Gypsy King Dr. Steelhammer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Date 9 July 2016 | 25–0 (18 KO) 64–4 (53 KO) lbs ( kg) lbs ( kg) | |
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Venue Manchester Arena, Manchester, England Title(s) on the line WBA (Super)/WBO/IBO/The Ring/Lineal
Heavyweight titles Location Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom | ||
Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko II, billed as Repeat or Revenge, was a scheduled heavyweight fight for the unified WBA (Super), WBO, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles.
The fight was initiated by Klitschko through exercising of a rematch clause in the contract for Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury.
History
The fight will not be for the IBF title as it was in their previous fight. This was due to Fury having to fight Klitschko as opposed to the IBF's mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov. Instead Glazkov fought Charles Martin for the vacant title.
After months of negotiation, the rematch was announced on 8 April 2016, with the fight scheduled to take place in the new champion's home town of Manchester at Manchester Arena on 9 July 2016. In the United Kingdom, the fight will be shown live and exclusively on BoxNation. On 24 June 2016, Tyson Fury announced that the fight will now be postponed due to an ankle sprain he received during training. He apologised to his fans and confirmed the fight will be rescheduled for a later date.
On 7 July 2016, Fury announced that the rescheduled fight would take place on 29 October 2016 at Manchester Arena. It was confirmed officially on 7 September 2016.
On 23 September 2016, Fury again postponed the fight after being declared "medically unfit".
On 12 October Fury vacated the WBA "Super", WBO and IBO titles, citing problems with depression after testing positive for cocaine.
After the fight was cancelled Klitschko agreed to fight with IBF champion Anthony Joshua for the vacent WBA and IBO titles as well as Joshua's IBF title.
The vacent WBO title was fought for between WBO's number one ranked Joseph Parker and number three ranked Andy Ruiz on 10 December in Auckland New Zealand, with Parker winning by majority decision.