The amazing part of the upcoming fight with Wlad is that after the first stinker, the entire boxing world is talking about it and speculating as if it were an Ali-Frazier rematch. Not an insult here. Fury is creating buzz by pretending to be depressed, talking about quitting, etc. The man is a miracle worker. He can defeat an ATG heavyweight by landing 7 punches a round, and sell a remeatch with only his mouth. Incredible. Hopefully he can get Wilder in the ring next.
I like Fury but it's not just his antics that are stirring up the hype. The fact is that nobody in 11 years beat the man. Fury did it and now there is a rematch. There is a natural hype to this fight that cannot be taken away. Klitschko was unbeatable, he has been beaten but was it a fluke or is Fury the new top dog of the divison?
The fact that the first fight was boring is irrelevant, Wlad knows he needs to let his hands go in this one and if he doesn't he will lose again so it should be a completely different fight this time.
People can't believe he won and now want to see if it was legit, if Wlad got old overnight, or if Wlad destroys him. For such a bad fight their is a lot of interest in the rematch. And that's a good thing.
With respect, I don't think Wlad got old "overnight." The Jennings fight was an indicator, and Pulev even did pretty well for the four rounds that he lasted, rocking Wlad with the opening jab. Not to take anythign away from Fury, who will be an ATG of sorts himself if he takes the rematch.
The outcome of that fight had nothing do with age but everything to do with style. Tyson was able to disrupt Wladimir's jab which sets up Vladimir signature 1-2. Combine that with the fact that tyson was too tall and too elusive for Vlad to employ his s grab and jab style When that didn't happen everything came down crashing for Vladimir. Vladimir's on reasonable option to snap victory from Fury was to move foreward and let his hands go, but, you know what they say, "you can't teach and an old dog new tricks". By the way I picked Vladimir to KO Fury, but based on what I say from that first fight, I believe Tyson would have beaten any form of Klitschko.
I like the idea of the rematch more than the first meeting. The first fight klitschko was massive favourite and Fury was written off This time it's a complete 50/50 in everyone eyes, no one can pick a winner and back it up with anything. I wanna say tyson will win cos he's done it once I wanna say klitschko will win because he's hopefully gonna turn up looking for a big knockout Who knows
I think it was a little of both. Wlad's right hand isn't what it used to be. Nothing against Fury--Wlad was a reigning ATG titlist and Fury took the meat from the lion's mouth when 18 others failed to do so. Fury can easily be an ATG himself if he wins the rematch and gets a couple of good supporting wins. Besides, at 27, Fury is not near his best yet.
You might be right, but I wouldnt be surprised if Fury loses due to not giving a ****. I mean the guy looked obese in the first press, he got beaten up by some LHW had a black eye(though like you said he could have put make up on to create a buzz).
Wrong! The last thing to leave a boxer is punching power. I bet you if it was any fighter below 6ft 5 that was in that ring with Wladimir, Wladimir would have faceplanted them with ease. Tyson was just too tall and too elusive for Vladimir to connect his punches.