Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko To Meet Again In A 2016 Rematch

Tyson Fury - Left and Wladimir Klitschko - Right

Wladimir Klitschko says he will fight Tyson Fury again next year, having lost his world heavyweight titles to the British fighter in Dusseldorf.

Fury, 27, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history, outpointing Ukrainian Klitschko and bringing his nine-year reign to an end.

There was a rematch clause in the fight contract, but it is yet to be decided whether Germany or the UK will host it.

"I lost the battle but the fighter is still in me," said Klitschko, 39.

"We'll soon work out when and where the rematch will take place and let you know," he added.

Fury replied: "I'm a fighter, so I will take on all challengers. I want to be a great champion and I'd like to do it all again. Who knows what the rematch holds? One thing I can say about it is that it's going to be explosive."

Fury, from Manchester, won by a unanimous decision at the 50,000-capacity Esprit Arena to wrest the WBA, IBF and WBO belts from Klitschko.
And while he was happy to trash-talk his rival during the build-up to the fight, afterwards he was full of respect for "a great champion".

"If I could be half as good a champion as Wladimir Klitschko I would be very, very happy," said Fury, who is Britain's fifth bona fide world heavyweight champion, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and David Haye.

"He put up a really good fight. I found him quite awkward to land clean on, as he did me. He landed some great punches but it just wasn't his night.
"The ones who believed were very few. The ones who disbelieved were very large. We've been on a 27-year mission. Every left and right turn I've taken has led to this moment and I wasn't going to let it slip.