Heavyweight talk anyone? Remember them ..... back in the day? Sad the lack of great ones for so many years save for the 2 Russian brothers. With them though, quite an achievement for so long. Tyson Fury (know nothing of him) at 6'9" wow .... with height advantage over 6'6" Wladimir. I'd like to see this if it's not pay per view. Anyone know? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-mo...inant-heavyweights-ever-053510043-boxing.html The moment Wladimir Klitschko turned his career around By Kevin Iole15 hours ago Yahoo Sports The 10th anniversary of what might be viewed as just another in a long series of consecutive wins for Wladimir Klitschko is on Thursday. But his unanimous decision victory over Samuel Peter on Sept. 24, 2005, in Atlantic City, N.J., might be the one win that turned Klitschko’s career around. View gallery . Tyson Fury (L) will fight Wladimir Klitschko in Germany on Saturday. (AP) Klitschko is now 66-3, holds the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts, has won 24 bouts in succession and is about as much of a sure thing as there is in the sport. But when he faced Peter in a title eliminator at Boardwalk Hall, Klitschko was an enigmatic heavyweight with a questionable, at best, chin. Peter was, at the time, one of the hardest hitters in the sport and Klitschko’s late trainer, the great Emanuel Steward, was plenty worried. “If you watch the HBO broadcast, you could see how worried Emanuel was,” said Klitschko, who has few worries these days heading into an Oct. 24 title defense against Tyson Fury in Germany. “That was definitely a very challenging match. Samuel Peter was on his way up and many people thought I was on my way down.” They worried with good reason. At the time, Klitschko’s magnificent talent was plenty obvious. He had a jab that was the envy of the sport, powerful, fast and accurate. He was, as he is now, an incredible athlete who combined size, power and quickness like few heavyweights have ever done. But in the prior 30 months, he’d been knocked out twice, in the second round by Corrie Sanders in 2002 and in the fifth by Lamon Brewster. He looked shaky in several of his other bouts. “I didn’t like my poise,” Klitschko said, recalling his game at the time. “There was a lot of questions, a lot of insecurities. There were a lot of things that were keeping me from being as efficient as I could be.” One of the most underrated things about Klitschko is his competitiveness. And though by Sept. 24, 2005, he’d won the title, gained world-wide notoriety and had made an extraordinary amount of money, he was sick of losing. He was sick of hearing questions about his heart, his chin, his intestinal fortitude. He began to approach his fights differently than he ever had previously. “For probably the last 10 years, I was setting a goal and thinking that each fight was going to be my last fight,” he said. “Don’t get me wrong: I wasn’t in any way expecting to quit. But I would rather die than finish second. That was a big part of it.” And so though he was knocked down three times in the fight with Peter, he pulled himself off the deck each time. He won the other nine rounds handily and sent a message to those who expected him to wilt whenever the action got hot. View gallery . Wladimir Klitschko holds his belts and gestures after defeating Bryant Jennings in April. (AP) This, it would soon become obvious, was a man who was all in. He would do whatever was necessary to win. He’s won 24 in a row since the loss to Brewster, including 16 by knockout. In most of his fights, he’s won every round. Few men have even been able to push him. He’s not fighting in one of the great eras for heavyweights, but he’s beaten his share of quality opponents and he’s handled those he’s been expected to handle. But he is quick to point out that none of it just happens. “Those fights look one-sided, but remember, they’re one-sided for a reason,” Klitschko said. “I have the experience and I’m putting the hard work in. I did everything I could possibly do because I hate to lose so much. I couldn’t tolerate it any more.” Fury is 24-0 with 18 knockouts, and at 6-foot-9, he's one of the few boxers with a height advantage on the 6-foot-6 champion. Fury has done plenty of talking prior to the fight, but Klitschko takes it all in stride. He’s always a gentleman, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t hear the barbs, or that he’s not bothered by them. He heard all those who predicted his demise after the loss to Brewster. He has fueled himself to get the last laugh on the critics who never thought he’d survive Peter, let alone reel off 24 consecutive victories. “I’m like an elephant and I don’t forget,” he said. “And I don’t forget what it felt like to lose, either. It has motivated me for all these years, not to feel that way again.” He defeated DaVarryl Williamson and Eliseo Castillo in his first two bouts after his loss to Brewster, but it wasn’t until the win over Peter that he stamped himself as the force in the heavyweight division. “Emanuel talked to me a lot about that fight,” Klitschko said of his bout with Peter. “He knew it would be a challenge to me, but he was so excited about it.” Steward often appeared as if he were prescient, and he always predicted great things for Klitschko. And when he stood up to the onslaught from the powerful Peter, Steward knew his man was special. It just took the world a bit longer to fully catch on.
i remember that Sam Peter fight...lots of rabbit punches from the smaller Peter but he did have Wlad in some trouble...probably the last time Wlad was truly tested i dont hold anything against Wlad or his brother Vitaly but they really took full advantage of probably the weakest era in HW history...not saying that they couldn't hang with other eras because of their physical gifts but to run thru some of the 'contenders' in that division in the last decade is yawn-inducing with that said, it probably wont happen but i'd love to see Wlad lay out Wilder
Haven't seen Wilder fight. Why is he annoying with his personality? Have you or anyone else here seen 6'9" Fury? Any good?
