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Post by espnisgone on Nov 28, 2015 19:33:10 GMT -5
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Tyson Fury caused a huge boxing upset on Saturday, stunning Wladimir Klitschko with a points victory to snatch the champion's four titles and become the first Briton to hold a world heavyweight crown since 2011.
Undefeated Fury, who improved his record to 25-0 and now has the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts, was never troubled by the 39-year-old Ukrainian who suffered his first loss in 11 years.
Quick, despite his 2.06 metres, the 27-year-old contender was better from the start, landing left-right combinations with Klitschko, not used to fighting taller men than him, struggling with Fury's reach.
"I worked for six months for this in the gym, it's a dream come true," Fury said in a ringside interview while draped in his new world title belts and unable to hold back the tears.
Klitschko managed to get close with a few good left jabs in the second round but Fury landed a powerful right, pushing the Ukrainian back.
Fury, changing between southpaw and orthodox stance, kept chipping away at Klitschko's defences with his combinations and by the eighth round the champion was bleeding from a cheek wound.
Fury, who shed 32 kilos in five months to get in shape for the fight, landed a bruising left uppercut in the ninth that wounded Klitschko's right eye.
Sensing the title slipping away, Klitschko threw everything he had in the final round for a knockout but ended up losing on all three of the judges' scorecards
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Post by espnisgone on Nov 28, 2015 19:40:28 GMT -5
ESPN Update:
Tyson Fury, who is named after Mike Tyson, joined the Hall of Famer in the annals of heavyweight history as he pulled off a massive upset and dethroned long-reigning world champion Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday at ESPRIT Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, where the pro-Klitschko crowd sat in disbelief by what unfolded.
Fury did not look particularly good but he was busier, landed more punches and had the spring in his step that Klitschko did not. The 39-year-old Klitschko appeared to grow old in the ring as he was outhustled throughout the fight by the 27-year-old British mandatory challenger.
In the end, there would be no miracle comeback, even though Klitschko's trainer, Johnathon Banks, told Klitschko in no uncertain terms that he needed a knockout to win as early as following the 10th round.
When it was over, Fury and his team celebrated as though they knew they had won. There was no such celebration in the Klitschko corner as ring announcer Michael Buffer read the judges' scorecards. Ramon Cerdan scored the fight 116-111, while judges Raul Caiz Sr. and Cesar Ramos both had it 115-112. ESPN.com also scored the fight 115-112 for Fury, who won Klitschko's cadre of alphabet title belts and the lineal championship.
"This is a dream come true," said an emotional Fury, who broke down in tears in the ring after the fight. "We worked so hard for this. I've done it.
"It's hard to come to foreign countries and get decisions. It just means so much to me to come here and get the decision."
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Dec 5, 2015 12:29:33 GMT -5
its good they finally got the belt from klitchko. Who knows what PED he could be using. Fighting only in Germany, he was never gonna be busted for anything. Also all he ever did was throw a punch & hold & never got in trouble for it. Officiating in his fights were flat out horrid. The Worst most boring fights ever, with one sided officiating.
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