Turki’s wild dream: Klitschko-Fury II, but only if…

His Honor Turki Alalshikh says he has a “dream” to rematch Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury’s fight from 2015. However, the rematch will only happen if Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) fights unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21.

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 champion at 45. Wladimir turns 49 on March 25. It would be great for Klitschko to have a chance to avenge his loss as Fury never gave him the rematch.

The Gypsy King’s Decline?

He was supposed to give Wlad a rematch, but his unraveling mental health after his victory. He celebrated too much and stayed out of the ring until 2018. Unsurprisingly, 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 21 will save Tyson this time with a nonsensical standing eight count; he will probably be 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 see it as a mismatch. The Gypsy King is very old, looks 36, looks even older than Wladimir. Fury looks closer, about 50, and that’s to be kind.

The eating that Fury did, and of course a lot of it, is simply genetics. Some people age faster than others. His father, John Fury, looks considerably older than 59, and Tyson is the spitting image of him. He looks just like Daddy, and what that means is that he doesn’t have a prayer against Usyk in their rematch on December 21 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

“I dream of seeing this fight to give a chance if he accepts to give Klitschko back to being the oldest heavyweight champion ever. To give him the chance. It’s perfect,” Turki Alalshkikh told Ariel Helwani’s channel.

“Of course he (Wladimir) will not fight Usyk if he wins (against Fury on December 21), because they are two heroes of Ukraine who will not fight each other.”

Punch statistics and scores

– Anger: 86 of 371 for 23%
– Wladimir: 52 of 231 for 23%

Fury was 27 years old when he fought the 39-year-old Wladimir, but the punching statistics show that he was hardly better than him. If you saw the fight, like I did, there wasn’t much action from either guy. Fury jabbed a lot and leaned on the ropes.

It wasn’t much different to how he fought Oleksandr Usyk, but in that fight he was pressured by the Ukrainian. Wladimir just looked afraid to throw. You have to remember that he was old, he lost his coach Emanuel Steward, who 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 didn’t follow his trainer Johnathan Banks’ instructions in the corner and looked motionless.

Klitschko-Fury scores

– 115-112
– 115-112
– 116-111