By Scott Gilfoid: For some reason, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) thinks the results will be the same when he faces former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) in a rematch next year as part of the rematch clause that the 39-year-old Klitschko wisely had inserted in his contract for his clash with Fury last Saturday night.
Fury thinks that it wouldn’t have mattered if Klitschko had a decade to train for their fight at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, because he thinks he would have still beaten him anyway. As it was, Fury barely won the fight by a very, very close 12 round unanimous decision.
Yeah, Fury did do enough to win the decision in my view, but it was heck a close. I mean, if Wladimir had showed some courage along the way in the last six rounds, he would have won the fight easily.
“If he [Wladimir] had ten years to train, the result would be the same next time,” Fury said to Fightnews.com. “I think he will take the rematch, but who knows when he gets home and has time to think about it. I’d like to come back to Germany again to fight Wlad,” Fury added.
Of course, Wladimir will take the rematch with Fury, because the fight was close and it was one that could have been won by him if he’d thrown a few more punches in each round. I mean, it’s not as if Klitschko was wiped out like he was in his 2nd round knockout loss to the late South African southpaw Corrie Sanders in their fight 12 years ago in 2003.
I could understand why Wladimir never opted to fight Sanders again, because he clearly had his number and likely would have knocked him out in a rematch if he’d made the mistake of facing him a second time. But with the feathery-fisted Fury, it’s a fight that even the totally shot looking Klitschko can win if he is somehow able to make a few tweaks in his offense by reaching back to get the last bit of his youth to throw a few more punches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWlyRUDte0
Fury was gawd awful in the fight. I think a ton of guys would have whipped him if they’d been in there with him last night. If prospect Dillian Whyte was in the ring with Fury instead of Wladimir, I don’t think Fury would have made it to the 6th round. Whyte can really punch and he would have no qualms about letting his hands go in a major way.
While Wladimir was averaging a pathetic 19 punches thrown per round, you could count on Whyte easily doubling that number by throwing well over 50 head shots at Fury. I’d like to think that Fury would be able to mount some kind of offense to turn back the tide of Whyte, but I don’t think he would. I see that fight as a Custer’s last stand type of deal for Fury. I’m not even talking about WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who would be a real nightmare for the likes of Fury. As bad as Fury looked last Saturday, I don’t think it would have been a fair fight if Deontay was in there with him.
“I might be allowed a voluntary defense [first] and I would like to have that back in England, probably in Manchester. It would be great to bring the titles back,” Fury said.
I would be very surprised if the contract language that Wladimir has in his rematch clause with Fury would allow him to take a voluntary defense of his newly won IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles. That would be crazy if it’s allowed. But if Fury is allowed to take a voluntary defense, I don’t see him taking on anyone risky like Deontay.
Why would he? If Fury is guaranteed a big money rematch against Wladimir, why would he bother to risk everything by taking on Deontay Wilder in a unification fight? If anything, I think Fury will take an easy bottom feeder type of opponent that he knows he can beat just by showing up inside the ring. Believe me, there are plenty of bottom feeders in the heavyweight division that Fury can beat without any problems. It wouldn’t be that way if there was only one heavyweight title instead of five of them.
Fury beat Klitschko by the narrow scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 116-111. The fight was close enough to call for a rematch even if there wasn’t a rematch clause in the contract. That’s the one shining light that came from their truly terrible to watch fight last Saturday night.
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