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Boxing Betting Lines: There's nothing quite like a heavyweight brawl. Two massive men brawling with one another for a dozen rounds with huge hooks, jabs and general haymakers. When a heavyweight falls in a knockout, said fall reverberates throughout the arena and can be felt at home by all viewers.
The heavyweight division has had its behemoth for the last two decades with Wladimir Klitschko, but now at the age of 40, he finally appears to have found a man who can match wits with him. Tyson Fury is the first to ever score a win over the Ukrainian brawler, and he's going to hope to essentially prove that he has taken over the heavyweight division when the two meet in Manchester in October.
TALE OF THE TAPE
Tyson Fury
Nickname: Gypsy King
Nationality: British
Height: 6-foot-9
Reach: 85 inches
Record: 25-0-0
Knockouts: 18
Wladimir Klitschko
Nickname: Dr. Steelhammer
Nationality: Ukrainian
Height: 6-foot-7
Reach: 81 inches
Record: 64-4-0
Knockouts: 53
Tyson Fury Recent Form
It took Fury a little while to bust onto the scene in the heavyweight division, as he spent most of the early part of his career fighting in the United Kingdom for minor titles. In fact, in spite of the fact that he had a record of 24-0 heading into his fight with Klitschko, it really felt as though the only reason he was given the fight was because he was someone different for the Ukrainian champ to fight.
Fury though, proved to be the better of the two fighters, winning the fight and essentially unifying all of the belts in the heavyweight division in the process. The move up to fight Klitschko was huge for Fury, knowing that his next most notable heavyweight adversaries were Dereck Chisora and Christian Hammer, both of which were forced to retire against Fury.
Wladimir Klitschko Recent Form
One has to wonder if Klitschko has hit the end of the road. You hate to say that a man who has lost just one fight since 2004 has run out of gas in his career, but Klitschko is now 40 and can't have many fights left in him. Most believed that when he was beaten the very first time, he'd be ready to walk away. Even if Klitschko wins this fight, this might be the end for him to send him out as a champion.
Klitschko captured the NABF and WBO-NABO heavyweight titles in 2005, and he just continued to add belts to his resume from then through his fight with Fury last November. When it was said and done with, Klitschko had the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles. All of that was lost to Fury in November. That doesn't take away anything from his recent wins over Bryant Jennings, Kubrat Pulev, Alex Leapai, Alexander Povetkin and others.
Keys to the Fight
Part of the reason why Klitschko looks and feels like he's hitting the end of the line is because he's pushed bouts to the distance quite a bit of late. He's missing those big heavyweight-style knockouts, and though he did take care of Pulev and Leapai in the fifth round via KO, four of his last seven bouts went the distance. Prior to that, knockouts were the norm for Klitschko, and though not every fight was won with another man on the mat, it was a shock when that's not how things went down.
Klitschko hasn't shown the power that gave him the nickname, "Dr. Steelhammer." He looked disinterested in the fight against Fury in November, and if he doesn't take advantage of his openings in this brawl, he's going to end up losing again.
Fury has stated time and time again that he's not going to be the same boring fighter he was in the first bout. He'd better not leave himself too open for counterattacks, though. Klitschko still has the power behind him for sure, and connecting on one really good punch could be the end of Fury's short rule as the champ.
The mega-fight between Wladmir Klitschko and Tyson Fury will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2016 on English soil at Manchester Arena. Pay-Per-View will have live coverage of the night in the ring.
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