Fury's Greatest 5: The Big Rematch with 'Bad Boy' Chisora

Fury's Greatest 5: The Big Rematch with 'Bad Boy' Chisora

It is an old tradition for Tyson Fury to fight the same opponent several times. The highlight of the Manchester-born giant's career in this respect will always fall on his two fights with Deontay Wilder. Moreover, against the Bronze some day, Tyson will probably face a third time. Much earlier in his career, the Gypsy King defeated his compatriot John McDermott twice. These fights were followed in 2011 by Fury with a fight with Derek Chisora. The future world champion won after 12 rounds, and 3 years later it was Tyson's turn to fight the always interesting Chisora again.

This time not at Wembley, but again in London. The battle is for 3 different belts. One European, one international and one British. The stakes are high, and ahead of the meeting Fury looks the favourite. Not only because of his victory against the same opponent in the past, but also because of his perfect balance in the pros - 22 wins from 22 matches.

At the same time, his compatriot knows what it's like to lose in the ring. This happens 4 times, but necessarily against a very quality opponent. The other three are the Finnish Robert Helenius, the Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko and the British David Haye. In 3 of these 4 matches, Derek survived to the end of the 12th round. Even against the older of the Klitschko brothers...

Shortly before the match was played, it was cancelled. An injury to Chisora forces Fury to fight Alexander Ustinov. Health problems of his uncle Huey Fury delayed the meeting with the Russian, and so in the end Chisora was the opponent.

Tyson dominates the ring, but for a long time Derek remains unmoved. The much taller of the two boxers used his advantages throughout the match. Fury's weight, long arms and movements prove to be a big problem for Derek. At the end of the 10th round, Del Boy is on the ropes. He somehow weathers the crisis and hears the gong to end the round. However, Derek's trainer has seen enough. Don Charles ends the meeting. Fury won for the second time against the same opponent, although he needed a total of 22 rounds for both successes.

After the match, in his typical style, Tyson looks confident as hell. The Englishman takes the microphone and boldly declares: “Wladimir Klitschko, I'm coming for you, baby! I'm coming!". And indeed… Exactly 364 days later, Fury defeated the younger of the Klitschko brothers to become world champion for the first time in his career.

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