Fury Ends Klitschko’s Heavyweight Reign

The unbeaten Fury shocked the world by defeating future Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko in front of 55,000 stunned spectators on Saturday night at the ESPIRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The man just stripped the 39-year-old Ukranian heavyweight champion of four titles-the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts-in an unanimous victory, 115-112, 115-112, and 116-111.

Ex-WBA champion David Haye, who is coming out of retirement in January against Mark de Mori, knows Fury must be careful but believes he is good for the sport. “We worked so hard for this”.

Tyson Fury claims he will fulfil his promise of emulating the legendary Muhammad Ali after becoming world heavyweight champion.

Fury improves to 25-0 with a second date with Dr. Steelhammer or a marketable fight against American titlist Deontay Wilder as potential matches that make both money and sense.

‘It was all fun and games in the build-up, I just wanted to be confident, young and brash’.

“I’d like to come back to Germany again to fight Wlad”.

After losing a point, Fury admitted that he would not be able to come back and win the fight. Wladimir knew, his full team knew tonight.

“I frustrated him, showboated and showed him stuff he’d never seen”. “I should have landed more right hands but I couldn’t find the right distance”.

And so ends the reign of Wladimir Klitschko, 19 years almost to the day since his professional boxing debut.

He added: “I’m grateful to him for giving me this chance and if I can be half the champion he is, I’ll be a happy man”. I congratulate him. He won the fight.

Addressing his doubters after his victory, Fury said, “I always said what I’d do and I’ve delivered tonight”. Fury dealt with it well, however, landing a big left hook in return. After all of Fury’s endless criticism of Klitschko prior to the fight, most of us were expecting Fury to throw punches in bunches, dazzle us, and even crush the champion, as he’d told media cameras a thousand times.

Then as the first bell approached, Fury’s camp were furious to discover Klitschko had had his fists taped without an observer being present in contravention of boxing’s rules.

Modifications were made and Fury, quick, despite his 2.06 metres, was better from the start, showing no problems with the new canvas.