Klitschko vs. Fury

By Scott Gilfoid: 39-year-old Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) is convinced that he just had an off night in losing to Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision in their fight last November in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wladimir thinks he can correct the mistakes he made in the first fight and come back to defeat the 27-year-old Fury in their rematch in the first quarter of 2016.

Whether Wladimir can do that or not remains to be seen. Wladimir lost the fight by the scores of 166-111, 115-112 and 115-112. Fury really thinks he did a job on Wladimir despite the fact that he looked almost as bad. The thing is Fury is young and in his prime. It was sad to see how awful Fury looked because he should have been able to fight at a higher level than he did if he were any good.

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s trainer Peter Fury thinks the IBF is being unfair by them threatening to strip Tyson of his IBF title unless he faces his #1 IBF mandatory challenger Vyachyeslav Glazkov next. Tyson has to face Wladimir Klitschko again in an immediate rematch, and he has no choice but to take that fight.

Peter thinks that the IBF should have been aware of the rematch clause that Wladimir had in the contract before they started talking about pushing the IBF mandatory fight against #1 IBF Glazkov.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Despite Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) beating Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) by an upset 12 round unanimous decision last weekend to capture his IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles, the oddsmakers at Bovada.lv have already installed the 6’6” Klitschko as the favorite to beat Fury in the rematch in early 2016. Klitschko is a -125 favorite to beat Fury.

The question is why do the oddsmakers see the 39-year-old Wladimir as the favorite to win the fight? I think it’s a pretty obvious one. If you look at the two fighters, you can see immediately that Wladimir has the far superior punching power and offensive skills. The only reason Wladimir lost the fight last Saturday night was because he didn’t throw any punches.

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By Tim Fletcher: Last Saturday’s heavyweight clash between former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) and Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) brought in a respectable average of 1,038 million viewers on HBO from the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The Klitschko vs. Fury fight was televised during the afternoon on regular HBO. The fight was helped out in that was packaged with the replay of the middleweight fight between Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. That fight did almost as well as the Klitschko-Fury bout in averaging 901,000 viewers on HBO. The Canelo vs. Cotto fight had taken place on November 21st on HBO pay-per-view.

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By Gerardo Granados: As the reader already must know Wladimir Klitschko confirmed in video that he is going to rematch the recently crowned Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury. It was good to see Wladimir smile again instead of whine like he did on his twitter account days ago when he said “I still don’t believe I lost. Man, I am suffering”.

I would like to see Klitschko take on WBC heavyweight belt holder Deontay Wilder first to prepare a better game plan to use against Fury, but it seems Wladimir feels ready to get into a direct rematch. Now the only question I have is if Wladimir will be able to adjust and practically change his fighting style.

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By Scott Gilfoid: New heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s trainer Peter Fury has been talking about wanting the rematch with Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) to take place in the UK in 2016. It sounds good in theory, but it has to be something that Klitschko and his management are agreeable to.

Klitschko’s manager Bernd Boente is potentially open to the idea of the Klitschko-Fury rematch taking place in the UK if it makes sense as far as the money the fight can generate. However, if it doesn’t make sense business wise, then there’s going to likely be some resistance from Klitschko and Boente.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) won’t be taking a voluntary defense before his rematch against Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) in early 2016. It’s going to be a straight rematch in other words, and it could take place at the Giant 80,000 seat Wembley Stadium in London, England.

That’s where Fury’s trainer Peter Fury wants the fight to take place, and it’s doubtful that Wladimir will be able to stop the fight from taking place over there now that he’s just the challenger rather than the champion.

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By Scott Gilfoid: For what it’s worth, former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) says he won’t be retiring after his listless 12 round unanimous decision loss to Britain’s Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) last Saturday night despite his dreadful performance. Wladimir says he’ll be using his rematch clause in his contract to get a second fight with Fury. One can only hope that the second fight will be better than the first.

Klitschko, 39, believes he can do better than he did in that fight, which is why he intends on fighting the younger 27-year-old Fury a second time. Wladimir thinks that the interest in a second fight against Fury will be high, and he’s probably right about that. A lot of boxing fans will tune in if for no other reason to see if Fury can retire Wladimir by beating a second time.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) is still in shock that he was beaten by Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) last Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wladimir, 39, came into the fight with the British Fury expecting to either KO him or pound out a one-sided 12 round decision. But instead of winning the fight, Wladimir came up short in losing a decision at the ESPRIT Arena in front of 55,000 fans.

I still don't believe I actually lost. Man, I'm suffering.

— Klitschko (@Klitschko) November 30, 2015

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