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Tyson Fury Stops Derek Chisora In 10
Photo: Mikey Williams - Top Rank
WBC and Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (33-0-1,
24 KOs) once again demonstrated why he is the king of
the division by defeating Derek Chisora (33-13, 23 KOs)
via 10th-round technical knockout Saturday night at
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The two men had
faced each other on two prior occasions, but this was
the first time that a world title was on the line.
Chisora began the fight in aggressive fashion, but Fury
was able to find his distance, work the jab from the
outside, and land quick combinations. This boded badly
for the Zimbabwe-born challenger, who was hurt with
vicious right hands in the following two rounds and even
appeared to be on the verge of getting stopped early.
Fury then began to control the fight with much more
ease, though Chisora did his best to connect to the
body. In fact, according to CompuBox, the 38-year-old
managed to land a total of 70 body shots throughout the
fight, more than any of Fury’s previous opponents.
Nevertheless, Fury was much more successful with his own
offense, landing 50 percent or more of his power punches
in seven of the 10 rounds. By round eight, there was
visible swelling below Chisora’s right eye, and it was
clear that his corner needed to put a halt to the fight.
However, in the tenth round, Fury landed a crunching
combination that forced Victor Loughlin to put a stop to
the bout at 2:51 of the aforementioned round.
Fury said, “Firstly, I want to say thank you to my lord
and savior Jesus Christ for giving me another victory
tonight. Secondly, I just want to say what a fuc*ing
crowd! Come on! 60,000 people here today. I love every
single one of you people. You’re amazing. I’m
flabbergasted for words to say how much it means to me.
“I felt good. I needed some rounds. I haven’t boxed
since April. It’s been 8 or 9 months since then. I’ve
been out of retirement. I’ve had a lot go on. I felt
like I was landing my jab, landing some good punches. I
take nothing away from Chisora. He’s an absolute
warrior. It’s been a privilege to fight him three times.
He’s an absolute British folk hero. What a warrior. What
an African British warrior. We’ve done three epic
fights, and what a tough man. I was hitting him with
shots that would’ve knocked anybody else out, and he
stood up to every one of them.”
Chisora said, “You know what, thanks to the ref. As a
fighter, you don’t want to stop. You want to go out in
your shield. Thank you, Tyson, I really appreciate this.
There is a big fight coming up. Everyone wants to see
one champion in the heavyweight division. The last one
we had was Lennox Lewis. I would like to see him and
Usyk in Saudi [Arabia]. That’s what we want to see now.
That’s the fight we should make happen now.”
Dubois Overcomes Adversity to Retain Belt
London native Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) overcame
three knockdowns in the first round before stopping
South African Kevin Lerena (28-2, 14 KOs) at the end of
the third round to retain his WBA 'Regular' heavyweight
title.
Dubois had a difficult start as a counter left hook
wobbled him and sent him to the canvas. The hard-hitting
heavyweight then took a knee due to a right ankle injury
and visited the canvas once more before the round ended.
In the second round, Dubois began to find his rhythm and
even managed to hurt Lerena with a counter right
uppercut followed by a left hook. In the following
round, Dubois dropped Lerena with a straight right hand
before ending matters with a fight-finishing flurry.
Lightweights: Ukrainian Olympic silver medalist Denys
Berinchyk (17-0, 9 KOs) maintained his undefeated status
and won the European title with a 12-round unanimous
decision victory against Yvan Mendy (47-6-1, 22 KOs).
Scores: 117-112 and 116-112 2x.
Light Heavyweights: Karol Itauma (9-0, 7 KOs) scored a
technical knockout win over Vladimir Belujsky (12-6-1, 8
KOs) at 1:18 of the eighth round.
Lightweights: 18-year-old rising prospect Royston Barney
Smith (4-0, 2 KOs) defeated Cruz Perez (3-4, 1 KO) via
knockout in the first round. Time of stoppage: 1:02.
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