Hearn wants Joshua to face Fury for world titles

hearn455By Scott Gilfoid: It didn’t take long for heavyweight Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn to come out of the woodwork after Tyson Fury’s big win over Wladimir Klitschko last Saturday night at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Hearn is already thinking of a way to get Joshua, 26, a title shot against Fury for his IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles as soon as possible. Hearn would like for the 6’6”, 250lb Joshua to get a crack at Fury by next summer in 2016, but he doesn’t see that as too likely.

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We need a Super Heavyweight division

klitschko#1By Bob Smith: The victory of Tyson Fury over Wladimir Klitschko last Saturday evening rocked the boxing world – it was a huge upset for Fury and a quite impressive and also deserved win.  

While the fight itself was difficult to watch and quite boring, Fury was the clear winner and executed an excellent game plan.  This fight was one of the few fights in the career of Klitschko that he went into the ring as the smaller man, and his techniques proved to be inappropriate or worthless against someone larger.

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Tyson Fury: The Furious One

fury#2By Navi Singh: We told you so. Now Tyson Fury has emerged triumphant from his highly-anticipated heavyweight showdown against Wladimir Klitschko, with a unanimous-decision victory in Dusseldorf.

In a sensational win for the underdog, that has left many who were predicting an upset feeling thoroughly vindicated (myself included! ), Tyson Fury wrested the WBA, WBO, IBO, and IBF championship belts from the 39 year-old Ukrainian’s grasp with a magnificent performance.

Klitschko, who was chasing Joe Louis’ record as the longest-reigning heavyweight champion and was undefeated for eleven years prior to this contest, was unable to establish his trademark jab in the manner that he has been accustomed to, against such a dangerous and awkward opponent who was constantly poised to counter with sharp jabs.

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Deontay Wilder: I’m definitely going to KO Tyson Fury

wilder444(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) wasn’t that surprised to hear the news that Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) was beaten last Saturday night by Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs).

Deontay says that Wladimir probably wasn’t 100 percent for the fight due to the injuries he’d suffered during training camp for the fight. Wilder also thinks that Wladimir got too accustomed to fighting shorter fighters recently, and it was a problem for him when he had to fight someone as tall Fury. Wilder now says he’s hoping that the Fury can hold onto his titles long enough for him to get a fight with him so that he can whip him to take all of them from him.

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Fury: The results will be same in a Klitschko rematch

fury12345By 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.

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Tyson Fury: Deontay Wilder is going to have to wait

wlad888By Scott Gilfoid: A day after beating the aging 39-year-old Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to pick up his IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight title belts, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he has no interest in getting into the ring to face the hard hitting talented American Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) for his WBC heavyweight title.

Fury says his focus right now is on facing Klitschko in a rematch in 2016, and after that he’ll go from there. Klitschko had a rematch clause in his contract with the 6’9” Fury for their fight last Saturday night in front of 55,000 screaming fans at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Klitschko-Fury final punch stats

fury#2By Scott Gilfoid: After all the hoopla about what was supposed to have been an exciting contest between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) and #1 WBO Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) last Saturday night, the results of the fight were less than earth shattering. Fury won the fight by a very dull 12 round unanimous decision without even landing 100 punches.

It’s unheard of for a fighter to land less than 100 punches in a 12 round fight, but Fury actually did there. The amount of punches landed from both fighters was a complete and utter embarrassment. If you had the chance to listen to the HBO talking heads complain about the lack of action in the fight, then you got some amusement because they were all bellyaching something fierce, and you can’t blame them.

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Should Klitschko take a direct rematch against Fury?

wladimir455333By Gerardo Granados: It was an interesting post fight press conference for the aftermath of Tyson Fury’s 12 round unanimous decision win over IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Klitschko Team showed class as well as the Fury Team.

Trainer Peter Fury perfectly explained why Tyson so successful against Wladimir tonight. Vitali Klitschlko, the brother of Wladimir, made an interesting remark on how his Wladimir wasn’t able to perform as they had expected. Also a rematch clause was mentioned and was confirmed it is in the contract, but is it a good idea to take a direct rematch?

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Tyson Fury: You saw 60% of my arsenal against Klitschko

fury444111By Tim Fletcher: Newly crowned IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he only revealed 60 percent of his entire arsenal tonight in edging Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) by a narrow 12 round unanimous decision to win his titles by the scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 116-111 at the ESPIRT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

“I put on a good boxing display tonight,” Fury said to IFL TV after his win over Klitschko. “I can do better than that. That’s not everything I’ve got. That was about 60 percent of what I have in my arsenal that I’ll display in my next fight. It will be a little bit more. No, not really. It was not a big upset. A big upset would be someone who never had a chance. Tyson Fury was always going to be the heavyweight champion of the World,” Fury said.

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Deontay Wilder targeting Tyson Fury

1-WILDERvsMOLINA-06132015-4562By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Wladimr Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) has been dethroned, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) smells blood in the water and wants to go after newly crowned IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) to take his four world titles before someone else beats him to it.

Wilder, 6’7”, now recognizes himself as the best of the heavyweight world champions now that Wladimir is a thing of the past. Wilder could very well be correct in viewing himself as the best in the heavyweight division, because Fury, 6’9”, certainly didn’t look that great tonight in squeaking out a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 116-111 at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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