Fury taunts Klitschko: You couldn’t beat a fat man

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Tyson Fury’s latest press conference antics riled Wladimir Klitschko so much that the usually clean-cut heavyweight swore at his opponent in a heated exchange in Manchester.

Fury, who famously dressed up as Batman in the build-up to his previous fight with Klitschko, promised a first-round knockout as the pair came face-to-face at Manchester Arena, the venue for their rematch on July 9.

Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) captured Klitschko’s WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles via a shock points win in Germany last November, but was stripped of the IBF belt soon after for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger. The 27-year-old still had the belt at Wednesday’s press conference, and at one point took off his shirt to tell Klitschko: “You couldn’t beat a fat man”.

The smooth Klitschko, 40, had a blunt and rather surprising message for Fury, who has been criticised for his controversial comments on various subjects, including women and homosexuality.

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