Fury's Klitschko boxing rematch gets October date | Bangkok Post: news - News Summed Up

Fury's Klitschko boxing rematch gets October date | Bangkok Post: news


LONDON - World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury's rematch with Wladimir Klitschko will take place in Manchester on October 29. Britain's Tyson Fury (L) claimed a shock win over Ukrainian Klitschko to take the WBA, WBO and IBF belts in Dusseldorf in November 2015Fury claimed a shock win over Ukrainian Klitschko to take the WBA, WBO and IBF belts in Dusseldorf last November. The 28-year-old British fighter agreed to face Klitschko again, which meant he was stripped of the IBF title for failing to face its mandatory challenger. However, following Wednesday's announcement of the rematch, Klitschko wrote on Twitter: "Finally the rematch is fixed. Shortly after Fury postponed the original date, reports emerged that he had been the subject of a doping investigation last year.


Source: Bangkok Post September 07, 2016 11:37 UTC



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