If there’s this much drama before the Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klischko bout, what’s the actual fight going to be like?
The build up to the heavyweight world title fight between the pair has been a bit of a mad one.
Fury had already threatened to pull out over a complaint about the gloves to be used in the bout.
The British challenger claimed the gloves would break his thumb – new ones were rushed out but the Klitschko camp accused Fury of behaving like ‘amateurs’ over the issue.
Then Fury threatened to pull out on the day of the fight over health and safety concerns about the canvas.
But finally the fight has judged to be officially going ahead after two hours of intense wrangling between Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy and the Ukranian champion’s team.
Huge controversy here in Dusseldorf but the ring issue has been resolved and the fight will go ahead. #klitschkofury
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) November 28, 2015
The issue was over the thickness of foam under ring which Fury’s team claimed could see the 6ft 9in fighter go over on his ankle.
The Daily Mirror report the row was resolved after the German boxing board sided with Fury and ordered the removal one of the three layers of foam.
Let’s hope there’s nothing else between now and fight time at around 10pm.
