Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury

Collision Course
Date28 November 2015
VenueEsprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Unified), IBF, WBO, IBO, TBRB, and The Ring unified heavyweight titles.
Tale of the tape
Boxer Wladimir Klitschko Tyson Fury
Nickname Dr. Steelhammer The Gypsy King
Hometown Kyiv, Ukraine Manchester, England
Pre-fight record 64–3 (53 KO) 24–0 (18 KO)
Age 39 years, 8 months 27 years, 3 months
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) 6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
Weight 245 lb (111 kg) 247 lb (112 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring and TBRB
Heavyweight Champion
The Ring
No. 6 ranked pound-for-pound fighter		 WBO
No. 1 Ranked Heavyweight
WBA/TBRB
No. 2 Ranked Heavyweight
IBF/The Ring
No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight
Result
Fury wins via 12-round unanimous decision (115–112, 116–111, 115–112)

Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury, billed as Kollisionskurs (German for Collision Course), was a professional boxing match contested between WBA (Unified), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, and Tyson Fury. The fight took place on 28 November 2015 at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. Fury was declared the winner by unanimous decision. This ended Klitschko's reign of nearly 10 years, the second longest in heavyweight history.

Klitschko was contractually entitled to a rematch following the defeat, and announced his intention to have the rematch shortly after his defeat. The rematch would never occur, however, as Fury took a hiatus from boxing, next fighting in 2018, and Klitschko retired in 2017. Fury was stripped of the IBF title for agreeing to the rematch with Klitschko, and vacated the WBO and WBA titles in 2016.

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