By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder doesn’t want to assume anything about him getting a unification fight against Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) for the time being because he says Fury still has to take care of business against former world champion Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch.
Before Wilder can even think about getting inside the ring to trade shots with Fury, he’s going to need to take a wait and see approach about Fury’s fight against Wladimir this year. Never the less, when/if Wilder does get the fight against Fury, he says he’s going to blast him out within four rounds.
“He’s [Fury] got to get Klitschko out of the way first, and then I’m going to baptize him,” Deontay said to TMZ.com. “I’m going to knock him out in four rounds or less,” Wilder said.
I think it’s safe to say that Wilder will be knocking Fury out if that fight takes place this year. Fury has a chin problem, as we’ve seen in the past. Probably the only reason Fury didn’t get knocked out by Wladimir was because the Ukrainian heavyweight was too timid to let his right hand go. If Wladimir had fought like Deontay does, then I think he would have knocked Fury clean out in three or four rounds.
It’s going to be interesting to see what version of Wladimir enters the ring in the rematch with Fury. Will Wladimir be there mentally and fight with the kind of aggression that he needs to, or will he go out there and fight like a lamb like he did in his previous fight against Fury? My guess is Wladimir will be upset from his previous loss to Fury last November that he’ll come out there in a rage and bomb Fury out of there straightaway.
The fights I want 2016,
Klitschko,
Wilder,
Martin,
Can we make these fights happen?@BronzeBomber @stprincecharles @Klitschko— Gypsy King (@Tyson_Fury) February 10, 2016
The bad thing about Wladimir whipping Fury in the rematch is that it probably means that boxing fans won’t be seeing a big mega-fight between Fury and Deontay. I could see Fury retiring after a loss to Wladimir. If he does continue to fight, I doubt that he’d want to get inside the ring with Deontay in his first fight back after losing to Wladimir. If anything, Fury will go back on the fodder trail and continue his record-padding fights against 2nd and 3rd tier opposition.
In the meantime, Wilder will be looking to slowly clean up the heavyweight division by fighting three to four times per year. Wilder has to take care of his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in his next fight. The negotiations for that fight will slow Wilder up and likely limit him to just three defenses in 2016. If Wilder does fight Fury this year, then he’ll probably be limited to just two fights this year.
The world is your oyster, you can achieve anything u want, it won't be easy but with the right work ethic u will get what u want!
— Gypsy King (@Tyson_Fury) February 10, 2016
Fury barged into the ring after Wilder’s 9th round KO job on Artur Szpilka last January, and he immediately started giving Wilder some of his lip. Wilder was having none of it, however, and he pretty much dismissed him at that point. Fury was lucky that Wilder didn’t smack him a good one upside the head for his mouthing off.
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