Fury: The Klitschkos are bad for boxing

fury6556By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated British heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) seems to be a little upset that the Klitschko brothers are totally ignoring him, and not giving him a shot at their titles. Fury feels that Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko should have let him get a title shot by now and he thinks they’re both avoiding him.

Fury, #4 WBC, #6 WBO, #9 IBF, hasn’t exactly been making it tough on the Klitschkos to avoid him because he’s been facing nothing but older heavyweights rather than guys that are young and have the potential to beat him.

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Top 10 Heavyweights of all time: Are the Klitschko brothers all time greats?

wladimir2By Thomas Cowan: Last week, British heavyweight David Haye claimed Vitali Klitschko needs to fight him to secure his status of an all time great because he’s only ever had one big fight and he lost. Everyone knows Haye doesn’t care about Vitali’s status and just wants the title shot and the big payday but he does raise an interesting point. Here’s how I see the top 10 heavyweights of all time.

.#10 – Vitali Klitschko

Vitali just scrapes into my list of top 10 heavyweights of all time because of the lack of top quality opposition he has faced. However, he does deserve a place on the list because he has certainly earned his nickname, Dr Ironfist, by having a KO percentage of just other 87% as champion and he has also never been knocked down in his career.

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Haye: I want Vitali and then Wladimir

haye2By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) says he’s not just looking to get one big fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and then go off into retirement. Haye says he wants to stick around long enough to unify all the heavyweight titles, and to do that he wants to fight Vitali, and then Wladimir Klitschko.

If Haye were to win both of those fights, he’d have all of the heavyweight titles in his possession so that he could then retire with them.

Haye said to AFP “The world needs one unified champion and I hope we can agree to fight at a football stadium in Germany this summer against Vitali. After I have fought Vitali, I want revenge against Wladimir to be able to unify the heavyweight titles, which hasn’t been done in several years.”

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Haye: Vitali would be better off to fight me sooner rather than later

haye4By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye thinks WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will ultimately fight him, but he thinks it would be better off for Vitali if he were to take the fight soon before he gets too much older. Haye, 32, feels he has youth on his side, so that when Vitali does choose to finally face him, Haye will still be a relatively young fighter.

Haye said to sportinglife.com “The way I see it is the longer Vitali leaves it, the worse it is for him. I’m 32, he’s 41, so I could leave it five years and still be 37, but he’d be pushing on 50! It’s up to him.”

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Haye re-applies for boxing license; still hoping to get Vitali in 2013

haye45234By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has reportedly re-applied for his boxing license with the BBBofC [British Boxing Board of Control], and it looks like he’ll get his license once he’s been interviewed. It might be all for nothing for Haye, though, because the fight that he really wants to get against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko probably won’t happen.

Vitali, 41, could end up retiring instead of continuing his career. It’s no secret that Vitali wants to spend more time on his political career in Ukraine, and he’s already independently wealthy to where he no longer needs to compete.

I just wonder what Haye will do if Vitali chooses to retire rather than sticking around to fight him. Will Haye retire as well? He’s been talking about that a lot but somehow it’s hard to take him serious anymore because he already retired once and now he’s back.

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Vitali could be back in the ring before May, possibly against Haye

vitali3421343By Allan Fox: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (45-2, 41 KO’s) will be making a decision about his boxing career within the next month, according to his promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. If Vitali does continue fighting he’ll be back in the ring by April, and possibly against David Haye, says Loeffler.

Loeffler said Michael Woods at ESPNNewYork.com “We should know within a month. If he did fight, it would be before May.”

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Haye: Vitali needs to fight me for the sake of boxing

haye57By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) having failed to attract interest for a fight from WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko from a frontal assault by trash talking him into the fight like he did with his brother Wladimir Klitschko, Haye is now trying to get to Vitali using another tactic by telling him how a fight between the two of them will help the sport of boxing. Is Haye getting desperate?

Haye said to gulfnews.com “If he [Vitali] doesn’t want to do it, then I’ll survive, but for boxing’s sake, I hope he wants a good challenge…I think I can knock him out. He’s getting to the age now, at 41, whereby he’s slowed down slightly.”

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There’s a 90% chance Vitali will fight again, Haye likely opponent

vitali322By William Mackay: According to a source close to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (45-2, 41 KO’s), there’s a strong chance Vitali will fight again and his likely opponent will be former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye due to the huge money he can generate from the UK pay per view.

The source said to gorodokboxing.com “There is a 90% chance that we will see Vitali in the ring one more time. His opponent could be David Haye, but Haye would have to agree to our terms…I think that he shouldn’t expect any more than 30%. If he agrees to the new deal, than the fight might take place in Germany at one of the indoor stadiums.”

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Fury still hoping to beat Haye to Vitali bout

fury343By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) has shown zero interest in accepting a big money offer from promoter Frank Maloney to fight British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price despite the money being more than he’s ever gotten in the past. Fury is betting that he’ll be able to get ahead of David Haye for a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in early 2013.

The chances of that happening are pretty slim. Actually, even Haye probably won’t get the fight either because Vitali may retire to devote more of his time to politics in Ukraine.

With a fight against Vitali not likely to happen, Fury could end up blowing his best chance of a money fight by choosing not to fight Price. What could happen is Fury may actually be forced to fight one of the top contenders in the division to get a shot at Vitali’s WBC strap, if he chooses to give it up.

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Vitali Klitschko – Dont ruin it by not being focused!

vitali343By Rusty Nate: The heavyweight scene has been one of two different divisions over the past few years. The standard HW division is where the likes of Mariuz Wach, Samuel Peter, David Haye, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder, Tony Thompson, Manuel Charr, Tomasz Adamek and Odlanier Solis all practice their trade. The second division within the Heavyweight class is where currently only Vitali and Wladamir sit up on high looking down.

I have recently noticed a likeness to this situation. If you have ever seen the very poor yet somehow enjoyable sequel to the film “Best of the Best” you would know a fighter called Baracus. He claims to be the world’s ultimate fighter and watches down from on high as the minions fight each other in an attempt to earn a chance to get a beating from Baracus himself.

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