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Hi Here is a free chapter from the book A Modern Day Rivalry, which is available on Kobo and Google Play. All the best fight fans Lea  Boxing Books are available on Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, Smash Words, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, and most other digital stores:  https://linktr.ee/leroy_fight_writer Fury on Hold In July 2013 a press conference was held at London’s Park Plaza hotel to announce David Haye against Tyson Fury for 28th September at the Manchester Arena. This proved to be Fury’s first taste of a pay-per-view blockbuster and the two charismatic heavyweights did not disappoint in their war of words.  Fury was the first to arrive at the table, wearing sunglasses, a white linen shirt and trousers. He looked relaxed as he awaited the arrival of his opponent, decked in a tailored suit jacket, blue shirt and chinos. Fury stood up on Haye’s arrival and clapped, “A round of applause for Mr. Haye for turning up to the press conference people. Whoo, the chump is ...

Born as Vitali Volomyrovych Klitschko on 19th July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan, to father Vladimir Rodionovic Klitschko and mother Nadezhda Ulyanovna. Belovdsk, which means White River in Russian. Belovodsk was formed in the spring of 1868 by twelve families of back settlers from the Astrakhan Governorate of the Russian Empire. Later more settlers would come using a mixture of the Russian language and the Ukrainian language. Vitali would grow to six-foot-seven-inches (2.01 m) and became the first pro boxing world champion to hold a Ph.D. degree and with his knockout power was given the nickname Dr. Ironfist . Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko was born on 25th March 1976 in Semipalatinsk, former Soviet Union which is now Kazakhstan. He, like his brother, gained a Ph.D. in sports science and was known as Dr. Steelhammer in the ring. Wladimir was also tall like his brother, standing at six-foot-six inches (1.98 m). Both men were set to represent Ukraine at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Gam...