Boxing: Fury-Klitschko re-match set for July - trainer
Tyson Fury will defend his WBA and WBO heavyweight titles in a re-match against Wladimir Klitschko.
LONDON (AFP) - Tyson Fury will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) heavyweight titles in a re-match against Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester on July 9, the British boxer s trainer and uncle Peter Fury announced Friday.
Fury senior tweeted that the rematch would be confirmed later on Friday, saying: "(On) 9th July Tyson Fury vs Klitschko is coming to Manchester Uk.
"Official announcement coming 12 noon (UK time, 1100 GMT)."
Hamburg-based Klitschko lost his WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts to Fury on points in Duesseldorf last November as the Ukrainian suffered his first defeat in more than a decade.
Fury, from Manchester, northern England, was stripped of the IBF belt for agreeing to face Klitschko in a re-match.
Talks, however, proved protracted. Fury suffered a minor back injury last month and recently said that he thought the delay was due to Klitschko s hope he will gain weight in the time between bouts.
"I think they think I will put on 10 stone and self-detonate, but that s not going to happen," explained Fury.
"When I get the date, I ll go straight back in the gym and start working it off.
"I ve got a back injury. An old injury flared up when I went over to help Hughie (my cousin) out for his fight (on March 26).
"I got taken to hospital and ever since then, every time I get punched in the back, it goes into a spasm, like a trapped nerve. It s a painful experience.
"But, listen, when they announce the date, I ll be ready, back injury or not."
Fury s decision to opt for a re-match with Klitschko paved the way for Charles Martin to win the vacant IBF title when Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov injured a knee during their bout in January.
The American will defend his title against Britain s Anthony Joshua, an Olympic gold medallist in 2012, at London s O2 Arena on Saturday.
This week has seen Fury and Joshua exchange insults via Twitter in the build-up to that world title fight.
