by David P. Greisman - DUSSELDORF — Tyson Fury said it was his destiny, that a child born into a family of fighters, a baby who arrived so early that he weighed just one pound, a boy named after the baddest man on the planet, would grow up to become, like his namesake, the heavyweight champion of the world.
He claimed his loved ones saw this future from the day of his first amateur fight. That prediction was a bold one, even if it was a belief based more on familial fantasy. It nevertheless came true. His next destination has also been foretold. The moment he left the ring in Germany as champion meant that he would likely make his first defense against the man he’d just defeated.
Fury had to travel from his home in the United Kingdom to Dusseldorf, a city on the Rhine in the western part of Germany. He had to face Wladimir Klitschko, the longtime champion who had not lost in more than a decade and had beaten a lengthy list of challengers during those years. He had to fight in a country that had adopted Klitschko and would support him as one of its own, filling a sizable [Click Here To Read More]
He claimed his loved ones saw this future from the day of his first amateur fight. That prediction was a bold one, even if it was a belief based more on familial fantasy. It nevertheless came true. His next destination has also been foretold. The moment he left the ring in Germany as champion meant that he would likely make his first defense against the man he’d just defeated.
Fury had to travel from his home in the United Kingdom to Dusseldorf, a city on the Rhine in the western part of Germany. He had to face Wladimir Klitschko, the longtime champion who had not lost in more than a decade and had beaten a lengthy list of challengers during those years. He had to fight in a country that had adopted Klitschko and would support him as one of its own, filling a sizable [Click Here To Read More]
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