Fury stops Chisora to retain WBC heavyweight title

Tyson Fury retained his WBC world heavyweight title with a brutal stoppage of Derek Chisora to arrange an undisputed bout with Oleksandr Usyk.

Fellow Briton Chisora, 38, was harm repeatably by the dominant champion and the referee waved off the one-sided contest within the tenth spherical.

Usyk, holder of the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA belts, was ringside in London.

For Chisora, it was the thirteenth lack of his 46-fight profession.

Earlier this week, the pair shook arms and promised to face toe-to-toe within the opening three minutes with Chisora promising “the best first round the heavyweight game has ever seen”.

And, in entrance of an unbelievable environment – regardless of the chilly situations at an out of doors December evening occasion in London – the 2 fighters tried to supply the leisure they’d promised.

But the combat did show a mismatch as Fury was a stage above his opponent and might now look ahead to a possible undisputed heavyweight showdown with Ukrainian Usyk in 2023.

Fury had crushed Chisora in a large factors victory in 2011 once they fought for the British and Commonwealth titles and once more three years later when Chisora was retired by his nook on the finish of the tenth spherical in a contest for the British and European belts.

There had been hopes Chisora may produce a career-defining efficiency and defy the bookmakers, who had dismissed him as a 14-1 outsider.

However, by the second spherical it turned clear this combat was going to go the way in which of their first two conferences.

Chisora tried to power Fury again onto the ropes early on, with various punches to the physique, however Fury landed an enormous overhand proper quickly after and began to land at will from vary.

A Fury left hook within the second rocked again Chisora and he ended the spherical within the nook and in bother.

In the third, each males ended up in a heap on the ground as they misplaced steadiness, nevertheless it didn’t matter as Fury took full management.

Chisora, as he has carried out all through his 15-year profession, gave it all the things however was merely outclassed by Fury, whose shot choice, energy and talent helped him decide off the rounds with relative ease.

Two strong proper hooks landed within the sixth and within the seventh as Chisora continued to take a whole lot of punishment – and the one query was if he may land a marvel shot of his personal.

He couldn’t and a foul lower developed round his eye within the ninth, earlier than a brutal Fury uppercut within the following spherical marked the start of the top.

Dubois survives enormous scare to retain WBA (common) belt

Earlier, Britain’s Daniel Dubois survived an enormous scare, coming again after being knocked down 3 times within the first spherical to beat South Africa’s Kevin Lerena and retain his WBA (common) heavyweight belt.

The 25-year-old was going through a second defeat of his profession and in addition suffered what seemed to be a knee harm in a horrendous opening three minutes.

However, after regaining his composure within the second, Dubois, who has gained 18 of his 19 victories inside the gap, caught Lerena within the third, sending him to the canvas.

Lerena received up, nevertheless it was the sign for a barrage of punches from Dubois as the house favorite sensed this was his second.

A very good uppercut – which drew gasps from the followers when replayed on the stadium’s 4 large screens – rocked Lerena’s head again and the South African was on the verge of taking place once more when referee Howard Foster moved in to cease it.

A loss for Dubois wouldn’t solely have seen him lose his WBA common belt, however finish his hopes of preventing Usyk sooner or later.

It was an excellent restoration as he confirmed nice character to show this combat round in such dramatic fashion.

“It was amazing. He caught me on the top of my head. I feel my knee went,” Dubois instructed BT Sport Box Office.

“But I have the heart of a warrior, and I just thought, calm down.

“I used to be on the lookout for photographs that weren’t there, I needed to recuperate and are available again out. I noticed the opening, went for it and the remainder is historical past.

“I felt a bit rusty, like I wasn’t there in the first round, but at least I was able to land my shots.

“I’ve by no means boxed in entrance of as many individuals, hopefully many extra to come back.”