Former world heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield, has claimed that Tyson Fury has ‘brought the light back into boxing’.
Holyfield, who held the WBC, WBA and IBF world titles himself, insists that Fury is helping the sport, despite the recent warning from the British Boxing Board of Control over his media comments.
He told Sky Sports News HQ: “I think it [Fury] makes the game of boxing exciting. It’s something different. We’ve never really had a white fighter talk a lot like that. He brings something to the table. He’s a good fighter. Nobody’s accustomed to seeing someone 6’9” but he’s got heart.
“He’s a fighter. Everything he says, he lets you know. He practices, works out, his time came and he made the best of it. I think with most of those guys and what they were doing, I think he brought the light back in to the game of boxing. People are looking forward to seeing it.”
Holyfield however warned Fury, that he will need to change his tactics, to win the rematch against Wladmimir Klitschko, who he defeated in November on points.
“The difference is that you can only hope. People look at experts but you’re not fighting. It’s obvious that Wladimir Klitschko had never fought a guy with arms longer than his. Tyson Fury has never fought a guy with arms longer than his. It’s different when someone has long arms and Fury had the longer arms,” he said.
“He has to get with his trainer and working on doing things that Fury can’t do. The art of the game is how to make an adjustment. I became heavyweight champion of the world four times because I made adjustments.
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