Ottke Expects Fury-Klitschko II To Be a Massive Event

By Vadim Pushkin

Former world champion and boxing great Sven Ottke recently discussed last month's stunning upset of heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko.

Ottke, a former super middleweight champion, retired in 2004 with his undefeated record in place.

Klitschko, after more than a decade of domination, was defeated by big underdog Tyson Fury over twelve rounds in Dusseldorf, Germany.

He felt Klitschko did nothing in the fight, which allowed Fury to win the rounds with few obstacles to capture the WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF world titles.

"I was totally disappointed with the fight because Klitschko just did nothing, he did nothing," Ottke told Sport1. "For me, this was definitely a refusal to work."

Ottke feels the lack of proper sparring may have hurt him. Fury, unlike many of Klitschko's opponents, was taller and longer.

"He even had to spar with his brother [Vitali Klitschko] because he didn't have any sparring partners.....clearly these [very tall] people dod not grow on trees," Ottke said.

A rematch is now going to take place in the comings months. Klitschko exercised his option for an immediate rematch.

"This will be a huge spectacle. They need to really do it in major stadium," said Ottke.