Tyson Fury punishes Derek Chisora to earn TKO victory (Video)

Tyson Fury punishes Derek Chisora, earns a tenth round TKO victory and retains his WBC heavyweight title.

The WBC heavyweight championship was on the line at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, U.K., which hosted over 60,000 screaming fans. Tyson Fury (33-0-1) put a punishing performance and defeated Derek Chisora (33-12) via tenth-round TKO. The victory was the second for the ‘Gypsy King’ this year, and the hope now is that he faces the unified champion Oleksandr Usyk (20-0) at some point in 2023.

Both Fury and Chisora came out to multiple songs in their ring walk, which lit up the stadium and had the fans buzzing as they anticipated the heavyweight clash. In round one, Chisora came out swinging with an overhand right. Fury started to get going with the 1-2 combinations down the middle while following it up with right and left uppercuts. It seemed like Fury was locked in from the start and knew what he needed to do to secure the victory for the night.

In round two, Fury landed the 1-2 down the middle again while Chisora worked on Fury’s body. Toward the end of the round, Fury landed a hard right uppercut that caught Chisora’s attention, forcing him into the corner. He then invited Fury to the corner, and he obliged. While there, Fury landed some heavy shots on Chisora, who was then saved by the bell. In the third, the right hand got Chisora hurt. Fury was looking for the KO but did not get it. Fury just kept landing at will, uppercut after uppercut. The straight right hand couldn’t miss. Chisora looked like a defeated man.

Tyson Fury calls out unified champion Oleksandr Usyk after his tenth round TKO victory over Derek Chisora.

Chisora had a bounce-back round in the fourth because Fury took the round off after a huge third. Chisora’s confidence increased a bit during the round, landing big shots to the body, but it was short-lived. In the fifth round, Fury switched to southpaw for part of the round. He started flicking out the jab and using his massive size advantage to lean on Chisora and tire him out.

In round six, Fury, from the southpaw stance, landed some clean right check hooks, which was keeping Chisora honest. It looked as though Chisora’s punches were getting wider and slower while Fury’s punches seemed to land more and more.

Round seven was more of the same, but at the start of round eight, Chisora had a hard time getting up from the stool. From a comfortable distance, Fury was landing those thudding 1-2 combinations down the middle. Chisora looked like his pride kept him in the fight as his body broke down quickly. During the ninth round, the referee kept looking as it seemed as if he wanted to stop the fight and was looking for a reason to.

The tenth round came, and after another 1-2 down the middle, the referee decided to stop the action, which gave Fury the TKO victory. After the fight, Usyk climbed onto the apron and stared down Fury while receiving verbal jabs from the ‘Gypsy King.’ Fury did mention that he has to attend to a hurt right hand and elbow, which means it may be some months before we see the WBC champion return to the ring.