TYSON Fury’s coach Peter Fury believes his nephew’s long-awaited shot at Wladimir Klitschko will be the toughest fight the Ukrainian has ever had.
Fury is the mandatory challenger and will get his opportunity to inflict a first defeat upon Klitschko since 2004, with Lamon Brewster the last man to beat the dominant heavyweight.
The fight will take place in Dusseldorf on October 24, with Klitschko’s WBA, IBF and WBO belts on the line, and coach Fury insists the bout is evenly balanced.
“It’s anybody’s fight this – a 50-50 fight – it doesn’t matter what anybody says, I can genuinely tell you now that this is a 50-50 contest,” Fury told The Irish Post.
“They’re taking it seriously – this is the toughest fight of Wladimir’s career, no doubt. They know what’s ahead of them, they know it’s a very, very risky fight.”
Critics and pundits have been quick to quash Fury’s chances of victory in Germany, where Klitschko has enjoyed sustained success for the majority of his career, but his uncle does not want the contest to be settled by the judges.
“Definitely,” he said, when asked if the intention was to knock Klitschko out. “We’re not going for points over in Germany, we’re definitely looking to stop him.
“It will be an exciting fight. Tyson is not going to sit back and let him jab him up and down with that big right hand, so it’s going to be very, very interesting.”
