Tyson Fury must spend part of his build-up to next month's projected world heavyweight title re-match with Wladimir Klitschko fighting to clear his name in front of an anti-doping panel.
Hennessy Sports, K2 Promotions, Team Fury, Klitschko Management Group (KMG) and Frank Warren on behalf of BoxNation are delighted to announce Heavyweight Champion of the World Tyson Fury’s long-awaited rematch with Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko will take place at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 29th October, live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Have the issues between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko been worked out? Is the fight finally back in play? Last November in Germany, Fury shocked the entire sport when he outboxed Klitschko to win the IBO/IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight titles. It was the first loss for Klitschko in over a decade.
Rematch clauses are rightly legally binding when they are written into the contract of a title contest, but they can also be a right bind as well when you are seeking to keep a champion active.
Once again the rematch between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko is up in the air. Last November in Germany, Fury shocked the entire sport when he outboxed Klitschko to win the IBO/IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight titles. It was the first loss for Klitschko in over a decade.
IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18KOs) is planning to give Wladimir Klitschko a 'beating' when the two boxers face each other in the ring for a second time on October 29th in Manchester.
When Tyson Fury dislodged Wladimir Klitschko from his firmly rooted perch last November the heavyweight scene, for the first time in a long while, captured the imagination again.
New York - Last November, Tyson Fury pulled off one of the bigger upsets of 2015 when he defeated longtime heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. Since then, it has been sort of a roller coaster.
Tyson Fury's handlers are confident the rematch with Wladimir Klitschko will still push forward on October 29 - despite the ongoing controversy where Fury is alleged to have tested positive for a banned substance on June 24 - several months prior to the first Klitschko meeting which took place in November.
Tyson Fury has had his suspension lifted. The world heavyweight champion, who holds the WBA Super, WBO and IBO titles in boxing’s premier division, was provisionally suspended by UK Anti-Doping after he was alleged to have used a performance-enhancing drug.