Examining the heavyweight scene in a post Klitschko era

deontay32 - Copy (2)By Jamie Fairclough: Love them or hate them the Klitschko brothers have dominated the heavyweight scene for a long time now conquering all challengers (even if some were unworthy of a title shot). The Ukrainian brothers have shown the boxing world you can be successful and feared but still behave like gentlemen.

They never engage in degrading trash talk, always show their opponents respect and take no one lightly no matter how over-matched they are. For this we should thank them for showing up and coming young fighters how to behave.

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Deontay Wilder tells Chisora where he stands in pecking order

deontay72By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) responded back nicely to Britain’s Dereck Chisora’s open letter today with his own plans of where he’s heading with his career. Instead of dissecting Chisora’s talent and trash talking him, Deontay basically said that he’ll fight Chisora as a last resort.

Deontay said that if WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko doesn’t retire and then if Tyson Fury chooses to not fight him, then he’ll fight Chisora. So Chisora is the number #3 option for Deontay instead the #1, but that’s where Chisora had Deontay so it’s kind of even.

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Chisora wants Deontay Wilder bout

chisora342By Scott Gilfoid: With Dereck Chisora’s hoped for fight against British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price now up in smoke due to Price vacating his straps, it leaves Chisora empty handed. He had hoped to get the fight against Price and have it take place at the Copper Box in London, UK, but that sure as heck isn’t going to happen now.

Chisora also wanted to fight his former conqueror Tyson Fury, but he’s totally ignored him without even gracing him with a reply. I guess it might have something to do with the fact that Fury already beat the brakes off of Chisora two years ago. It might not be appealing for Fury to fight someone who has lost 4 out of his last 8 fights, like Chisora has. Now Chisora is calling out the talented American Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) for a fight. Deontay, it seems, is the third option for Chisora after Price and Fury chose not to fight him.

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Tyson Fury won’t fight until end of March

fury111By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury’s trainer Peter Fury says that Tyson won’t be back in the ring until the end of March. Tyson had talked about wanting to mix it up with American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) on February 8th in Manchester to have him replace Haye, but that’s not going to happen, according to Britishboxers. Fury will be taking Christmas holidays off and won’t be back in training in January sometime for his March bout.

Supposedly it’ll be up to Sky whether they want to televise the Fury-Deontay fight. They’ll be making a decision about the fight soon, I hope, because Deontay doesn’t need to wait around for months on end while they decide on whether to televise the fight or not.

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Deontay Wilder now #10 in The Ring heavyweight ratings

wilder991By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight knockout artist Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) has finally cracked the top ten in the Ring Magazine heavyweight ratings. Deontay, 6’7”, had been excluded from the ratings up until now for some odd reason despite his impressive performances in his last handful of fights, but the staff at Ring magazine has finally figured out that his talent is too hard to ignore because they’ve got him on the list now.

Here are the current Ring ratings for heavyweight

Champion: Wladimir Klitschko

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What would happen if the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder fight happens?

fury54By Kyle Proctor: With the news that the British boxer Tyson Fury (21W-15KO-0D-0L) vs. the American boxer “The Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder (30W-30KO-0D-0L) could possibly happen next year, it would be a major risk for both fighters.

I see this fight been 60/40 in favor of Fury, because from what I have seen of Wilder, he holds the right hand back to get all of his punching power. If he lands this he could stop Fury, as he has been knocked down by a light puncher like Steve Cunningham. But Fury likes to wrestle his fighters and for a tall boxer he gets very close to them. I don’t see Wilder having the time to hold his right hand back and Fury could get a scrappy knockout like he did on Cunningham on Wilder.

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Fury/Wilder: Open Letter To Tyson Fury

wilder99 (2)Tyson, I know you are frustrated with the whole Haye situation. You are a top heavyweight with top people behind you. You want to fight the best and have always stepped up to the plate. Forget retirement. You have a long and bright future in front of you.

We at Team Wilder understand. We believe you and Deontay are the two best young heavyweights in the World and a fight between the two of you would put true heavyweight boxing back on top. We want to make this happen. This is the single biggest heavyweight fight that can be made now and the fans deserve it. You deserve it. Deontay deserves it.

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Schaefer thinks Fury’s promoter has lost interest in Deontay fight

deontay50395By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Deontay Wilder’s promoter Richard Schaefer says that Tyson Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy has gone quiet about a fight between Fury and Deontay after initially showing interest in the match-up two days ago, according to RingTV. Schaefer says he hasn’t heard from Hennessy since and that he’s not returning his phone calls. Schaefer believes that Hennessy spoke to his matchmaker and he may have concluded that Deontay is way too dangerous for Fury to fight.

Schaefer said to RingTV “I tried to reach him [Hennessy] yesterday and he didn’t answer his phone or call me back. So what I think has happened is that he must have talked to his matchmaker and they must have realized that Tyson Fury has no chance, and I think they must have changed their minds all of a sudden…it has become very, very quiet.”

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Peter Fury dismisses Tyson’s retirement talk

fury11By Scott Gilfoid: For those who were worried sick about British heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) suddenly announcing today that he’s retiring from boxing, you can rest at ease. It seems that Fury was just blowing smoke for some reason, maybe because he lost his 5 million pound ($8 million) payday bout against David Haye. Fury’s trainer Peter Fury says that Tyson will be continuing his career and that he’s currently in negotiations for a fight with the unbeaten Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s).

Peter said “You will not see Tyson in the ring unless it’s a worthy opponent and if boxing is anything like he’s had to endure regarding Haye camp, can keep it. Tyson will fight and win world titles but this time with real fights! That’s what he means. @BronzeBomber, yes, talks ongoing [with Deontay].”

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Fury: Deontay Wilder fight is the only one worth making

deontay73872By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) mainly wants to face unbeaten Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) next rather than another heavyweight contender. Fury said on his social media site that he doesn’t see anyone else worth fighting other than the 6’7” Deontay.

I guess that leaves fellow British heavyweight Dereck Chisora out of luck, because Fury apparently doesn’t want to go backwards with his career to fight him after having easily beaten him badly 2 years ago.

Fury said this on his twitter “Team Fury will do anything in air power to make this fight, because its the only fight out there for me worth fighting.

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