Klitschko: I Just Couldn’t Land Against Tyson Fury

by David P. Greisman

Wladimir Klitschko barely landed a thing on Tyson Fury. That’s not a surprise given how rarely he threw — limited activity he said was due to what Fury was doing.

“I wish there would be more clean shots that I could land. I couldn’t find the right distance to land those shots,” Klitschko said at the post-fight press conference. “Tyson was quick with his hands and his body movement and his head movement. I couldn’t land the right punches.”

Klitschko was just 52 of 231 on the night, an average of 4 of 19 per round. That meant he threw only one punch every 9.35 seconds, or a little more than 6 per minute. He landed one punch for every 41.5 seconds.

He was 34 of 162 with jabs — he averaged one landed per minute and threw only 4.5 jabs per minute. And he was just 18 of 69 with power punches — landing 1.5 per round, 1 per every two minutes. It was an average time of more than 31 seconds between each power punch thrown, which equates to a little less than 2 thrown every minute.

That wasn’t due to any injury, Klitschko said. Rather, he was waiting for an opportunity to come off the jab, and since the jab wasn’t working, he didn’t send out much else.

“My right hand is supposed to land after my left,” he said. “Because of the right distance, I couldn’t land those shots as I wished.”

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