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Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko II is set for July 9 at Manchester Arena

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Tyson Fury (center) with Tom Gray (l) and Gareth Davies (r) who were representing Ring Magazine. Photo: Dave Thompson

Tyson Fury poses with THE RING belt. Photo: Dave Thompson

The big men will try to do it again.

After several aborted target dates for their rematch, Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko are set to fight once more on July 9 at Manchester Arena in Fury’s hometown of Manchester, England, it was announced on Wednesday. The fight for Fury’s RING, WBO and WBA titles will be shown on HBO in the U.S. and BoxNation in the United Kingdom.

Fury stunned the boxing landscape when he ended Klitschko’s 11-year unbeaten streak and nearly decade-long reign as heavyweight champion on Nov. 28 in Germany, winning a unanimous decision. While the fight was widely panned by critics for a lack of action, a rematch clause in the contract occasioned them to fight again.

Fury (25-0, 18 knockouts) unleashed a barrage of trash talk on the stoic Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) in the run-up to their first bout and it sounds like Fury isn’t going to hold back in the rematch. Fury, who danced and jabbed his way to the upset, predicted fireworks the second time.



“I’m the best heavyweight in the world and the rest are imposters to my titles,” Fury said in a press release. “The only man that could beat Klitschko is me. What I’ve got can’t be taught; you’ve either got it or you haven’t. How you beat robots is to do unorthodox things. I’m expecting a totally different fight. He’s going to have to come over here and fight this time. It’s going to be a slugfest.”

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