Fallen champion Wladimir Klitschko will most likely meet Tyson Fury for a second time as the former has a rematch in his contract with the latter, who won via unanimous decision in their heavyweight championship bout last Saturday (Sunday in Australia).

“Today was a good night, not a good night for me to win this fight. There will be more clean shots that I can land. I couldn’t find the right distance to land those shots,” Klitschko admitted to boxingnewsonline.net. “Tyson was quick with his hands and his body movement and his head movement. I couldn’t land the right punches. I congratulate him tonight. He won the fight and to be continued, how it will be continued, what it will look like, that will be set.”

Fury defeated Klitschko, 115-112, 116-111 and 115-112 in the judges’ scorecards to become the unified heavyweight division champion.

Klitschko, who is from Ukraine, dropped to a 64-4-0 record for his career and suffered his first loss since 2004. He reigned the heavyweight division for 11 years and held four boxing titles from various boxing organisations entering the fight. Fury, who is from Manchester, Lancashire in the United Kingdom, improved to 25-0-0, with 18 of his fights not going the distance.

During the post-fight interviews, Fury credited Klitschko for being a “great champion” but stated that a new era in the heavyweight division in boxing is set to start after his victory. The British boxer also promised that he’d be the “most charismatic champion since Muhammad Ali,” who is widely considered as one of the best boxers of all-time.

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