What Fury did vs. Klitschko – A Boxing Lesson

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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.

I’m So Sick of ‘The Sound Of The Fury’

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By Rob Blakeman: Back in November last year boxing suffered one of its biggest ever tragedies. Not the death of a great former champion, no, even worse; Tyson Fury became the lineal Heavyweight Champion of the World. Vladimir Klitschko put in a career worst performance, practically giving his title away. Fury performed poorly too but slightly less so and thus to my mind he was winner by default in what was a positive horse tranquilizer of a ‘fight’.

Since the moment he was declared Champion Fury has believed this to be a license to do and say as he pleases, regardless of whether it steps well beyond the realms of common decency he has preferred streaming political and racial unconsciousness rather than talking about boxing. He has little or no self-censorship, spewing machine gun like, staccato bursts of asinine sound bites of malice and hatred, containing disjointed leaps in ideation to justify his fascistic ideas and pointless oppositions of various minorities and sections of society.

Tyson Fury at it again?

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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.

Fury’s promoter thinks Wladimir could retire if he loses

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By Scott Gilfoid: Mick Hennessy, the promoter for IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he expects former world champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) to put it all on the line in their rematch next month on July 9, and he sees him getting knocked out and sent into retirement.

Hennessy says Wladimir wasn’t prepared to take the chances he needed to on offense to win the first fight against the 6’9” Fury because he was afraid of getting nailed by a big shot and stopped. This time, Hennessy believes the 40-year-old Wladimir must take chances otherwise he’ll get beaten again like last time.

As such, Hennessy sees Wladimir coming out aggressively in attack mode and ready to throw shots. However, Hennessy still believes it will end badly for the Ukrainian with him losing once again and potentially retiring afterwards.

Fury talks Klitschko and Wilder

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he’s already ripped the heart out of Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) in their fight last November in beating him by a 12 round decision. Fury says Wladimir hasn’t gotten his heart back since then. However, Fury says he plans on beating him badly in their rematch on July 9 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Fury says he’s going to give the 40-year-old Wladimir a real beat don when he gets him in the ring. Fury isn’t sure what Wladimir will do in the rematch, but he doesn’t see his fight strategy working for him.

Wladimir Klitschko: I can’t wait to get my belts back!

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By Scott Gilfoid: Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) say he feels younger now that he’s no longer a world champion, and he’s looking forward to challenging IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) in their rematch on July 9 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Wladimir, 40, plans on knocking Fury out and recapturing those belts that are now in the slightly pudgy looking British fighters’ possession. Wladimir feels he has less pressure on him now that he’s no longer defending his titles. He likes being on the other side of the fence as the challenger for a change after holding down world titles for nine straight years until his loss to Fury last November.

Deontay’s promoter eager for Fury fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Lou Dibella, the promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) says IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) is the biggest name in boxing right now and the guy that they want as soon as possible.

Dibella believes the 27-year-old Fury is the bigger name for any of the top heavyweights – David Haye and Anthony Joshua – to fight right now. However, Fury must get by Wladimir Klitschko in their rematch in a month and a half from now for Wilder to get a shot at him.

Tyson Fury still looking overweight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Well, if Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) wants to keep his IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles, he’s going to need to get on a stair climber or get on a bicycle or something to try and burn off some of the serious blubber he’s still carrying around. Fury Tweeted a photo of himself wearing shorts and his midsection showed quite a bit of excess blubber that he’s carrying around.

I’m not an expert on estimating fat, but I’d have to say that I think there’s at least a good 40 pounds of blubber that Fury still needs to lose before he meets up with Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) in a month and a half on July 9 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Mike Tyson likes Tyson Fury

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson says he likes the current IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) in part because he was named after him. Tyson, 49, follows Fury’s fights, and he was impressed with his recent victory over 40-year-old Wladimir Klitschko last November in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Tyson notes that Wladimir had been champion for many years until Fury came along and beat him. Tyson hears how some people call the 27-year-old Fury a bum, but he still likes him because he showed that he could beat the best heavyweight of current era in Wladimir.

Fury will be facing Wladimir in a rematch on July 9 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Tyson Fury says he was playing mind games, he wasn’t dropped X 3

fury76(Photo credit gypsyking101) By Scott Gilfoid: Two days after posting a sad Instagram message saying how he’d been getting knocked about by a light heavyweight sparring partner from Belgium during training camp, Fury came out today to say it wasn’t true. He was just playing “mind game” for some reason. Fury also bragged about having lost over 10 kilograms (22 pounds) during the training camp.

Fury says he’s lost the weight without losing muscle. I don’t know if this is true or not. Judging by the photo, Fury still looks very, very fat, and he appears to be tensing up his flabby midsection in the photo. Even if Fury has lost 22lbs without stripping off muscle, he still has another 40lbs of lard to lose in less than two months.

I don’t know about you, but losing 40 pounds of blubber in two months would be very hard. Fury is only one-third of the way up the mountain when it comes to his fat farm to burn off the 60lbs of fat that he put on since his fight against Wladimir Klitschko last November.