The “Gypsy King” beat his British compatriot Dereck Chisora by arrest of the referee at the 10th round on Saturday in London. The world of boxing now dreams of a fight against the Ukrainian Oleksander Ushyk, present at the edge of the ring, to unify belts.
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Always undefeated and always at the world boxing of boxing. The Englishman Tyson Fury beat his compatriot Dereck Chisora for the third time in his career in London to keep his WBC heavyweight champion.
Released from an ephemeral retirement of a few months, the 34 -year -old “gypsy king” dominated the fight. Larger, heavier and with a much higher extension to Chisora, he had to wait ten times and the referee’s logical decision to stop the match to overcome a very resistant, very courageous opponent who suffered An avalanche of blows but never gave up.
“What a fighter, what a warrior”, paid tribute Tyson Fury to the ring after this new success against Chisora - already beaten in 2011 and 2014 – who carries his impressive assessment to 33 victories, including 24 by KO (for a draw and no defeat). His evening opponent, 38 years old, cashes a 13
The big spectacle fight was followed by 60,000 spectators in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, of which, at the edge of the ring, a certain Oleksander Usyk, the Ukrainian who holds the other three belts in the category (WBA, WBO, Ibf). Against Usyk, if the unification of belts is done next year, it will be another story, but Fury really wants it, as he said in the ring by insulting the Ukrainian, live, to amuse the public.
“usyk, you are the next”
“USYK, you are the next on the list,” he launched, microphone in hand on BT Sport. “You are a very small guy and I have already beaten a Ukrainian, [Vladimir] Klicksko, so your turn now, little p …”, he added before Joe Joyce, another British heavyweight .
“We’re going to see each other again”, then promised Usyk, right in his eyes, for what would be the first fight of unification of an English heavyweight from Lennox Lewis. Because the fight against another Briton, Anthony Joshua, former WBA, IBF and WBO of the heavy champion, could never be organized.
It was USYK who dethroned Joshua in September 2021, depriving him of his three belts. He beat it again last August, in Saudi Arabia, but was not ready to face Fury this year. The negotiations continue, said Bob Arum, the promoter of Fury, for this highly anticipated fight.
On the program of this great London evening, there was also a Frenchman, the now ex-European champion of the light, Yvan Mendy. Because the “lion”, its official nickname, has lost its EBU belt, at the points, facing another Ukrainian, Denys Berinchyk, which remains undefeated in 17 fights. Like Chisora, Mendy, at 37, will have to get up with this defeat.