Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora fight breakdown and bookies odds
Despite this being a Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23KO) stadium fight – a man who is not only arguably the greatest heavyweight on the planet right now but also boxing’s biggest personality – there is not a whole lot of attention or anticipation attached to it like there really should be.
‘The Gypsy King’ was hopeful for a blockbuster showdown with long-running British rival Anthony Joshua finally, but the eagerness shown by Queensberry Promotions to make the fight happen was not matched by AJ’s Matchroom Boxing team.
So instead, the third fight with Derek Chisora (33-12, 23KO) has been made, at Tottenham Hotspurs FC on December 3, to be broadcast live on BT Sport Box Office, which will complete their trilogy.
Chisora is one of those opponents that always draws a crowd and provides opponents with a tough, rough, night of fighting – fighting, not boxing; he has said himself, he can fight but can't box! But when the current score in this rivalry is already 2-0 to Tyson, it’s a little uninspiring for fight fans, especially with an inflated pay-per-view price of £26.95.
Both victories to Fury were very one-sided. In their first fight, way back in July 2011, Fury begun by peppering Chisora regularly with his straight one-twos, but then, in round two, Chisora dipped down low to throw his trademark looping overhand left, which made Tyson stumble backwards to the corner where Chisora landed another big right hand. Fury was subsequently chased around the ring by Chisora, but he caught most of the attacks on his gloves and recovered well.
By round five, Fury was absolutely battering Chisora as he just teed off against him. Chisora tried to keep landing his big, swinging punches, but Fury was wise to him by those middle rounds and was putting together bigger and better combinations to head and body with relative ease.
‘Delboy’ rallied back in round 10, unleashing hell upon Fury, but the Morecombe man just stood firm and dodged nearly every attempt that was fired in. The crowd went wild and the commentators at ringside called it “brilliant stuff from Chisora”, but the Londoner was just wasting his energy hitting gloves and thin air, and achieving nothing but a brief respite from his beating.
Despite a few shaky moments in the early rounds of that initial exciting encounter, Fury did dominate the bout and the scorecards of 118-111, 117-122 twice were completely accurate.
The rematch, over three years later in 2014, was highly-anticipated, but it failed spectacularly to live up to the first fight, unfortunately. Chisora had very little to offer so Fury totally toyed with the subdued opponent until he was pulled out by his trainer, Don Charles, at the end of round 10.
So now the pair, whose rivalry dates back over a decade, will meet again for a third fight, which many have Tyson winning hands down.
Chisora comes into the contest following victory over 41-year-old Kubrat Pulev, but Tyson is still unbeaten in his career, and has not only seen off the long-reigning WBC World champion Deontay Wilder with back to back KO wins, but also dealt with his No.1 mandatory, Dillian Whyte, with a sixth-round stoppage under the arch at Wembley.
Betting Odds
Fury is the overwhelming favourite to win at 1/25 with Betway, while Chisora is given little chance of victory at 9/1, and the odds for a draw are 25/1.
Fight Prediction
‘WAR’ Chisora may have won his last fight but that’s his only win in over three years. At 38-years-old, he is enjoying the twilight of his career with some big money paydays, but I expect (and hope) this will be his last one.
Even though he has taken two beatings off ‘The Gypsy King’ already, Chisora knows he can hurt Tyson because he has done successfully before. In their first fight, he managed to get through with a couple of his wild swings to stagger Tyson early but the 6’ 9’’ giant has greater powers of recovery than any other fighter in recent history.
This fight takes place eight years on from their last bout, which Tyson controlled completely and is now 10-times the fighter he was back then. He has collected every single world title there is and has ruled the heavyweight division for a few years now.
Underdog Chisora could tuck up tight and throw those big bolo overhand rights and lefts from his compact, hunched over position, and if he lands with one, he could stagger Tyson again, but his chances of closing the show are limited. Wilder is the hardest hitting heavyweight of this generation and even though he managed to floor Fury four times, he could never stop him completely. Chisora has hit Fury with his best shots but never knocked him down. He may be able to buckle Tyson’s legs momentarily like he did in their first fight, but he won’t likely acheive any more success than that.
Chisora is as tough as they come and his only three stoppage defeats have all been different. David Haye blasted him out early in round five of their grudge match in 2012, the first knockdown came from a single left hook that had the fullest momentum and weight behind it, but he miraculously got to his feet again, then another knockdown resulted in the referee awarding the TKO victory for Haye, but Chisora was keen to box on. He retired against Fury after a one-sided beatdown, but his 11th round KO to Dillian Whyte came from a single blow that iced him out cold. So, he can be halted in many ways, but it took two men over 30 minutes to finally finish the Finchley fighter. The fight with Haye was frenzied shootout with bad blood and emotions running high, so that one was always going to be an early ending either way it went. But Chisora’s last four fights have all gone the distance and it’s been four years since anyone was able to halt the Zimbabwean-born warrior.
Fury should be able to pepper Chisora from range and keep him on the end of his punches until the constant blows eventually break the Finchley fighter down, ready for finishing between rounds 7-12.
