Tyson Fury Vs. Derek Chisora: It’s The Trilogy Fight Nobody Wants

SportsMoney Tyson Fury Vs. Derek Chisora: It’s The Trilogy Fight Nobody Wants Anthony Stitt Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories.

Got it! Oct 25, 2022, 10:10pm EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora are set to fight for a third time. Photo by Mark Robinson/Top Rank Inc . .

. [+] via Getty Images) Top Rank via Getty Images Usually, trilogy fights are in big demand. Not this one.

For a third time, Tyson Fury will fight fellow Briton Derek Chisora — this time for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title in London on Dec. 3. It’s a fight not a soul (probably not even Chisora) was clamoring for.

But it’s a fight the boxing world is getting. The question is, why? Why is arguably the best heavyweight on the planet — maybe the greatest in a generation — squaring off with an opponent who has 13 losses and zero chance of winning. The answer: This is how boxing does it — cloak another charade in a fancy promoting package to sell to the public.

It will be Fury’s first bout since demolishing another British heavyweight, Dillian Whyte, in front of 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium in April — after which Fury announced his retirement. Fury initially said he would un-retire to fight Oleksandr Usyk — the keeper of the WBA, WBO and IBF crowns — for the undisputed championship. But Usyk wanted time off after beating Anthony Joshua in a rematch in August.

Fury then targeted Joshua, a fellow Brit. And that fight appeared like a real possibility, but it reportedly collapsed over the money split — 60% to Fury and 40% to Joshua. So Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) swung his sights on Chisora, whom he’s already dismantled twice — by unanimous decision in 2011 to claim the British and Commonwealth titles and then by 10th-round TKO in 2014.

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” Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs) was once a legitimate contender but he is a warrior on the fade. It’s been 10 years since he challenged for the heavyweight crown, when he lost to Vitali Klitschko in Munich via a unanimous decision. He is coming off a decision victory over ancient Kubrat Pulev in July after suffering back-to-back defeats to Joseph Parker.

Fury — always the showman and salesman — is giving the trilogy fight an angle, saying : “I see Chisora every bit as dangerous as Usyk. ” Fury may see it that way but nobody else does. Follow me on Twitter .

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