Comments Thread For: Klitschko-Fury: New Fight Date Eyed For November 28

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TYSON FURY’S rescheduled world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko is being lined up for November 28.

Ukraine’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO champion Klitschko pulled out of fighting unbeaten Fury in Dusseldorf on October 24 on Friday.

The man known as Doctor Steelhammer, 39, suffered a calf injury in training but confirmation of the new date for the fight is expected next week.
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[Æthelstan]

not bad.. one month later

[-DSG-]

Fury gets to live for one more month.

[stellen]

My prediction is this fight will never happen. This is just david haye all over again. If only the other heavyweight title was held by a fighter with balls, i would urge fury to tell clitko to go eff himself. But its not. Its held by beyonce, i need another 8 tune ups fighting bums, wilder.

[richardt]

That's a good date, Thanksgiving day weekend.

[Grimmer]

It might not happen until Feb as Sky can't offer a PPV date until then.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Canelo-Cotto one week then Klitschko-Fury the next.

[turnedup]

I was totally expecting 2016 for the reschedule. Not sure if it makes sense for Klitschko to turn around that quickly at his age. All us late 30's mofo's know exactly what i'm talking about, body doesn't heal like it used to. leg injury being worse because he has to push off it to throw his hooks which I think will be a weapon for him on Fury. Let's hope for the best.

[vortex662290]

one month? Now I know he didn't feel ready and wanted to train more after that press conference and also wanted to gain a psychological advantage on Fury. Calf injury and any injury takes time to heal and you start from the beginning as far as training. He wouldn't be ready for a fight after a month if he was injured. Also, what fighter says he is injured moments after a press conference? one month is enough for Wlad to get ready since he wasn't serious about this.

[Drunken Cat]

one month? Now I know he didn't feel ready and wanted to train more after that press conference and also wanted to gain a psychological advantage on Fury. Calf injury and any injury takes time to heal and you start from the beginning as far as training. He wouldn't be ready for a fight after a month if he was injured. Also, what fighter says he is injured moments after a press conference? one month is enough for Wlad to get ready since he wasn't serious about this.

At first I thought the people claiming the injury was fake were just typical cynical people, but now I see this as a real possibility.

If there is a training issue, let's keep in mind that Klitschko's training situation has indeed changed, with Banks as his head trainer. It isn't as though he has the level of credentials as Emmanual Stewart, by a long shot. Stewart always seemed to run a very disciplined operation. So training not being at 100% is a seriously legitimate possibility. It does seem cynical of Klitschko to pull out with so much already in place (venue, undercard, PPV date, tickets, etc.), but from his personal standpoint, it's mostly just a matter of the millions he stands to make continuing as champion, so he may indeed pull out all the stops if he doesn't feel all is in place. Fury's air of confidence could indeed be a factor, as well as Wlad's sense of lack of control over the buildup.

Just speculation, but it is possible.