By William Mackay: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (13-0, 9 KO’s) wants to be the heavyweight champion of the world someday, and his trainer, the legendary Emanuel Steward, thinks that Fury could be one a great one by the time he’s through. Fury, 22, has a fight this weekend against Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (13-0, 11 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena, in Wembley, London.
The 6’9″ Fury reportedly spent some time recently in IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s training camp watching him spar and get ready for his April 30th bout against Dereck Chisora. Fury reportedly impressed with what he saw.
In an interview with thesun.co.uk, Fury said “I wasn’t impressed. I see the Klitschkos as robots. Wladimir sparred with an American who’d had only one fight, and he wasn’t getting the best of it.”
I wonder if Fury secretly thinks he could give Wladimir trouble? That would interesting to see how Wladimir would do against Fury in a sparring match because Fury doesn’t appear know how to jab, lacks right hand power and doesn’t have a left hook worth mentioning. He does throw an uppercut, but it’s not a huge punch and it likely wouldn’t be affective against Wladimir because he fights on the outside. My guess is Fury wouldn’t last more than one or two rounds against Wladimir if he took the sparring session seriously. Fury has too many flaws and needs a lot of work to even beat some of the contenders in the division, much less a champion like Wladimir. Fury may not pain out as a pro.
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