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By Matt Stephens: IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion and Ring Magazine Fighter Of The Year Tyson Fury is due to defend his belts in a rematch against dethroned heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko on July 9th of this year. He took the belts from Wladimir in Wlad’s home turf on November 28th 2015 – an achievement which is impossible to overestimate.

Wlad was last beaten in 2004 by Lamont Brewster but since then had accumulated the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles! He was quite simply – one of the most dominant champions of all time. If you’re a fan of emotionally charged Hitler comparisons then this article isn’t for you. If you’re a fan of balanced, technical boxing discussion – you’re in the right place.

So what happened on that night in Germany vs Tyson Fury? Look through many articles, comments sections, YouTube videos, etc – and you’ll find big statements of how Wladimir ‘didn’t turn up’, ‘didn’t let his hands go’, ‘gave the titles away’, and as many other ridiculous statements as you can think of.

By Matt Stephens: IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury created a new firestorm of controversy yesterday with his new video on Youtube in which he made some comments about WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, IBF belt holder Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko.

In a way, yes, Fury was going on about his private parts and saying what he would do with Wilder. But this is just relatively standard rhetoric for Tyson. I know! Saying that seems crazy, but he’s been trotting this kind of language out for years with varying degrees of hilarity – we’ve come to expect it of him.

So nothing new there then? No big story? Well, it would seem there can be a story there if facts aren’t of much importance to your boxing media outlet. I watched the now removed video yesterday by IFL TV on YouTube while washing the pots and never batted an eyelid. Just another 10 or so minutes of Tyson doing what Tyson does.

What Fury did vs. Klitschko – A Boxing Lesson

Tyson Fury at it again?