Comments Thread For: Klitschko vs. Fury Reach Terms, Avoid Purse Bid Hearing

[The Hammer]

The upcoming World heavyweight championship between reigning king Wladimir Klitschko and unbeaten mandatory challenger Tyson Fury is officially on. The two will collide October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany, according to spokesmen from the World Boxing Association (WBA).

The two camps avoided a purse bid literally at the last minute, as a deal was reached shortly before Monday's hearing at World Boxing Association (WBA) headquarters in Panama.

"Teams for Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury have reached an agreement before the hearing" a WBA spokesman confirmed to BoxingScene.com. [Click Here To Read More]

[Weltschmerz]

[The Hammer]

Tyson Fury is tweeting about it:

https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury

[Monaco Slim]

Tyson "2FAST" Fury is an absolute mountain of a man and that big stiff idiot plumber Wladimir Klitschko is GETTING IT

[Chrismart]

I'm interested in seeing how this turns out. Thanks for the reminder.

[Cuban Linx]

At last moment, Klitschko and Fury camps reached a deal. Today's purse bid was canceled. Fight is Oct. 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany. - Dan Rafael

[The Hammer]

I'm really excited about this one!

[BostonGuy]

I thought Fury was the WBO mandatory??

[The Hammer]

I thought Fury was the WBO mandatory??

Both WBA and WBO.

The WBA recently decided he was their mandatory too - I guess they wanted their cut of the money.

[soul_survivor]

It's set? The best opponent Wlad's had in years, finally a guy that can beat him for size. Will be very interesting.