What had been rumored, and even laughed at, for WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury’s subsequent opponent is now a actuality for early December. This, as Thursday morning introduced affirmation that Fury will struggle fellow countryman Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London on December third.
Queensberry Promotions and Top Rank Rank Boxing, who co-promote Fury, made the announcement Thursday morning London time,
THE GYPSY KING IS BACK 🚨@Tyson_Fury will defend his lineal & WBC Heavyweight titles towards @DerekWarChisora at @SpursStadium 🏟#FuryChisora3 | DEC 3 | @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/lt46rp8DdY
— High Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 20, 2022
Within the Queensberry release, promoter Frank Warren touted the date and the selection of opponent,
“I’m thrilled to be delivering a Tyson Fury world title protection in entrance of the British followers in London,” stated promoter Frank Warren. “Tyson clearly conquered America throughout his trilogy with Deontay Wilder and there’s additionally big demand to stage his fights from websites the world over,” Warren stated.
“Tyson needed to struggle in his dwelling nation once more this yr following his particular evening at Wembley Stadium in April. This brings us to the magnificent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and a match towards an outdated rival in Derek Chisora.
Derek, additionally a giant favourite with British followers, has reinvented himself in recent times and Tyson has lengthy acknowledged his want to struggle him for a 3rd time.”
We wrote beforehand in early August in regards to the possibility of Fury fighting Chisora again, because the “Gypsy King” first began posting on social media in playful suggestion of preventing Chisora.
Fury took to Instagram to inform his followers and boxing media/observers that his third WBC title protection goes to be with Chisora saying to Chisora within the video, “I spoke to your crew. Every little thing is sorted, trying good. Contract will likely be over to your crew within the subsequent day or so.”
High Rank Promoter Bob Arum had debunked the video the subsequent day saying our insider Dan Rafael,
“He’s having enjoyable,” Arum instructed Combat Freaks Unite about Fury. “He will get up within the morning. He figures what sort of shit to fire up and he says no matter he thinks. And since he will get so many hits on all these (social media) platforms he has a inbuilt viewers. If he bought up tomorrow and stated he’s coming again to struggle X and that the one individual that he’ll belief to coach him is Bob Arum, he’s able to saying that.”
We’ll, it seems that, regardless of negotiating with former unified champ Anthony Joshua a couple of attainable December struggle, Chisora is the selection.
Fury, 32-0-1, 23 KOs, was final within the ring in April scoring a thunderous KO of Dillian Whyte earlier than a file U.Ok. crowd of 94,000+ followers at Wembley Stadium. He had continued to keep up that he was achieved with boxing, however not many took that severely.
As for Chisora, 33-12, 23 KOs, he’s been round as a contender/opponent for a myriad of heavyweights, having misplaced to Dillian Whyte twice, Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk and even, Fury twice prior. This, as Fury stopped Chisora within the tenth spherical in November 2014 and earlier of their careers, Fury gained by 12 spherical choice July 2011.
The 38 yr outdated Chisora stopped a 3 struggle dropping streak by beating fellow growing old vet Kubrat Pulev by 12 spherical, break up choice on July ninth.
Fury has beforehand crushed Chsora by TKO and by choice in non-title bouts earlier of their careers.
Yet another intriguing a part of the choice to struggle at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December is that’s an out of doors soccer venue that doesn’t have a roof. So, the British winter time temperatures will doubtless be a problem.
Nonetheless, the large, cutting-edge venue seats over 65,000 and hosted the primary Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua heavyweight title bout in September or 2021, And, importantly, it’s accessible in December because of the English Premier League soccer taking time without work for the World Cup.
