Four days after his stunning defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko has opted to make use of his option for a rematch against the new world heavyweight champion.
Klitschko, in a video posted to his Facebook page from his home, stated: Hello, I have a pre-Christmas gift for Tyson Fury and all boxing fans around the world. I’ll be making use of my contractual option for a rematch against Fury. So to say: the fight of 2016 is in the making. I’ll keep you posted about the time and place and remember, failure in life is never an option.”
Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy wants the rematch to be at Wembley Stadium while Klitschko’s team is open to negotiations to come to an agreement on a date and venue.
“Wembley Stadium would be very appealing at the right time of year, definitely,” he told BBC. “It was close to 55,000 in Düsseldorf. It would easily do 80,000 at Wembley. But it would have to be at the end of the football season.”
“There will be a huge worldwide interest in this fight which can already be billed as the fight of the year 2016,” added Klitschko Management Group CEO Bernd Bönte.
– Ryan O’Hara @OHaraSports
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