Tyson Fury to give Chisora his British and European belts after he beats him on 7/26

By Boxing News - 05/15/2014 - Comments

fury52By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Tyson Fury plans on giving Dereck Chisora his British and European heavyweight title straps after he beats him in their rematch on July 26th in Manchester. Fury, 6’9”, already easily beat Chisora by a 12 round unanimous decision three years ago, but the promoters for the two fighters decided to stage a rematch anyway because Chisora has a small winning streak of 5 fights, albeit against weak opposition. The vacant British heavyweight title will be on the line for the Chisora-Fury fight, and Chisora’s European heavyweight title will also be up for grabs.

Fury feels that he won’t need the British and European straps after he beats Chisora, because he’ll be getting a world title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko after that, and Fury thinks he can beat Wladimir.

“After I beat Chisora, I’m going to give him them titles as a present because really and truthfully I’m above that level,” Fury said to BBC Radio 5. “Having a [domestic or European] belt to prove [I’m the best heavyweight in the UK] doesn’t mean anything.”

I kind of agree with Fury about him not needing those two straps, because those aren’t world level titles, so what in the heck is he doing holding them? Fury is in his mid-20s now, and having those titles are more like an anchor dragging him down than something that helps out his career. It’s also not a prestigious thing for Fury, because if he walks around telling people he’s a British level champion, they’re not likely to be too impressed with that.

I still think Fury might be better off keeping those lower level titles because it’ll give him something to fall back to after Wladimir beats him. I mean, there’s pretty much zero chance that Fury will beat a talent like Wladimir, so he’s going to need some kind of strap once that fight is over. If Fury keeps the British and Euro level belts, he can retreat back to the UK, sand continue defending them after he loses to Wladimir.

For some reason Fury has it in his head that Wladimir will vacate his WBO title rather than fight him. I’m not sure why Wladimir would, though, because Fury is kind of a considerable step down from the likes of Kubrat Pulev and Alexander Povetkin.

“I don’t think Wladimir is going to take that fight,” Fury said. “I think he’s going to retire or vacate the title…I’ve been informed that I’m in line to face the new WBC champion Bermane Stiverne for a voluntary defense. If that fight comes in the meantime, I could be taking that fight.”

I guess Fury hasn’t been paying attention to the news around the boxing world, because if he had been paying attention, he would have seen that the WBC president said this week that Stiverne must face his mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder next unless he agrees to step aside, which Deontay hasn’t agreed to do. Fury can certainly get a fight against the winner of the Wilder vs. Stiverne fight, but he won’t be stepping in front of Deontay to get the fight with Stiverne.



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