Wladimir Klitschko pulls out of Tyson Fury title fight with calf injury
Tyson Fury's world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko has been postponed after the Ukrainian suffered a calf injury in training.
Klitschko told German newspaper Bild he was "incredibly sorry" for the delay, but vowed the fight would be re-arranged as soon as possible.
Fury had been due to bid for Klitschko's WBA, IBF and WBO titles in Dusseldorf on October 24.
The 27-year-old dressed as Batman at a press conference in London on Wednesday which had been called to promote the fight.
Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente told Bild: "Next week we will make it known when the fight will be restaged.
"We will definitely remain in Diusseldorf. The tickets which have already been sold will remain valid."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Well it's official <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Klitschko" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2955951-https://twitter.com/Klitschko" data-vars-event-id="c23">@Klitschko</a> has pull out of the fight with an injury in his leg, it's a bit funny as I predicted this would happen!!! — Gypsy King (@Tyson_Fury) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/647387810069127168" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2955951-https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/647387810069127168" data-vars-event-id="c23">September 25, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Don't feel sorry for me I'll b ok, I'm sorry for the fans again as they are the biggest losers hear. Flights & hotels travel, sorry guys — Gypsy King (@Tyson_Fury) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/647389212770193408" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2955951-https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/647389212770193408" data-vars-event-id="c23">September 25, 2015</a>
The postponement is the latest misfortune to befall Fury, who missed out on two potentially lucrative showdowns with David Haye in 2013.
Haye sustained a serious cut in sparring just a week away from their scheduled first bout in September, and withdrew again two months later with a shoulder injury.
In addition, Fury's scheduled meeting with domestic rival Dereck Chisora also had to be postponed in 2014 when the Londoner sustained a fractured hand.
