Wladimir: I will KO Tyson Fury, period!

By Boxing News - 04/27/2016 - Comments

wladimirBy Scott Gilfoid: 40-year-old Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) came unglued today under questioning from the media and barbs from IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) at their press conference in Manchester, UK.

With Fury talking about wanting to fight more bums after he gets done with Wladimir and the blunt questions from the media, it had Wladimir on edge. The aging Ukrainian heavyweight says he’s going to knockout Fury on July 9 in their rematch at the Manchester Arena.

Wladimir says he’s enjoying himself now that he’s the challenger and not the champion. But to look at how uncomfortable he appeared at the press conference, it didn’t look like Wladimir was enjoying himself in the slightest.

“What comes out of Fury’s mouth – a lot of the statements are disrespectful,” Klitschko said. “I would like to see boxing as a sweet science with a good image that everybody can follow, get into the ring, be an athlete and be respectful.”

Fury took the press conference today in a leisurely way, saying whatever came to his head. Fury said he hates training, he likes eating, and he likes to sit and watch television. When Fury took off his shirt to show off his fat belly, I guess that probably didn’t go over too well with Wladimir, who takes the sport very seriously, as his training.

Wladimir has never let himself get out of shape before in between fights, so he can’t relate to a fighter that gains close to 60 pounds of blubber in between fights like Fury has. I still can’t believe all the fat Fury has packed on in just five months of eating since his fight with Wladimir last November.

I think Fury may have really did it this time with the weight he’s gained. I don’t think he’s going to be able to take off all that weight by July 9. If he does, he’s probably going to be as weak as heck and fighting on fumes.

If you’ve ever taken off 40 to 50lbs of weight, you probably know how it leaves you weak. I wouldn’t know myself what it’s like to be fat, but I’ve had friends that have taken off that kind of blubber through exercise and they’ve always complained at how weak they were after burning off the lard.

“That all homosexual men and women belong in the same place, all women belong either in the kitchen and on their back… so that’s where he sees Elton John and the Queen?” said Wladimir. “To Tyson Fury and all the people out there who think the same way, I want to say: **** off.

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It’s so sad to see Wladimir sounding like he’s about to blow his top just because Fury was letting it all hang out at the press conference. I guess it upset Wladimir’s sensibilities to have Fury speaking so freely and looking so fat at the same time.

I hate to say it but this puts even more pressure on Wladimir to win this fight on July 9. If Wladimir loses to a guy as fat and as casual about the sport as Fury, then it’s going to make him look really bad. If I were me, I would retire on the spot. I couldn’t continue fighting if I were whipped a second time by Fury.

“I will knock Tyson Fury out. I will not lose my words here. I will knock Tyson Fury out. Period,” said Wladimir.