October was shaping up to be a pretty big month for boxing, with several high-profile events taking place on HBO or HBO PPV. Well guess what? Today we get to report boxing injury news instead of major UFC injury for a change, as heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs) is out of his much-anticipated October 24th showdown with undefeated British star Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs). This comes literally two days after Fury dressed up as Batman and defeated The Joker in a press conference in England. Klitschko released this statement to Sky Sports:
"Especially after the exciting press conference last Wednesday, I was looking forward to this fight very much.