Klitschko vs. Fury

By Tim Fletcher: Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) couldn’t relax after his in last Saturday night over Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) due to his fear of being drugged if he drank water. Fury felt that this was something that would potentially be done by Klitschko’s camp for some reason.

Fury beat Klitschko by a 12 round unanimous decision to take his IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. With the victory intact, the 27-year-old Fury felt uneasy about drinking anything until he got back to his hotel room, according to Sky Sports. Fury believed that if he drank something, it would lead to him failing the drug test for the fight.

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By Yannis Mihanos: For the last 10 years or so we have witnessed the absolute dominance in the heavyweight division by the Klitschko brothers. Their predictability in fighting has always been complimented by their natural physical advantage, an advantage so big that for all these years no one has found the way to answer. But last Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany at the ESPRIT stadium, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) changed all that.

Because I have heard many times claims of winning by various opponents of Wladimir Klitschko (64-4,-53 KOs), I admit that while watching Fury’s interviews found him quite amusing. I wasn’t at all convinced that he can succeed where others have failed. I didn’t value him at all as threat.

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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.

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By Scott Gilfoid: For some reason, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) thinks the results will be the same when he faces former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) in a rematch next year as part of the rematch clause that the 39-year-old Klitschko wisely had inserted in his contract for his clash with Fury last Saturday night.

Fury thinks that it wouldn’t have mattered if Klitschko had a decade to train for their fight at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, because he thinks he would have still beaten him anyway. As it was, Fury barely won the fight by a very, very close 12 round unanimous decision.

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By Scott Gilfoid: After all the hoopla about what was supposed to have been an exciting contest between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) and #1 WBO Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) last Saturday night, the results of the fight were less than earth shattering. Fury won the fight by a very dull 12 round unanimous decision without even landing 100 punches.

It’s unheard of for a fighter to land less than 100 punches in a 12 round fight, but Fury actually did there. The amount of punches landed from both fighters was a complete and utter embarrassment. If you had the chance to listen to the HBO talking heads complain about the lack of action in the fight, then you got some amusement because they were all bellyaching something fierce, and you can’t blame them.

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By Gerardo Granados: It was an interesting post fight press conference for the aftermath of Tyson Fury’s 12 round unanimous decision win over IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) at the ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Klitschko Team showed class as well as the Fury Team.

Trainer Peter Fury perfectly explained why Tyson so successful against Wladimir tonight. Vitali Klitschlko, the brother of Wladimir, made an interesting remark on how his Wladimir wasn’t able to perform as they had expected. Also a rematch clause was mentioned and was confirmed it is in the contract, but is it a good idea to take a direct rematch?

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By Tim Fletcher: Newly crowned IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) says he only revealed 60 percent of his entire arsenal tonight in edging Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) by a narrow 12 round unanimous decision to win his titles by the scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 116-111 at the ESPIRT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

“I put on a good boxing display tonight,” Fury said to IFL TV after his win over Klitschko. “I can do better than that. That’s not everything I’ve got. That was about 60 percent of what I have in my arsenal that I’ll display in my next fight. It will be a little bit more. No, not really. It was not a big upset. A big upset would be someone who never had a chance. Tyson Fury was always going to be the heavyweight champion of the World,” Fury said.

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