Tyson Fury Alleges Wladimir Klitschko Plan for Brit to 'Get Drunk and Go Wild'

Tyson Fury has accused his upcoming opponent Wladimir Klitschko of playing mind games by suspending their world heavyweight title bout, insisting the Ukrainian icon was hoping the challenger would lose focus in the meantime.

Klitschko and Fury were set to square off on Oct. 24, but the fight has been pushed back to Nov. 28 after the former claimed an injury problem.

Speaking with Sky Sports, Fury revealed he is unsure about the validity of the claims made by the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO world champion:

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It feels great. I knew it would come back on so it was just a question of whether it was going to be this year or next year but we got what we wanted and it's this year.

I think it was all mind games and they were just trying to make me go off the rails, get drunk and go wild as I normally do but I didn't. I stuck to the game plan and kept my running and sparring up.

I had about 10 or 12 days training from home but still coming to Bolton three times a week plus running at home so I didn't do too much bad things.

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Fury has yet to be beaten in his professional career, winning all 24 of his fights, 18 inside the scheduled distance. Therefore, it’s tough to deny the 27-year-old has earned his shot at Klitschko, and it would have been a huge disappointment had this fight—set to be held in Dusseldorf—been pushed back until 2016.

As we can see here courtesy of Sky Sports’ Fraser Dainton, Fury has changed his training base to some plush surroundings in the build-up to the fight:

Indeed, Fury has sought to make the preparations for the spectacle entertaining, dressing up as Batman and wrestling The Joker at a promotional press conference:

Still, any suggestions Klitschko is stalling are likely to be wide of the mark. The reigning champion has fought a plethora of great heavyweights in his stellar career and will go into this fight against Fury with a record of 64 wins and three defeats from his 67 fights. The 39-year-old last lost in 2004, winning 22 fights in succession since.

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Klitschko also insisted on his official Twitter feed that despite suffering a minor injury, he has not taken a backwards step in his preparations for the bout with Fury:

It’s a massive challenge for Fury, who, like many before him, has been extremely confident of dethroning the classy Ukrainian. He’ll certainly be one of the most significant recent tests for the champion, but concerns do linger about Fury’s temperament and defensive technique when it comes to boxing at the very top level.

Klitschko will have heard talk like this previously in his long career and is unlikely to be distracted by these claims of from his opponent.

While the veteran’s fighting style has been much maligned in recent years, there’s no denying his ability to execute when the pressure is on and for all his bravado, you suspect Fury will feel the force of that when the pair do eventually square off.