By Scott Gilfoid: It’s really difficult to see the July 26th clash between British heavyweights Dereck Chisora (20-4, 13 KO’s) and Tyson Fury (22-0, 16 KO’s) as anything more than a domestic/European level money grab where the two fighters will make a ton of money, but the fans will be seeing little more than the next sacrificial lamb being picked out for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to ritually slaughter.
I was hoping that Wladimir would finally start facing good opposition, but the World Boxing Organization has thrown a bone to Wladimir by letting him face the Chisora-Fury winner for the WBO mandatory. Why on Earth did the WBO pick Fury and Chisora as the two fighters that should be fighting for a chance at Wladimir? First off, I don’t see the point in the rematch in the first place due to Fury having easily beaten Chisora three years ago. Secondly, neither guy has beaten a live body to deserve to be in a position to be fighting in a mandatory.
“I’m giving him [Fury] another payday,” Chisora said at the press conference the other day. And for me, that’s all I see the fight as, just a payday for both guys.
The WBO has given Chisora a No.1 ranking by their organization off of his wins over Malik Scott, Ondrej Pala, Edmund Gerber, Kevin Johnson, and Hector Alfredo Avila. These are not good heavyweights in my view; at least I don’t see them as being good enough for Chisora to deserve a heavyweight title shot off of beating them. The thing is before Chisora beating these five heavyweights, he had lost 4 out of his last 5 fights. Picture any fighter losing 4 out of their last 5 fights, and then beating the guys that Chisora just beat. Do you really think that heavyweight would deserve to be ranked No.1 by any organization?
I just see Chisora as more of a fringe level guy who should be ranked around No.15.
As for as Fury goes, I don’t see him as deserving to be ranked in the top 15 because of his long absence from the ring, and because of his low quality opponent for his recent tune-up. Fury coming into his last fight against Joey Abell looking in horrendous shape is just another reason why I don’t see Fury as deserving to be ranked in the top 15.
But ignoring the silly rankings that these two fighters have, I don’t see either Fury or Chisora as having any chance at all against Wladimir. They honestly don’t have the tools to beat him, so why bother in the first place having these guys fight in an eliminator? Fury’s too weak, too slow, and too poor defensively to compete with Wladimir. He’s basically just a tall guy that talks a lot. Chisora is too short, fat and defensively poor. He doesn’t seem to have any power unless he’s landing to the back of the head, which unfortunately he’s been getting away with lately in many of his fights.
I think the WBO should have given either #3 WBO Andy Ruiz a shot at the WBO eliminator bout against either #4 WBO Deontay Wilder or Vyacheslav Glazkov. At least these there heavyweights would have a decent shot at beating Wladimir. Ruiz and Deontay have one-punch power, and Glazkov has an excellent jab, and respectable power in both hands. I see him as an improved version of Alexander Povetkin with better stamina and a far superior jab.
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