Kiwi boxing trainer and aficionado Kevin Barry wasn't mincing words when it came to assessing the performance of Tyson Fury in defeating incumbent heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko this morning.
The British fighter scored a unanimous decision win over Klitschko to snap a nine-year reign at the top of the division, a feat not lost on Barry.
"It's massive news for heavyweight boxing," said Barry. "We've waited 10 years for somebody to knock the great Wladimir Klitschko off his throne."
Barry cited three key factors in the Russian's downfall.
"I believe it was a combination of Klitschko getting old, Fury getting inside his head, and maybe he's actually starting to think of retiring now."
As head trainer of top heavyweight prospect Joseph Parker, Barry was more invested than most in the result, confident his young charge would hold his own against either fighter.
"I believe in my heart that if we fought Klitschko today, Joe would've knocked him out."
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