Fury Camp Ready To Enter Negotiations With Klitschko
Apr 26, 2015 • 10:18 AM ET
By Jake Donovan
With Wladimir Klitschko's voluntary defense out of the way following his 12-round win over Bryant Jennings at Madison Square Garden, the reigning World heavyweight champion is ready for the slew of challenges that away.
Most boxing fans would love to see a showdown with Deontay Wilder - the sole remaining relevant heavyweight titlist (which excludes secondary titles). However, with the herd of belts in Klitschko's collection comes a herd of mandatory challengers. First on that list is unbeaten contender Tyson Fury.
BoxingScene.com's Victor Salazar confirmed on site that the World Boxing Organization (WBO) plans to order the mandatory title challenge, with Klitschko required to face Fury within the next 180 days . Hours after the fight, Fury confirmed he has every intention of enforcing such status, with no intention of stepping aside.
“Again, Klitschko did what he had to do against Jennings and won,” Fury observed from afar, watching at home in England. “It was the same as it always is though, the smaller man trying to get inside Klitschko’s jab with him holding and leaning, although he was slightly more aggressive against Jennings.
“Lets see him try that against someone who’s the same size as he is, younger, stronger, fitter, faster and with a knockout punch - me.”
Fury (24-0, 18KOs) became the mandatory challenger following his 10th round knockout of Dereck Chisora in their rematch last November. The hulking Brit has scored an 8th round stoppage of Christian Hammer this past February, taking the stay-busy fight with the understanding that he was next in line following the outcome of Klitschko-Jennings.
With the chance to take in one more fight from the heavyweight king - who made his 11th consecutive World lineal championship defense and 18th overall consecutive defense of at least one title - the already self-confident Fury likes his chances even more once his turn comes to swing for the crown.
“I still haven’t seen anything he does to concern or worry me at all," insists Fury. "I’m just supremely confident that I’ll be the man to end his reign on the throne and begin the Fury era.”
“The heavyweight division has been dull for over a decade, I’m going to shake it up and bring back the sparkle.”
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home.
