes what he’s saying, but then you have to remember that he chose not to fight Price. You then see it as bluster on Fury’s part. He has nothing to lose in facing the Klitschkos because he gets a big payday in the process of getting knocked out. No one would take him seriously as a threat, so he’ll have no pressure on him for a fight like that.

Fury defeated Martin Rogan last Saturday night to win the Irish heavyweight title in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fury comes from England, but he says he’s Irish by blood and wanted to capture the title for that sake. I guess if this is what floats his boat. I just hope he doesn’t have some other low level accomplishment that he didn’t achieve earlier in his career that he wants to regress backwards to try and accomplish.

Fury came out as a southpaw and took a lot of head shots from a fighter that is past his best, and never really was anything more than a domestic level fighter. That’s the whole problem. You can’t take Fury serious in his words about being nearly ready for the Klitshkos when he’s fighting 40-year-old part time fighters like Rogan.

At this point, Fury should be taking on the Alexander Dimitrenkos and the Denis Boytsovs of the heavyweight division, not regressing to an earlier stage in his development to win straps that no one cares about but him. It just makes me think his thinking process isn’t wired correctly. He thinks he’s almost ready for the Klitschkos, yet he’s facing 3rd tier heavyweights like Rogan. What’s up with that? I can only imagine who Fury will be facing next if he decides to hold onto his Irish heavyweight title and defend it against local Irish heavyweights.



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