Tyson Fury has given his opinion on Derek Chisora’s upcoming heavyweight clash against Deontay Wilder at the The O2 Arena in London on April 4.
Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) has faced off with both men on multiple occasions. Fury first locked horns with Chisora in 2011 for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, winning by unanimous decision. The pair met again in 2014 for the European and heavyweight titles in an eliminator to face then-unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko. This time Fury would secure a retirement over his British rival in the 10th round. A trilogy took place at Wembley Stadium in 2022, with Fury claiming a 10th round stoppage win.
Fury’s three fights with Wilder began in 2018, their first fight ending in a dramatic split-decision draw. A rematch took place 14 months later, with Fury stopping Wilder in the 7th. Their trilogy ended with Fury knocking out the former WBC champion in the 11th.
“I fancy Derek,” Fury told the Gareth A Davies YouTube channel. “I know Wilder is finished. He should have retired in 2021 in his last defeat [against me]. Well, he didn’t and he’s paying the price for small amounts of money. Which he didn’t really, but whatever.
“Once you are gone, you are gone and he is completely shot to bits. I saw that against Joe [Joyce] and I saw it against [Zhilei] Zhang.”
Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) has hit some form since his last defeat to Fury. The 42-year-old Londoner is on a three-fight winning streak with victories against Gerald Washington, Joe Joyce, and Otto Wallin. In comparison, Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) has experienced a serious decline with two losses in his last four fights: a unanimous decision loss to Joseph Parker and a 5th-round stoppage against Zhilei Zhang.
“When you get older and the timing goes, you lose the ability to pull the trigger,” Fury added. “That’s the key to all of it. When you are a one-punch man anyway and you rely on that one-punch knockout, which got him out of trouble 40 odd times in a row, and that’s gone. You are finished aren’t you, you are f****d. I think Chisora stops him, although Chisora is older and probably had more hard fights, I think he has got more left in the tank.”
Fury returns from a 16-month layoff following back-to-back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk. He takes on Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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