If heavyweight champion Tyson Fury gets his way, the heavyweight division will see some huge and potentially thrilling match-ups take place in the coming months. Fury must first defeat former champ Wladimir Klitschko – in a return fight that has dragged on and on in terms of being officially announced; maybe the two fighters will clash in a secret location on a secret date! – but after that he wants more big names.
Never one to stray too far from Twitter, the undefeated Fury posted his wish-list of opponents earlier today, writing:
“My next fights, 1, Wlad, 2, winner of Joshua/Martin, 3, winner of wilder/povetkin.”
If just two of these fights get made, fight fans will be happy. Another person who will be happy if a Fury-Anthony Joshua fight gets made is promoter Eddie Hearn. Hearn replied to Fury’s Tweet with one of his own:
“It’s a monster fight – of course!” wrote the Matchroom boss.
Fury shot back with:
“That’s the biggest British fight ever right there, but he must pass Martin first.”
Hearn believes his fighter will be able to defeat Charles Martin on April 9th, but he has said in the recent past how he sees the upcoming fight as a 50-50 fight. If Martin, in making the first defence of his IBF belt, does manage to cause the upset, he will also be upsetting a lot of planned fights. Of course, Martin won’t care two hoots about that, searching as he is for the mega-fights himself.
A Fury-Wilder fight would also be a monster, either in the UK or, as is probably more likely as Wilder is doing his share of travelling for the Povetkin fight, in the US. Fury-Povetkin would also prove interesting, but due to the words the two have been exchanging for some time now, a Fury-Wilder collision would have that extra zing. That fight has the look of a genuine grudge-match.
Now, can Fury do as he and his promoter, Mick Hennessey feel will be the case and win that return fight with Klitschko?
