by Jordan Stoddart
The Boxing Observer: (Oct. 28, 2012) - According to reports coming out of both the UK and Germany, Denis Boytsov has a pre-fight contract ready for a duel with the Brit Tyson Fury (19(14)-0). There has been mounting speculation as to who will be facing off with the former British champion on December 1st with Tony Grano and Dereck Chisora being mentioned over the last week. Fury is gaining some serious exposure in the boxing world, mostly down to his war of words with domestic rival David Price, but his accomplishments in the ring have seen him quickly ascend in both the WBO and WBC’s rankings
Boytsov (31(25)-0) is apparently keen to fight Fury, but only if it doubles up as an eliminator to face the current WBO ruler Wladimir Klitschko. That may not happen as although Boytsov is next in line as the organisation’s number one, the Englishman is only ranked at seven. With only 5 weeks until Furys December 1st date at the Odyssey arena in Belfast, it might be a tad late to make this intriguing fight which if he won would put him bang in the mix for a title shot in early 2013.
Fury badly needs a decent opponent within the next few months, as if as expected he gets a world title shot in 2013, necessary and vital steps need to made. His coach and uncle Peter Fury was speaking to the Belfast Telegraph last week, and mentioned their current predicament.
“2013 is going to a very big year for Tyson. We want this fight at the Odyssey to be against a top opponent so that he will be moving very close to the mandatory position for a shot at Vitali. The problem for Tyson is a lot of the top ten fighters are now running scared of him. Take Ruslan Chagaev, for example, he said that he would need a lot more time to get ready for Tyson because he believed Tyson was so dangerous. He turned the fight down, Tomasz Adamek priced himself out of the fight – the easiest way to avoid taking a fight and Eddie Chambers also turned it down. Tyson is the best heavyweight in the world and a good win at the Odyssey could see him fighting for the World title next or maybe one more fight away.”
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