Tyson's world class gamble

[The_budweiser]

London (5, Sept 2011) Tyson Fury says he will battle with North American champion Nicolai Firtha at Belfast's King's Hall on September 17 because he wants to give the Irish fans a night to remember.

 

The 12 round international contest will be shown live on Channel 5.

 

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Fury could have fought lesser men but instead he faces the 32-year-old from Ohio who two fights ago went the distance with the new WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin who recently won his title with a points win over Ruslan Chagaev.

 

Firtha won the NABA title in 2010 after stopping Tony Grano in two rounds and since then he has been in the form of his life, his most recent victory coming on 13th August in Ohio and he has warned Fury's promoter Mick Hennessy that he is ready to halt the Fury bandwagon.

 

Unbeaten Fury says he is taking "a bit of gamble" against 6ft 6' Firtha but is ready to handle what he expects to be the biggest challenge of his career. Fury says, "There was a lot of talk about me fighting Martin Rogan and a few other names like Mike Perez and Leif Larsen were mentioned but I've accepted to fight Firtha who's a lot younger than Rogan and has mixed in a lot higher company than any of those other guys.

 

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[Sheils]

A fair enough line-up following the Chisora fight that should help Fury build on experience and widen his profile.