By Scott Gilfoid: Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) is still in shock that he was beaten by Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) last Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wladimir, 39, came into the fight with the British Fury expecting to either KO him or pound out a one-sided 12 round decision. But instead of winning the fight, Wladimir came up short in losing a decision at the ESPRIT Arena in front of 55,000 fans.
I still don't believe I actually lost. Man, I'm suffering.
— Klitschko (@Klitschko) November 30, 2015
Yeah, I bet Wladimir is suffering right now because he lost to such a mediocre fighter in Fury. I mean, I think more than a dozen of the top contenders would have smashed Fury to smithereens in front of all those fans.
Wladimir looked like he was second guessing himself too much by fighting in an inhibited manner. If he had just fought in a more reckless manner, I think he would have blasted Fury out in the 1st round. But Wladimir was fighting Fury like he was the second coming of Corrie Sanders instead of a feather duster. Wladimir had way too much respect for Fury’s slapping punches, and that led to him not throwing anything at all.
By now, I’m sure Wladimir has seen a replay of his fight against Fury many times and recognized that he could have blasted him out immediately if he had just surged ahead and opened up with the heavy artillery at once to get him out of there.
Heck, that’s what WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder would likely done. He would have had no respect for Fury’s punching power, and would have just come and looked to take his head off with right hands from the second the fight started.
Wladimir will have a second chance to fight Fury and correct the mistakes he made in their previous fight. Wladimir had a rematch clause in his contract with the 6’9” Fury, so they should be able to get a second fight negotiated. Wladimir may have to agree to fight in the UK the next time, but that’s to be expected.
It won’t matter though. If Wladimir is better prepared for the rematch, then he should be able to make easy work of Fury by opening up with his big power shots as soon as Fury comes forward looking to engage. If nothing else, Wladimir just focus on throwing 60 right hands per round. He can forget about his left hook altogether because Fury will stay out of range from that punch in the rematch just like he was last Saturday.
The only punches that Wladimir will be able to land will be his jab and long right hands. But Wladimir needs to let his right hand go like crazy if he wants to beat Fury. It doesn’t matter if the shot misses. Wladimir can fall into Fury and grab him in a clinch immediately or shove him to get him to back off. But I think Wladimir would easily beat Fury if he focused on throwing 50 to 60 scorching right hands per round.
Fury would obviously be able to get out of the way of some of them, but not enough to stay on his feet. Wladimir also will need to commit to the right hands with as much speed and power as possible. In other words, he can’t throw it in a tentative way like he was throwing his right hands last Saturday night.
Wladimir looked like he wasn’t certain when he was throwing the shot. If he had just forgot about being certain and just thrown his right hands, he would have landed more than enough to either KO Fury or win a decision. Fury won just because he was busier, not because he was landing anything meaningful.
If Wladimir had a clue in what he was doing wrong, he would have salvaged the fight. His trainer Johnathon Banks and brother Vitali Klitschko were both telling him what he needed to do, but Wladimir just wasn’t paying attention. What I would have told Wladimir would be to forget about his left hook and jab, and instead just go after Fury with fast and powerful right hands, because Fury was vulnerable against those shots in the fight.
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