Who’s Next for Tyson Fury?
May 25th, 2009
By Nate Anderson: Heavyweight Tyson Fury (6-0, 6 KOs) put on an impressive punching display on Saturday night, stopping 6’7” Scott Belshaw in the 2nd round at the Colosseum, in Watford, Hertfordshire. In the process of beating Belshaw, Fury dropped him twice in the 1st round from powerful body shots.
After the fight, Fury seemed keen on getting a shot at heavyweight Derek Chisora, saying that he would knock him out even quicker than he did Belshaw. Chisora would be an excellent choice for Fury right now, because Fury is clearly too good for the 3rd tier opposition that they’ve been putting him in with and he really needs a step up in class so that he can continue to get something out of these fights.
Chisora defeated Paul Butlin by an 8-round decision on Friday night. Chisora looked good in the fight except for when he decided to bite Butlin on the left ear in the 5th for some reason. The bit wasn’t penalized by the referee, who should have disqualified Chisora as soon as Butlin complained about the bite.
On replay, it was clear that Chisora had indeed bitten Butlin on the ear. What’s unknown about this incident is what’s going to happen with Chisora by the British Boxing board. Mike Tyson previously was involved with an ear-biting incident in a fight with Evander Holyfield and Tyson ended up getting in all kinds of trouble over the issue.
Perhaps it’s a different story in England, although I don’t why it should. If Chisora is able to get away without being suspended, then he might be a good option for Fury to fight next. Fury is scheduled to fight on June 13th at the Robin Park Centre, in Wigan, Lancashire.
It might be a little too soon for Chisora, who just finished fighting an eight round bout on Friday night and took some shots from Butlin during the fight. It wasn’t that hard of a fight for Chisora, and he was able to escape without being cut or pushed all that hard for Butlin. However, it’s doubtful that Chisora’s management will want to send him out so soon against a fighter as big and as good as the 6’9” Fury.
Aside from Chisora, there’s also new heavyweight Commonwealth champion Sam Sexton for Fury to fight. It wouldn’t be an easy fight for Fury to set up, though, because Sexton has said that he wants to go after bigger fights like a bout against British heavyweight champion Danny Williams or a rematch with Chisora, who took Sexton out last year in a 6th round stoppage.
At 6’3,” Sexton would look teeny next to Fury and would have problems with Tyson’s long reach. Sexton used his jab and a lot of movement to give the 6’2” Martin Rogan problems in his 8th round stoppage win over him last week, but the jabs would be much less effective against the much taller Fury, who likes to lean away from punches and use his long arms to jab.
At best, I can see Sexton going the distance with Fury, and losing by a lopsided decision. However, it would be a punishing bout for Sexton, as he would take a lot of punishment from Fury’s left hooks to the midsection and rights to the head.
Martin Rogan, the former Commonwealth champion, is probably out of the picture for Fury, because Rogan is still recovering from all the punishment that he absorbed in the Sexton bout. Also, Rogan is looking to try and avenge his defeat from Sexton, and the last thing that Rogan needs right now is to take on a young knockout artist like Fury.
Perhaps at some point in the future Rogan might be an option if he can recapture his Commonwealth title, but that’s still kind of a shaky thing given Sexton’s impressive performance against him.
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come on tyson,the blackburn family from newton ayclifffe,co/durham,ARE WITH U ALL THE WAY,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MATE.
what a fighter,love watching him,and will follow him all the way,just want to know when his next fight is,come on fury
im a big fan of furys but wheres the heart! he had it in the beggining, also, if your boxing as a pro why dont you get your arse to the gym and work out like a pro! dont brag no 1 wants to spar, find them!!!!!!!
tyson fury needs to be tested i wouldent put him in with with any of the top 5 british heavyweights yet and i dont think he will be fighting for a british title until next year hes tall got a good reach and can bang a bit and hes only 21 but i think mcdermmot danny williams or sprott would give him the test of his life even a 37 audley harrison would be a good test for him but i dont think hes going to fight any of these guys this year
tyson fury is an entertaining novice who is trying to make his career, he is learning the game and is still a youngster, he will find his level in time and may be good enough to get a world ranking with good promotion, hes got to be good to be a joe bugner who at the top of his game went the distance with some real fighters, in the meantime watch and enjoy the journey !
Tom dallas
man u ppl r sucked in by this big tatey, they get ppl at short notice! he s crap and boxed plugs
I myself dont want to see tyson rushed , let him pick the british heavyweights off one by one, i like too see him fight John Mcdermott that would be an excellent fight.
scott belshaw had ambition against fury, but was outclassed. with the majority of uk heavyweights the story will be the same – they’ll come into the ring talking a good fight, then find out that fury is the real deal.
Tyson Fury.
A contradiction if ever there was one.
He’ll never be a tyson,and certainly doe’s not fight like fury!!!
Tyson is a novice in the fight game and whilst he has handled everything thats been put in front of him,it’s now time that a live body,somebody who can take a punch, and can also box a little, with ambition is put in front of him.
Lets see how he handles himself when hit on the chin by a proper heavyweight who will stay with him for a number of rounds. At the moment it’s all hype.
We can’t produce great heavyweights we do better in lower weights.But Lewis leave it out been ko twice.He was lucky enough to be around at the of time of a dead heavyweight seen
Danny Williams could have achieved so much more than he did. He just went off the boil randomly in fights and the weight gain was out of control. It’s a shame as he had the tools.
Tyson Fury is an exciting prospect but I agree it is way to early to start screaming champion. He has the signs for a great fighter. Good movement, power both upstairs and downstairs, speed and hunger. What we don’t know yet is what happens when he is in with a fighter with a chin of stone who can fight hard for 12 rounds.
Frank Bruno started out with a promising career, solid power and good strength, he lacked movement but his power and reach made up for that, what he lacked was stamina against guys who could take his shots, Bonecrusher Smith and Tim Witherspoon took his shots and finished him later in the fight.
Tyson Fury needs a good battle with a good worthy hard opponent, that will be his first test. But as ever with boxing he’ll add to his record with a few more record building fights against guys he should beat.
None the less I hope he does really well, we need some seriously good fighters for the Heavy weight division. The plodding champions we have are quite dull to watch.
M
saying he would beat toney is a joke.a huge step up would be that loudmouth big head chisora who rates himself as the best heavyweight in the world. he should fight sexton but i think its too early in case he was to lose hennesy has to make there money back first
Williams would be good if he could get under 18st,but my ideal fight would be against skelton,who never says die.Forget Fraudley he hasn’t got the heart or stomach for boxing.
david haye would ko chambers thompson and arreola in the same night no probs
Im from the USA and im a big fan of british figthers they have more heart than our fighters. I have seen Fury and im impressed he is better than any of our prospects and could go all the way. Im also a fan of Haye and I hope he destroys those BORING Klitscho’s
Easy there Mike …If you lived in the UK which has a small population compared to the US then you’d be proud to. Its easy to name a list of fighters that aren’t quite world class from any country and equally easy to name some that are..Joe Calzaghe, Carl Froch, Ricky Hatton, David Haye etc
Back to the subject of heavyweights though..I’d put money on either of the UKs to best heavyweight prospects (Fury and Haye) against their US equivalents and see who wins! You confident?
Lennox Lewis was born in London England, he only represented Canada in the olympics.
fury should fight danny williams or mat selton or harrison or james toney he will beat any of them