FURY-OUS Finish: Tyson Fury Stops Derek Chisora in 10
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.
