Tyson Fury brands Klitschko bout: ‘Easiest fight of my life’ in 2018
This week the World Boxing Council president all-but-confirmed that Fury’s next fight will be against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. Whyte was due to face Otto Wallin over the weekend, with the winner guaranteed a shot at Fury’s WBC crown, but the 33-year-old suffered an injury setback in training. However, with the sanctioning body showing evidence of Whyte’s injury, they are poised to call the Brixton-born boxer to fight Fury, instead of rescheduling a bout with Wallin.
WBC president Mauricio Salaiman said: “The WBC order was very clear, that the winner of Fury vs Wilder has one month to secure the ultimate unification against Usyk, who defeated Joshua.
“If they’re not capable of doing such, then the WBC would go with a mandatory, which is the interim champion.
He added, in the interview with Talksport: “We have received from the British Boxing Board of Control the medical certification that Whyte could not fight Wallin because of the injury.
“So we are going to do what we promised, which is the way we are moving forward.”
Fury admitted to editing Klitschko’s Wikipedia page (Image: Getty/BT Sport)
Fury will face mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte next year (Image: Getty)
Fury, whose knockout of Deontay Wilder last month cemented the Gypsy King’s place as the world’s best heavyweight, is known for his unconventional goading of opponents.
Before the boxer’s historic 2015 defeat of Klitschko by unanimous decision, Fury said that his counterpart was “boring” and had “reigned supreme over a load of bums”.
In winning the bout, Fury was declared the WBA, WBO IBF and IBO champion, ending Klitschko’s reign of nearly 10 years.
Fury later admitted in a BT Sport interview that he was “banned” from Wikipedia for editing Klitschko’s profile.
Fury beat Klitschko in a historic bout in 2015 (Image: Getty)
When asked if rumours he would edit the Ukrainian boxer’s Wikipedia were true, Fury replied: “Yes it’s true, until I got banned from Wikipedia.
“I did, because it’s a public site and I just wanted to prove that anyone can write what they want on Wikipedia, because it’s public.
“So if you want to go up there and edit my profile you can.”
When asked if he had ever edited his own profile Fury said: “No, I’ve not edited anything on mine.
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Fury joked that Anthony Joshua had been editing his Wikipedia page (Image: BT Sport)
“But, because I’m the lineal champion, someone keeps going on and putting retired, [and] I’m clearly not retired.
“But every time I change it to ‘active’, someone changes it back to ‘retired’.
“So obviously someone wants me to retire, so it is what it is.”
The interviewer then joked that the IP Address would probably show Wilder is the culprit editing Fury’s page.
Joshua’s suffered a shock defeat to Usyk in September (Image: Getty)
The Gypsy King, however, cheekily hinted it could be Anthony Joshua, saying: “Maybe [the IP Address] is coming from London.”
There had been massive speculation over Fury’s next bout, after last month’s knockout win in the Gypsy King’s trilogy fight against Wilder.
Fury dropped the Bronze Bomber three times in Las Vegas, ultimately knocking the Alabama-native out in the 11th round.
Some quarters had hoped for a unification bout against Oleksandr Usyk or an eagerly anticipated clash with Joshua.
However hopes of seeing Fury fight either heavyweight were dashed when Joshua’s camp triggered a rematch after the Ukrainian dismantled British boxing’s poster boy in September.
In turn Whyte, who was standing as the mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight title after beating Alexander Povetkin, was always Fury’s likely next opponent.