This Saturday. Hopefully.

I do like Fury a lot. He's not someone who I love unreservedly, but he is someone I have a lot of time for. For one I love (and this might be pretty patronising) people who've had fairly tough upbringings*, no academic background to speak of, who genuinely seem to want to better themselves. I find that really heart-warming and inspiring. Reminds me of Chris Eubank Snr in that regard. Wish I could think of other examples. Secondly I love that he is a varied boxer, not a simple machine that does one or two things really well. Thirdly love that he gets that boxers are (or can be) sportsmen and entertainers, and he takes the latter fairly seriously. i'd love to see him win.

From the previews I've seen most predict a Klitsko win and point to the risk of one punch from klitsko ending it at any point. That said it seemed to be boxers / ex-boxers not pundits that were the ones more likely to predict a fury victory. I think Fury can do it - size, movement, variety, age. Wouldn't completely surprise me if he dominated him for a few rounds and ended it in the 4th or 5th.

I'll go Fury, but that is more out of hope than unbiased assessment, not putting a penny on it, and anyone knows klitsko could end it at any time if he gets a touch of luck.


Fuck it - I'll go fury. Klitsko - I'm pretty sure he's never faced a bloke who can box and move whilst also matching him physically. Combine that with a hint of age catching up with him and fury might just come out of the fight with a massive reputation.

* I don't know much about his to be fair.