By J Caldwell: The science of boxing never seems to amaze, showing fans just how unpredictable some mega-fights can be. Just when we think we’re finally going to get a war of attrition between two really big heavyweights, this same probable war slowly metastasized into a virtual chess match of sort. It became very apparent, (especially after watching the first two rounds of the boxing match, at least) what Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) came to do in the biggest night of his career with his win over IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs).
Using his reach, height and lateral movement to an advantage, the young Brit braggadocios’ game plan, (at least in the early rounds) appeared to be more along the lines of staying away from the aging Ukrainian’s rocket of a right hand—the rest of the fight would play out pretty much the same way, with an occasional flurry of punches thrown from Fury in the mid-rounds.