Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitshcko - Highlights (Collision Course)

Jeff Jackson

2 г. назад

** NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED ** Support me on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jeffjacksonboxing November 28th, 2015. Tyson Fury challenges long reigning unified World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko on this day in Düsseldorf, Germany. Also known as Dr. Steelhammer, Wladimir’s WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO, The Ring and lineal titles were on the line. Fury was a 5-1 betting underdog. For the first time ever In Wladimir Klitschko’s boxing career that spanned nearly 20 years, he has to face an opponent who has nearly all physical advantages over him; Tyson Fury is 13 years younger at 26 years of age vs Wladimir at 39, while Fury stands at 6’9” vs Wladimir at 6’6” and Fury also enjoys a 4” reach advantage at 85” vs Wladimir's81”. Wladimir and Fury came in at 245.75 and 247 Ibs respectively. On October 2000, Wladimir began his first reign as heavyweight champion when he outpointed Chris Byrd for the WBO strap, avenging his elder brother Vitali’s loss to Byrd in April of the same year. Wladimir would enjoy 5 successful title defenses via knockouts before being shockingly upset by hard hitting South African southpaw Corrie Sanders, as Wladimir was stopped after four knockdowns in under 6 minutes in 2004. Wladimir would fight for a world title again in 2004 but in another upset loss, he was stopped by 7-1 betting underdog Lamon Brewster in the 5th round (this defeat was later avenged in a title defense via stoppage in 2007). On April 2006, Wladimir would challenge for the world title once again in a rematch against Chris Byrd for the IBF and IBO titles. Wladimir began his second reign as world heavyweight champion, stopping Byrd in the 7th round. Since then, Wladimir Klitschko has been unbeaten and had 18 successful consecutive title defenses between November 2006 and April 2015. After Wladimir’s UD victory over David Haye in 2011, the Klitschkos became the first boxing brothers in history to hold all major world heavyweight titles; Wladimir held the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles while Vitali held the WBC strap. Throughout his career, Wladimir had victories over Bryant Jennings, Kubrat Pulev, Francesco Pianeta, Ruslan Chagaev, Mariusz Wach, Jean Marc Mormeck, Calvin Brock, Jameel McCline, Phil Jackson, Eddie Chambers, Hasim Rahman, Axel Schulz, Ray Mercer, Alexander Povetkin, Monte Barrett, Frans Botha, Sultan Ibragimov, Danell Nicholson, David Haye, Sam Peter (2x), Tony Thompson (2x) and Chris Byrd (2x). Going into the bout, Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury held records of 64(53)-3 and 24(18)-0 respectively. Fury had wins over Steve Cunningham and Dereck Chisora (2x) going into the fight. Fury as the 5-1 betting underdog surprised the boxing world when he outboxed and outfoxed the seasoned Wladimir in almost every round as Wladimir could not find his mark for most of the fight. Fury utilized footwork, head movements and punching from unorthodox angles. Wladimir was never used to fighting opponents that towers above nor having a significant reach advantage over him as he was unable to let his hands ago until the last two rounds, which was too late as Fury had racked up a huge lead. Wladimir had his best round in the 12th as he landed several clean shots to the chin but it hardly made a difference as Fury had won at least 9 or 10 rounds. Fury was deducted a point in the 11th round after several warnings from Tony Weeks throughout the fight (I have highlighted the point deduction and a few but not all occasions of Fury’s rabbit punching). However, the deduction did not affect the scoring at all. With this win, Fury achieved what the great Lennox Lewis did; bringing the unified World Heavyweight Championship back to the United Kingdom. This is the first time in Wladimir’s nearly 20 year career that he’s lost a fight by decision. All of his previous losses were knockouts; Ross Puritty, Lamon Brewster, Corrie Sanders. It is notable that all of Wladimir’s losses till this day were upsets including this. A rematch aptly billed as “Repeat or Revenge” will take place October 29th where Fury makes the first defense of his WBA, WBO, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles. Fury had been stripped of the IBF title for choosing to fight Wladimir in a rematch and not his mandatory defense in Vyacheslav Glazkov. The rematch will take place in Manchester, England. Let me know what are your predictions for Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury II. Thanks guys. Remember to rate and subscribe! Keep your punches up!