By William Mackay: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) fully admits that he’s not ready to fight the Klitschko brothers at this time and knows that they would knock him out if he were to fight them at this early point in his career. Fury, 23, says he wants to develop slowly and learn how to actually fight before he’s put in with the top world class heavyweights.
Fury vs. Firtha
Hennessey: Tyson Fury is the only guy that can beat the Klitschkos
By William Mackay: If you were to think of a heavyweight that can beat the Klitschko brothers in the future probably not too many boxing fans would pick unbeaten Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) as the man to do it. He’s a good fighter, but not someone that you can see beating either of the Klitschkos now or even 10 years from now. He’s just too flawed in a number of departments to be the guy.
Fury watching his weight in getting ready for Firtha bout this Saturday
By William Mackay: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) admits that he used to like to eat of junk foods in between fights, and this bad habit quickly led to him gaining increasing amounts of weight.
UK Boxing Weekly (Week one): McCloskey-Prescott, Khan, Fury-Firtha, Macklin, More!
By Adam Fillingham:
Last Weekend
The new 2011-2012 boxing season got underway last weekend and what a cracker we had to start it off. Two bantamweight warriors, British champion Stuart Hall and European/Commonwealth champion Jamie McDonnell battled it out over twelve rounds for all three belts.
Firtha claims he and Tyson Fury will be trying to knock each other’s heads off on 9/17
By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) has picked a weak one with his choice of Nicolai Firtha (20-8-1, 8 KO’s) to fight on September 17th in Ireland. This was supposed to be Fury’s big fight with an exciting opponent.
Hughes: Tyson Fury can beat either Klitschko, and is better than Haye & Audley Harrison
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury’s former trainer Brian Hughes sure seems to be impressed with Fury’s talent, and thinks he’s good enough to beat the Klitschko brothers. He also sees him as better than David Haye and Audley Harrison, which kind of goes without saying.
Fury takes an easy fight against Firtha, calls it a risky gamble
By Scott Gilfoid: I really got a laugh out of seeing British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury describing his September 17th fight against journeyman fighter Nicolai Firtha (20-8-1, 8 KO’s) as a risky fight.
Tyson Fury to fight journeyman Nicolai Firtha on September 17th
By William Mackay: There wasn’t much expected for heavyweight Tyson Fury’s next fight on September 17th. Fury had already been looking over a number of 2nd and 3rd tier heavyweights of limited quality for his first fight since beating Dereck Chisora last July to capture the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. 40-year-old Martin Rogan was considered, as well as an obscure heavyweight Leif Larsen.