By Carlos Boogs
It takes a lot to offend WBO/IBO/WBA heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, but the self-proclaimed 'Gypsy King' really took offense with Wladimir Klitschko comparing him to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Last November in Germany, Fury won a twelve round unanimous decision over Klitschko to capture the IBO/WBA/WBO/IBO world titles. It was the first loss for Klitschko in over a decade.
They were scheduled to collide in a rematch on July 9th at the Manchester Arena in Manchester - but on Friday Fury withdrew from the contest with an ankle injury.
According to Klitschko, Fury crossed the line when he made controversial statements about Jewish people.
"I mentioned it at the press conference, his statements about women, gay community men and women, and then when he got to Jewish people - he sounded like Hitler. The man is an imbecile. I just cant describe him as nothing but an imbecile. I'm fighting an imbecile. We have an imbecile champion," Klitschko said.
"Especially in this crazy world as we see with everything that's going on, we don't need somebody having the stage and bringing the hate to Jewish people. As I said, it sounds like Hitler. I cannot accepted. I won't accept it. I think the man is probably mentally sick."
Fury fired back, stating that Hitler killed off countless numbers of gypsies and said Klitschko's countrymen were guards for the concentation camps.
"Hitler killed hundreds of thousands of gypsies. A lot of my ancestors were mass-murdered by Hitler. To call me that is a very, very bad insult, friend," Fury said.
'Let's not forget your people, the Ukrainians, were the guards in the death camps where my people were slaughtered. You stupid f***ing Ukrainian pr*ck.'
