By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) hasn’t even fought IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) yet, and he’s already looking past him towards a unification bout against WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) for next year.
Talk about your overconfidence. Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessey was able to reach a deal with Klitschko’s promoters at K2 Promotions earlier today minutes before the fight was set to go to purse bids in Panama.
There reportedly was an 18 million offer on the table to have the fight staged in Grozny, Russia, which obviously would have made both fighters happy had it been accepted. Somehow, I seriously doubt that Klitschko and Fury are going to make that kind of cash for this fight.
After the fight was officially signed, Fury sent out a Tweet to the 6’7” Wilder, bragging about the fight being a done deal, and saying “Klitschko fight is a done deal. Let’s win our next fights and make history together. East vs. West, then West vs. West. Booom.”
Wilder responded with “You know I’m ready for you whenever. Good luck, bro. You’ll need it.”
@BronzeBomber klitschko fight is a done deal, lets win our next fights & make history togeather, east vs west, then west vs west, boooooooom
— Gypsy King (@Tyson_Fury) July 6, 2015
You know I'm ready for you whenever… Good luck in your fight bro… you'll need it. https://t.co/Yr5NicXLkq
— Deontay Wilder (@BronzeBomber) July 6, 2015
Oh boy is Fury going to need a lot of luck in this fight if he wants to beat Klitschko. Like I’ve said before, I just don’t see Fury being able to pull off the upset against the more experienced, faster and stronger Klitschko. I do think it would be good for boxing if Fury was to win this fight because it would open up a big money match-up between Fury and Wilder in the UK. However, it’s very likely that Wladimir has a rematch clause in his contract with Fury, stating that if he loses the fight, he’ll have to face immediately without Fury being able to fight anyone else in between. That means that we probably won’t get a chance to see Fury vs. Wilder until late 2016, even if Fury beats Klitschko. Fury isn’t just going to be able to walk away with all of Wladimir’s heavyweight titles without having to face him again.
The Klitschko vs. Fury fight will be taking place at a still to be determined venue on October 24th in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
With the fight taking place in Germany, Fury had better make sure that he looks for a knockout because I doubt he’s going to get the nod on the scorecards. Wladimir is the champion, and he’s fighting in his venue. Fury is the visiting fighter, so he’s going to need to be looking for a KO in order to take the judges out of the fight to make sure gets the win. I mean, I can’t see Fury winning a decision against Wladimir unless he knocks him down a half dozen times and makes it so obvious who the better fighter is between the two.
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