By Edward Chaykovsky
Peter Fury, uncle and trainer of undefeated Tyson Fury, says a twelve round decision is not their primary goal when they challenge Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko for the WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles on October 24th in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Klitschko (64-3, 54KO’s) is a heavy favorite to hand Fury (24, 18KO’s) the first professional defeat of his career.
Peter is not going to rely on the judges. He says the game plan will be perfected with a knockout ending in mind. All three of Klitschko's defeats have come by way of stoppage and he has been down in other fights, but those incidents took place more than ten years ago. In over decade he's barely lost a handful of rounds.
"I believe Wladimir is a great champion, I take nothing from him at all, but we’re not looking to win this fight on points, we’re looking for a dramatic fight and a dramatic finish to it. Either he will win it like that or he won’t. That’s where we’re coming from, we’re not looking to rely on the judges — especially with Germany’s record with previous world title fights," Peter told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .
"Klitschko is the undisputed champion of the world, you can’t expect to go out there and have a close fight and Tyson having his hand raised, that’s not happening. They will give it to the champion, even if the champion’s two or three rounds behind, they’ll give it to the champion. We know where we’re standing, we’re not going to be complaining that we’ve been robbed or all that bullsh*t, we’re going to take him out. That’s what needs to happen, so we’re not going to leave it in the hands of anybody."
