Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury has been confirmed for October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Both parties avoided a purse bid by agreeing a deal in the 11th hour. The deal was confirmed by the WBA, and later by Fury and Hennesey Sports. The fight will be shown on HBO.
Fury comes into this fight convincingly defeating Chisora and Hammer and would be the next man in line to attempt to dethrone Wladimir Klitchsko, after he was made mandatory challenger for Klitschko’s WBA title.
Wladimir currently holds the WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight titles and comes off a comfortable win against Bryant Jennings earlier on this year.
Hennesey Sport released their statement, confirming that the fight had been sorted just minutes before the fight went to purse bids. The statement read as below:
Hennessy Sports are delighted to announce that a deal has been struck for unbeaten WBA mandatory challenger Tyson Fury to challenge world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The deal, sorted just minutes before purse bids were set to be open, paves the way for Klitschko and Fury to meet in the most exciting heavyweight clash of the year, UK television broadcaster TBC.
Klitschko, 64-3 (53 KOs), has long been considered the number one heavyweight in the world and hasn’t lost a fight for 11 years. Last time out in April he outboxed undefeated American Bryant Jennings over twelve rounds at Madison Square Garden in defence of his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles.
Fury, meanwhile, figures to be Klitschko’s toughest challenger for many years. Standing at six-foot-nine and 265-pounds, the Wilmslow man is both taller and heavier then the reigning champion and is also in a rich vein of form. His last two fights – stoppage wins over Dereck Chisora and Christian Hammer – have seen Fury, 24-0 (18 KOs), look more measured, controlled and dominant than ever before. He’s ready not only to challenge Klitschko, but to also return home with his belts.
Klitschko has dominated the division for the best part of a decade, although Fury brings a huge challenge to Klitschko’s reign. An aged Klitschko vs a young hungry talented fighter in Tyson Fury should bring the masses in to watch this great contest.
- Oun Abbas Hussain / @ouney86
- UK Correspondent for Behind the Gloves.
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