By Scott Gilfoid: Mick Hennessy, the promoter for IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says he will indeed be facing former unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko in his next fight. The rematch clause in their contract from last November is still place and they will definitely be facing each other in their next fight.
The 27-year-old Fury had made things confusing recently by telling the media that he didn’t know who he’ll be facing next. By listening to Fury, one could get the impression that Fury would be facing almost anyone rather than Wladimir, who will be turning a ripe 40-years-old this month.
Obviously, Hennessy needs to get on the same page as the 6’9” Fury and let him know what’s happening so that he’s not flapping his gums to the media acting unsure of himself when it comes to his next opponent.
Hennessy needs to sit down with Fury, look him in the eye and speak slowly and clearly about who he’ll be fighting next so that Fury isn’t talking in confused terms when asked by the media who he’ll be fighting next. I still don’t know how Fury would not know who he’s facing next. I mean, if you’ve got a rematch clause in your contract with your previous opponent, it kind of gives you a big hint about who your next opponent is. There shouldn’t be any guesswork or confusion about the subject.
“It’s definitely Wladimir in the rematch, 100 per cent,” said Hennessy via skysports.com. “That’s the fight that we want and for us, it’s the only fight and the main fight in the heavyweight division.”
Of course, it’s the fight Hennessy wants because it’s probably the best money fight out there, and the rematch clause gives them little choice unless decides he would prefer not to fight Fury again. As bad as Wladimir looked last November in his listless performance against Fury, it might be a good idea for him to never fight Fury again. If I looked as bad as Wladimir did, if I never fought Fury again, it would be too soon.
I don’t think Wladimir has the heart for the fight, and he can’t pull the trigger on his punches and longer for some reason. Further, Wladimir’s punch accuracy just looks gone. Even with Fury standing there like a lump in front of him, Wladimir was missing with his shots. If Wladimir was an aging baseball player, I couldn’t see him hitting even a lobbed pitch to him at this point. His hand-eye coordination appears to have gone south on him. That obviously isn’t a good thing going into a rematch with a runner/slapper like Fury.
About the best I can hope for from Wladimir is for him just to load up with everything and put everything he’s got into every punch he throws. Even if Wladimir misses with 90% of his power punches, which I can definitely see happening, he should be able to KO Fury with no problems with the 10% of the shots he lands. That would be my training instructions for Wladimir. I’d tell to him straight. ‘You can’t hit the side of the barn at this point, Wladimir, and your punch accuracy is something awful. It’s time for you to just go out and wing it. Close your eyes and swing for the fences. You might get lucky.’
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“They are the two biggest heavyweights and I know there are a lot more splintered titles and a lot of people fighting for them and calling it the heavyweight championship, but there’s only one lineal champion and that’s Tyson Fury,” said Hennessy. “He is the real deal and the main man in the division and that’s who it should all be about.”
I wouldn’t agree that Wladimir and Fury are the two biggest heavyweights. There is the 6’7” Deontay Wilder, who the last time I checked, is an inch taller than the 6’6” Wladimir. Deontay can hit what he aims his punches at, and he’s definitely not afraid to let his hands go.
I also don’t buy into that lineal stuff that Hennessy is spouting. That doesn’t mean anything to me, and I don’t think it means anything to casual boxing fans. They don’t care who a champion wins their titles from. They only care about who they perceive to be the best heavyweight on the planet. As far as I can tell, Fury ain’t it. My guess is if the entire boxing community were to be polled to find out who they see as the No.1 talent in the heavyweight division, it sure wouldn’t be Fury. I think it would be Deontay. I’m just saying.
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