By Keith Idec
It didn’t take long for Tyson Fury to begin bombarding Wladimir Klitschko with bold predictions regarding the long-reigning heavyweight champion’s demise.
A day after coming to an 11th-hour agreement Monday night for an Oct. 24 title fight in Dusseldorf, Germany, the brash British contender promised in a Tweet Tuesday that he’ll knock out Klitschko and halt his nine-year reign as a heavyweight champion.
The undefeated Fury Tweeted: Can u believe this, my dream is now reality, & @Klitschko is going night night, some1 bring a tow truck 2 lift him up
The 6-foot-9, 260-pound Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) is the mandatory challenger for Klitschko’s WBO heavyweight title. The 6-6, 245-pound Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) has won 22 straight fights and made 18 consecutive defenses of the IBF heavyweight championship he won from Chris Byrd in April 2006.
Keith Idec covers boxing for The Record and Herald News, of Woodland Park, N.J., and BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.