His Excellency Turki Alalshikh says he has a “dream” of making a rematch of Wladimir Klitschko’s and Tyson Fury’s fight from 2015. However, the rematch would only happen if Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) defeats unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st.
Turki wants Wladimir, 48, to have the chance to break George Foreman’s record from November 5, 1994, when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the tenth round to become champ at 45. Wladimir turns 49 on March 25th. It would be great to have Klitschko have a chance to avenge his loss because Fury never gave him the rematch.
The Gypsy King’s Decline?
He was supposed to give Wlad a rematch, but his mental health unraveled after his win. He celebrated too much and stayed out of the ring until 2018. Not surprisingly, Wladimir gave up and retired. The rematch doesn’t seem realistic. Fury is NOT going to beat Usyk this month. If not, a referee on duty on December 21st will save Tyson this time with a nonsensical standing eight count; he will likely get knocked out by Usyk.
The chances of Fury defeating Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in their rematch this month are not good. While many boxing fans believe Fury can win, wiser minds view it as a mismatch. The Gypsy King is very old, looking 36, looking even older than Wladimir. Fury looks closer, around 50, and that’s being kind.
The eating that Fury has done, and obviously a lot of it, is just plain genetics. Some people age more rapidly than others. His father, John Fury, looks considerably older than 59, and Tyson’s the spitting image of him. He looks just like Papa, and what that means is he doesn’t have a prayer against Usyk in their rematch on December 21st at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
“I am dreaming of seeing this fight to give a chance if he accepts to give Klitschko to give back to be the oldest heavyweight champion ever. To give him the chance. This is perfect,” said Turki Alalshkikh to Ariel Helwani’s channel.
“Of course, he [Wladimir] won’t fight Usyk if he wins [against Fury on December 21st] because they’re two heroes from Ukraine will not fight each other.”
Punch Stats & Scores
– Fury: 86 of 371 for 23%
– Wladimir: 52 of 231 for 23%
Fury was 27 years old when he fought 39-year-old Wladimir, but the punch stats show that he was barely better than him. If you saw the fight, as I did, there wasn’t much action from either guy. Fury was doing a lot of jabbing and leaning on the ropes.
It wasn’t much different than how he fought Oleksandr Usyk, but in that fight, he was being pressured by the Ukrainian. Wladimir just looked scared to throw. You have to remember that he was old, he’d lost his trainer Emanuel Steward, who had passed away in 2012.
Steward had always been able to motivate Klitschko to throw punches, but once he passed away, that motivating force wasn’t there. He wasn’t following his trainer’s instructions, Johnathan Banks, in the corner and seemed rudderless.
Klitschko-Fury Scores
– 115-112
– 115-112
– 116-111
