The Sauna Story: How Fury became lineal heavyweight champion #klitschkofury #boxing

#tysonfury #klitschko #klitschkofury #sauna

Before Tyson Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, the pair sat down for a face-to-face Sky Sports ‘Gloves Are Off’ program.

The Brit utilized mind games on the dominant Ukrainian to unsettle him throughout the entire build-up, with this sitdown the perfect opportunity to get under the champion’s skin.

During his time as heavyweight king, long-reigning champion Klitschko often recruited the world’s top prospects for sparring.

This was a chance to scope out potential future opponents and get a handle on how he’d deal with them should they ever meet.

With Fury though, it appears this process backfired and led to his downfall in Dusseldorf.

The ‘Gypsy King’ recalled a story: “I’m at his training camp, we’re in the sauna, about ten guys in the sauna.

“And it came down to me and Wlad in the sauna. Do you remember this Wladimir, at all?

“It gets down to him and I’m over the other side. I’ve only had 12 or 13 fights, but still, in my mind, I was mentally in a competition with him.

“He can say what he wants, he can deny it, whatever.

“I was prepared to die in that sauna before I got out. I stayed in for like 40 minutes.”

Klitschko replied: “I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.

“I don’t remember exactly that moment, but I believe in the sauna people were walking in naked, so…”

Host Johnny Nelson then asked Fury who left the sauna first, and the ‘Gypsy King’ proudly answered: “He did. He got out first. I thought, ‘Mental victory.’

The champion hit back: “That you built in your own world, that didn’t exist.”

To which the challenger calmly responded: “We both know it did exist.”

Klitschko said once more: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

But Fury kept his cool and concluded: “You can say you don’t know what I’m talking about, but I know and you know it did exist.”

I keep reading these disturbing stories about Fury´s recollections of a sauna: 1) Apparently I was in some contest, in his head 🤷🏻‍♂. 2) How creepy this man keeps having thoughts/dreams of me in a sauna.

Now, in 2020, almost five years on from the defeat, Klitschko has moved to clarify the situation.

He said: “I keep reading these disturbing stories about Fury’s recollections of a sauna.

“1) Apparently I was in some contest, in his head. 2) How creepy this man keeps having thoughts/dreams of me in a sauna.”

This loss may never sit well with Klitschko, who continues to drop hints of a potential comeback in the coming years with the aim of becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history.

[PurpleOrigin]

Wlad is in there for a relaxing sauna whilst Fury is writing a novel in his head 😂

[inguspodnieks]

without a doubt Vlad knew what he was talking about 😂

[blackholesupersloth]

Vlad knew EXACTLY what Fury was talking about.

[bagholder]

I do this with every random person I see in the sauna because of this video😂 I never lose because they have no idea it’s a competition

[ukdondappa]

Fury said in a later interview, that the fact wlad said he didn’t remember, he already knew he had the beating of him

[JUST_DEADPOOL]

The nervous gulp is honestly iconic now.

[tukilevu]

This really messed up Wlad's head...😂😂😂😂😂

[TheMikesc]

I love this, its such an obvious male thing, where we make small competitions out of nothing, and every man who likes competition even a smidgen knows this. Wlad knows exactly what went down in that sauna

[swampthing]

"I waw prepared to die in that sauna"

[olliebuck]

Vlad acted like he had no idea what Tyson was talking about. Then when the question was asked about who got out first, he stayed quiet coz he knew all along.

[whitwoodkidwhitwoodkid]

wish tyson had the same intensity when it comes to fighting uysk

[silverkitty]

Bros were so hot for each other in the sauna ..they should just get a room lol

[tommyburtonwood]

Go on Tyson MENTAL victory ! Vlad got out first cause he couldn’t be arsed listening to you 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[stevenharkness]

we need to respect how fury has done what hes done in the sport and is still quite young it seems like hes been around forever

[XavierMiller-yq]

Sanchez Vs Wardley
Anderson Vs Yoka
Zhang Vs Makhmudov
Babic Vs Dubois
Ruiz Vs Jalolov
🔥🔥🔥

[simonshort]

40 mins in the sauna is hard core
And the king was chewing on one of the hot coals, Vladimir pissed himself

[stranraerfromafar]

Haha big furious one done him mentally for weeks, the batman suit was the finisher🤣🤣💪💪

[oscarschiff]

Me being really happy now cause I actually stayed 2*20 minutes consecutively in the sauna after my workout last week 😂

[thomasarsenal]

Let's be honest we've all done it 🤣👌

[johnwicked-gaming]

Wow what an intense moment and important conversation, I just can't believe that I'd go to sleep and live without knowing this shit... Wow