Wladimir Klitschko to face Tyson Fury on October 24th in Dusseldorf, Germany

By Boxing News - 07/06/2015 - Comments

wladimir123By Scott Gilfoid: In what has to be construed as bad news for unbeaten #1 WBO contender Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs), his promoters at Hennessy Sports came to an agreement with K2 Promotions today, the promoters for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) for a fight that will be taking place a little over three months from now on October 24th in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The agreement between K2 Promotions and Hennessey Sports means the purse bid that was scheduled for Monday has now been canceled. This doesn’t work out well for the 26-year-old Fury because if it had gone to a purse bid, there was a chance that one of the British promoters like Eddie Hearn from Matchroom Sport would have won the bid, and then scheduled the fight to take place in the UK. But with K2 Promotions coming to an agreement with Fury’s promoters, the fight will now take place in a large football stadium in Germany, where Wladimir has a huge fan base. It’ll be a venue that will favor the 39-year-old Wladimir, and that means there won’t be a ton of Fury fans in the crowd like there would be if it were to take place in the UK.

“We’re very happy to reach an agreement with Hennessy Sports for this great heavyweight title matchup,” said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, promoter of Klitschko. “The fight will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany on Saturday, October 24.”

Fury hasn’t been fighting guys with the same size and talent of Wladimir during his career, and it’s going to be a real shock to the 6’9” fighter to try and deal with the sudden leap up in competition. Fury has recently beaten Christian Hammer, Dereck Chisora and Joey Abell.

Chisora was ranked No.1 by the WBO, but a lot of boxing fans thought that ranking was a mickey mouse ranking that Chisora didn’t deserve because he had received the ranking off of beating mediocre opposition. I personally had Chisora as a bottom 15 fighter and not anywhere near No.1. Fury’s lack of quality opposition is likely going to have him way out of his league when he gets inside the ring with Wladimir on October 24th.

We’ve seen Fury get badly hurt a number of times during his career in getting dropped, and hurt by weak 2nd tier fighters. Fury was dropped by former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham in 2013. Fury’s chin, or lack thereof, could give him a lot of problems when he steps inside the ring with the 6’6” Wladimir.

While it’s pretty clear from watching Wladimir’s last fight against Bryant Jennings that he’s starting to show signs of deterioration due to the natural aging process, Wladimir can still punch when he lets his hands go and makes contact. If Wladimir is able to pull the trigger on his shots, and that’s a big if, he’s likely going to have Fury splayed out on the canvas wondering what hit him.

To be sure, Fury still hasn’t been beaten during his career, but he also still hasn’t faced anyone with a pulse. To say that Fury has been matched carefully is being kind. He’s been matched against awful opposition throughgout his career and he should have stepped up years ago against the legitimate top 10 heavyweights instead of wasting his time fighting the likes of Martin Rogan, Abell, Chisora and Christian Hammer.



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