Fury: I want to get through Klitschko, then take out Deontay

By Boxing News - 01/25/2016 - Comments

Image: Fury: I want to get through Klitschko, then take out DeontayBy Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he wants to whip the 39-year-old Wladimir Klitschko in their rematch in 2016, and then target WBC talent Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) to try and take him out of the picture to snatch his strap. Fury, 27, says he’s really interested in the Wilder fight, as well he should.

It’s a fight that would bring Fury huge, huge money if he can get the fight. Never mind the fact that Wilder’s recent title defense against little known contender Artur Szpilka only brought in 500,000 viewers on Showtime Championship Boxing in the United States, a fight between Wilder and Fury would bring in huge ratings in the UK and the U.S. It would be a pay-per-view worthy fight in the UK, and would likely sellout a stadium.

“That’s the fight [against Wilder] I really want. I want to get through Wladimir and then take out Deontay. I’m not interested in fighting bums to make a few pounds. I want to fight the best in the division,” Fury said to skysports.com.

Well, I wouldn’t go counting by chicks before they’ve hatched if I were Fury. He might not get past Wladimir in their rematch. In fact, I can definitely see Wladimir doing a number on Fury in the rematch and maybe even knocking him out cold on the spot. Wladimir barely lost to Fury last November in losing by the scores of 115-112, 116-111 and 115-112. Wladimir is going to improve dramatically in the rematch, you can bet on that 100 percent.

If Fury, 6’9”, doesn’t raise his game a couple of notches to find some offensive fire power, then I can definitely see Wladimir blasting him into smithereens in the rematch and leaving him face down on the canvas. Heck, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Wladimir can be successful against Fury if he commits to his right hand fully.

Wladimir can forget about using his jab and left hook, because Fury will be leaning his tall frame backwards all night long to avoid those shots. But there’s nothing on earth that Fury will be able to do to get out of the way of Wladimir’s long right hands.

The thing that Wladimir needs to work on is reloading his right hand in close if/when he misses with his rights. Instead of grabbing Fury in a clinch, Wladimir needs to immediately fire off a right hand at point blank range with Fury no more than inches away from him to get him out of there.

“I was very impressed. I think he’s an awesome fighter and I think it’s going to be a very good victory when I beat him,” Fury said about Deontay. “He was troubled and the guy was awkward. What can I say? He got the job done and I can’t wait to fight the guy.”

Let’s get things straight about the Wilder-Szpilka fight; Wilder was not troubled by Szpilka in that fight. It was more of a case of Wilder looking to line the Polish fighter up for a fight hand all night long. With all the running and movement that Szpilka was using in the fight, it was pretty much impossible for Wilder to land his shots cleanly the way he wanted to do.

It wasn’t until later in the fight in the 9th round that Szpilka got sloppy by coming after Wilder aggressively, and this left him open for a peach of a right hand from Wilder that knocked him out. I think the fight would have been over much faster if Szpilka had stood in front of Wilder or come after him.

“It wouldn’t be a hard fight to sell. I know that with me and him [Wilder] in the ring there’s going to be one thing – a knockout. A million per cent,” Fury said.

It definitely won’t be a hard fight to sell between Wilder and Fury. It’s a fight that would interest a great deal of boxing fans, and it’s one that would definitely end by knockout. I could see the fight selling out Wembley Stadium in London, UK. We’re talking 90,000 fans screaming their heads off and singing football songs all night long, or at least until the fight ends with a knockout.



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