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Boxing News: Latest Updates On Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury

World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko

(Photo : Getty Images) World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is set to defend his titles against Briton Tyson Fury on November 28 at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.

World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) and his latest challenger Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) were supposed to meet each other in the ring on Oct. 24, but the fight was postponed to Nov. 28 still at Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Mirror reported that a calf injury prevented the 39-year-old Ukrainian from suiting up last month. Klitschko immediately sought the help of Dr. Hans Muller-Wohlfahrt on his tendon tear, and after several examinations he was cleared to go on full training once again. And so the fight was moved five weeks from the original date as all parties involved had agreed.

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Klitschko will put his The Ring, IBF, WBO, IBO, & WBA (Super) Heavyweight titles on the line against the undefeated Briton, who is 12 years his junior. The two boxers had been engaging in a lot of trash talk in the run-up to the fight.

Just recently, Boxing News 24 revealed Fury's comments that the second longest reigning heavyweight champion of all time is not "hard to hit like everybody else does", specifically mentioning his three-inch height and four-inch reach advantages.

However, the report also noted that the 27-year-old Manchester native is not used to "fighting tall" like his more illustrious rival does, which could take away that advantage. Fury "leans and crouches" when he fights, which makes him "around 6-feet tall" when in front of his opponents.

Meanwhile, Klitschko recently said that he is not taking Fury for granted and that anything can happen in a fight. Responding to Fury's remarks, he simply said that "everyone has a plan and a big mouth until they get hit," as per Boxing News Online, which comes across as a grim warning to the English youngster.

Klitschko is known to be one of the hardest-hitting heavyweight knockout artists of all time, with a thudding jab, straight right, and brutal left hook that has led to a 79 percent KO percentage for his career.

"I hope there are going to be no excuses," he continued. "He's trying to improve his punching power and either you have it or you don't. You can't learn suddenly."

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