Morecambe’s 27-year-old convinced he is about to bring the Ukrainians reign as WBA,IBF and WBO heavyweight champion to a crashing finaleShortly after Michael Buffer had hailed him as one of the two best heavyweights on the planet, Tyson Fury bounded to the stage to weigh in for the biggest fight of his life humming an old gospel tune: “I’m going to have a little talk with Jesus, and tonight when I acquire domestic.” Then he started grinning in the manner of someone who knows their lottery numbers are about to come up. Whatever you may judge about Fury’s talents or scattergun opinions,he truly believes. And he is more convinced than ever he is about to bring Wladimir Klitschko’s reign as WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight champion to a crashing finale.“I’m a 4-1 underdog but Cassius Clay was a astronomical underdog against Sonny Liston and so was Leon Spinks against Muhammad Ali and Buster Douglas against Mike Tyson, and he said. “Underdogs win. I judge it’ll pan out with me knocking him out. I don’t intend to leave it to anyone else – my fate is in these two hands.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com