not any more annoying than the typical boxer with an ego...it's just the whole Al Haymon effect..advertising false champions...imagine if there was a Dana White in boxing...but didnt have EVERYone...basically its own faction and trumpeting its own champs while legit champs were out there Wilder is his HW champ while Wlad is recognized as the champ Quillin and Jacobs are MW champs while GGG is recognized as the champ Stevenson is his LHW champ while Kovalev is recognized as the champ Wilder is fun to watch only because he's fed a steady dose of tomato cans...he gets KOs...good to watch but its time for him to step up and see what he's really made of
Fury got him! http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tyson-...tschkos-heavyweight-reign-233144907--box.html Tyson Fury ends Wladimir Klitschko's heavyweight reign By CIARAN FAHEY (Associated Press)5 hours ago AP - Sports . DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday to end the Ukrainian's 9 1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion and fulfill his father's prophesy from the day he was born. Born three months early and weighing just one pound (.45 kg), Fury wasn't given much chance to live, but John Fury told doctors it was his destiny to live and become heavyweight champion of the world. He named the second of his six sons Tyson, after Mike Tyson. Twenty-seven years later, the 2.09-meter (6-foot-9) Tyson Fury, who is of Irish-Gypsy heritage and comes from a bloodline of bare-knuckle champions on both sides of his family, finally lived up to his name. ''It's something I've been working on for my whole life,'' Fury said. ''I'm bred to be a fighter.'' After a bruising encounter that ended with cuts near both of Klitschko's eyes, referee Tony Weeks went to the judges' scorecards. Cesar Ramos and Raul Caiz Sr. scored it 115-112 each, while Ramon Cerdan had it 116-111 in favor of the undefeated Briton (25-0, 18 KO). View gallery Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko, right, and Britain's Tyson Fury exchange blows in a world heav … Fury took Klitschko's WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight belts, as well as the minor IBO title, and attention turned immediately to a potential rematch. ''We have a rematch clause in the contract,'' Klitschko promoter Bernd Boente said. ''I'm a fighter so I will take on all challengers,'' Fury said. ''I came here tonight, took the world title. Whatever happens next is a blessing. The interest in the next fight will be huge.'' Fury, 12 years younger than the 39-year-old Klitschko, taunted and baited the champion at various stages, prompting jeers from fans at the 55,000-seat soccer stadium in Duesseldorf. Klitschko (64-4, 53 KO), contesting his 28th title fight, was cautious until attempting a recovery in the final rounds, but suffered his first defeat since April 2004. View gallery Britain's new world champion Tyson Fury celebrates with the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts after wi … ''The speed was missing. Reach played a big role. I tried but it didn't work,'' said Klitschko, who at 1.98-meters (6-foot-6), was in the unusual position of facing someone taller. Fury, who weighed in at 112 kilograms (247 pounds) also had half-kilo (1.1 pound) weight advantage. ''I saw my face in the mirror and it didn't look so nice. But that's boxing,'' Klitschko said. Klitschko, the premier heavyweight of his era, relinquished the IBF belt he had held since 2006, the WBO title he'd owned since 2008, and the WBA crown he'd had since 2011. The other major belt, the WBC title, was held by Deontay Wilder of the U.S. That was vacated in 2013 by Klitschko's older brother Vitali, the current mayor of Kiev, Ukraine. The buildup to the fight had seen Fury dressing as Batman and serenading and insulting Klitschko, and even complimenting him on his scent. View gallery Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko and Britain's Tyson Fury exchange blows in a world heavyweight … ''I've said some stupid things,'' an emotional Fury said of his pre-fight talk and antics. ''Wladimir, you're a great champion and thanks for having me. It was all fun and games in the buildup.'' Earlier Saturday, Fury threatened to call off the bout unless an issue with the canvas being too soft was resolved. There were also issues over gloves and glove-wrapping. Vitali Klitschko oversaw Fury's glove-wrapping, but the Fury camp was incensed when the younger Klitschko wrapped the gloves without any of them present. That spat was resolved when he agreed to re-wrap. Fury was itching to go from the start, and he ran into the first round to put Klitschko off kilter. The Briton also goaded Klitschko during and after the round. Fury then landed a big right on Klitschko in the fifth, when he opened a small cut under his right eye, and taunted him again. View gallery Britain's Tyson Fury celebrates after winning in a world heavyweight title fight for Ukraine' … The Briton's intensity seemed to drop as Klitschko improved, but still he needled him in the seventh, when he urged Klitschko to ''come on'' and baited him with his hands behind his back, prompting more jeers. Klitschko replied to an uppercut in the ninth with a big right of his own before Fury was warned for punching the back of his head. But then he had Klitschko in trouble in the corner. Klitschko needed a response, and sought it in the 10th, by which time there was blood coming from his left eye, too. Fury had a point deducted for hitting behind the head in the 11th and both fighters gave their all in a furious final round before raising their arms in celebration. The Fury camp's celebrations seemed more sincere. ''I am perhaps the sixth or seventh British heavyweight champion of the world and I believe I am the first Irish heavyweight champion of the world, so big that up,'' said Fury, who also revealed that his wife, Paris, is expecting their third child. ''I got the news yesterday that we were pregnant. We were trying for two years so this is obviously the icing on the cake,'' Fury said.
The way I heard it, Fury was given this match when he didn't deserve it. But all in all I don't care much. I heard it was a hell of a boring fight anyway.
Fury singing in the post-fight interview was the most entertaining part of that bout...and now, rematch talks are being discussed...yay?
