Tyson Fury pulls off one of boxing’s biggest ever shocks by beating Wladimir Klitschko

By Chris McKenna in Dusseldorf 29th November 2015 From Daily Star

TYSON FURY stunned the world as he dethroned heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko to become IBF, WBO and WBA champion.

NO QUARTER GIVEN: Fury and Klitschko

The British fighter earned a unanimous decision before dropping to his knees in tears as his emotions spilled over after this huge upset.

The Manchester man then delivered on his promise to sing in the ring and belted out an Aerosmith number.

But it was the previous 36 minutes of action that Fury was really on song in as he ended the reign of one of the best heavyweight champions.

The fight was thrown into doubt yet again just hours before it was due to start when Fury arrived at the arena to have a look around.

The British challenger was not impressed with the canvas on the ring and complained it was too soft.

There were three layers of foam underneath the canvas which the challenger felt would slow his feet down.

He threatened to pull out of the bout before it was agreed one layer of foam would be removed.

It came after a glove row earlier in an eventful week in Germany that also saw the colourful Fury sing at his open workout.

There was another row just before the bout when Klitschko wrapped his hands without any of Team Fury present.

It meant the Ukrainian had to undo them and rewrap much to his frustration and caused a delay to the start.

While Fury was hitting the notes after the clash, there was Rod Stewart in the arena just before the fight.

Former British and European champion Fury could not have looked more relaxed on his way to the ring when he made his entrance soon after.

He danced and sang his way inside the stunning stadium before Klitschko’s more serious entrance as the defending champion looked focused on the job ahead.

Fury, wearing a t-shirt with a picture of his late uncle Hughie, shadow boxed in the ring as he waited for Klitschko’s to step into the ring.

The Manchester-born traveller walked straight over to the champion in a final attempt to unnerve the now former heavyweight king.

Then Fury ran from his blue corner on the sound of the first bell as he looked to startle Klitschko

But it was the Ukrainian who was on the front foot for most of the first round with the challenger shouting at him to ‘come on’.

Fury ended the round by exchanging more words with Klitschko and then raised his arms to the crowd.

It was clear why Fury was so concerned about a soft canvas earlier in the day as his tactics were to box and move.

The giant Brit looked loose on his feet as Klitschko was trying to hunt down with his jab, but he couldn’t get close enough to land.

Fury then switched to southpaw in the third and the fun-loving traveller was afforded enough time to show off his dancing skills.

The rounds were tight and those expecting an all-out war would have been disappointed as this was more of a chess match for most of it.

Klitschko was struggling to find his range which was much to Fury’s credit as his evasive style was making it difficult.

‘The Gypsy King’ landed the best shots of the fifth round with a one-two combination that finally put the champion on the back foot.

The Ukrainian – who was cut under his left eye from a clash of heads – did also land his own right towards the end of the three minutes, but it did not seem to bother the challenger.

It was scrappy and it was far from a classing as some of the 50,000 crowd showed their displeasure with the lack of action.

They didn’t like it when Fury then put his hands behind his back to goad Klitschko either in the seventh.

The danger for Fury was his persistent holding, but American referee Tony Weeks seemed pretty lenient about it.

There was also Klitschko’s right hand to worry about which landed on his chin in the ninth.

But Fury fought back with a big left hook as the fight sparked into life.

The tenth was not as thrilling, but Fury did get through with = a stiff jab as the travelling British fans in the crowd sang his name.

There was the feeling ringside that Fury was winning, but a real fear that the judges in Ukrainian Klitschko’s adopted home would not be so favourable.

Fury went out to ensure he could not be robbed by the officials as he jumped on the champion again in the eleventh and rocked him with a big left hook.

Fury was docked a point for hitting on the back of the head, but he still had done enough to ensure Klitschko did not win the round.

Fury still must have felt he needed to do more to win it as he charged at the champion in the last round and landed a stunning left uppercut that threw his head back.

Klitschko was not about to give up his titles easy though and responded by firing in a right.

The pair continued to exchange huge blows in the final minutes before it went to the scorecards.

And all three had it rightly in favour of Fury (115-112, 115-112 and 116-111) and his team in the ring went crazy.

Fury is a controversial character, but nobody could deny him this as he worked his way up through the rankings and then did not disappoint on his promise of beating Klitschko.

IMAGES:
Tyson Fury REUTERS
GETTY HEAVY BLOW: Fury lands one on Klitschko
FIRM HANDSHAKE: Klitschko weighed in one pound lighter than Fury
GETTY STEW BEAUTY: Rod Stewart entertains before the fight

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