Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko II

Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko II
Date 29 October 2016 (cancelled)
Location Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Title(s) on the line WBA (Super)/WBO/IBO/The Ring Heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
United Kingdom Tyson Fury Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko
Nickname Gypsy King Dr. Steelhammer
Hometown Manchester, England Kiev, Ukraine
Pre-fight record 25–0 (18 KO) 64–4 (53 KO)
Height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight lbs ( kg) lbs ( kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super)/WBO/IBO/The Ring Heavyweight Champion Former WBA (Super)/WBO/IBF/IBO/The Ring Heavyweight Champion

Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko II, billed as Repeat or Revenge, was a scheduled heavyweight fight for the unified WBA (Super), WBO, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles.

The fight was initiated by Klitschko through exercising of a rematch clause in the contract for Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury.[1][2][3]

History

The fight will not be for the IBF title as it was in their previous fight. This was due to Fury having to fight Klitschko as opposed to the IBF's mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov. Instead Glazkov fought Charles Martin for the vacant title.[4]

After months of negotiation, the rematch was announced on 8 April 2016, with the fight scheduled to take place in the new champion's home town of Manchester at Manchester Arena on 9 July 2016. In the United Kingdom, the fight will be shown live and exclusively on BoxNation. On 24 June 2016, Tyson Fury announced that the fight will now be postponed due to an ankle sprain he received during training. He apologised to his fans and confirmed the fight will be rescheduled for a later date.

On 7 July 2016, Fury announced that the rescheduled fight will now take place on 29 October 2016 at Manchester Arena.[5] It was confirmed officially on 7 September 2016.

On 23 September 2016, Fury again postponed the fight after being declared "medically unfit".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wladimir Klitschko decides to exercise right to immediate rematch with Tyson Fury". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Wladimir Klitschko to take up option of Tyson Fury rematch - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. ↑ Domin, Martin. "Wladimir Klitschko confirms he will take on Tyson Fury in world heavyweight title rematch as he promises the 'fight of 2016' | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Charles Martin has stardom in mind entering title fight". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/peterfury/status/718365298341113858
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/37456191
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