Fury stops McDermott, wants Chisora next

By Boxing News - 06/25/2010 - Comments

By William Mackay: This time, unbeaten Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KO’s) left little question that he was the better fighter by stopping John McDermott (25-7, 16 KO’s) in the 9th round in their rematch on Friday night at the Brentwood Leisure Center. Fury, 22, dropped McDermott three times in the before it was finally stopped in the 9th. After the fight, Fury said “I won the English heavyweight title tonight and I’ll beat [Derek] Chisora as well.” Fury wants to fight the unbeaten Chisora next.

However, beating Chisora might be a lot tougher task than it was to stop McDermott, as Chisora hits harder, is more active and has excellent stamina and punch accuracy. Fury, weighing 270 in the rematch with McDermott on Friday night, looked sluggish and tired much of the time from the extra weight he was carrying around for the fight. Even in his first fight against McDermott last year in September, Fury looked fatigued and weak in the later rounds. Fury will have to raise his game quite a bit for him to avoid getting knocked out or soundly beaten by Chisora.

Based on how Fury has looked in his two fights with McDermott, I’d have to pick Chisora by easy knockout. Fury just seems to be missing in a number of areas for him to beat a guy like Chisora. Hopefully, Fury doesn’t make a promise that he’ll retire if he loses to Chisora, because the chances of him beating him would have to be slim at this point the way he’s fighting.

Fury says “I beat McDermott last time and have done it again now without the need of judges.” Fury beat McDermott by a controversial 10 round decision last September, a fight in which few people believe Fury should have won. To his credit, he overcame fatigue a lot of punishment to stop McDermott on Friday night. That was a good win, but Fury did not look impressive in the fight, and it’s hard to see him beating a better fighter than McDermott. I think David Price, Sam Sexton and Chisora all beat Fury at this point. I also think 6’6″ Tom Dallas, who beat Daniel Peretyatko by a six round decision on the Fury-McDermott undercard on Friday night, would also likely beat Fury. He looks more powerful and poised compared to Fury and seems to have much better conditioning as well.

Fury looked good against McDermott during the 1st round on Friday night, landing hard right hands to the head and body. McDermott began to find Fury more and more with big right hands in rounds two through four. In the 6th round, McDermott landed some really huge shots in the 6th round, cutting Fury on the side of his right eye. Fury did a lot of holding in the 7th and looked much older than his 22 years, as he seemed to need a lot of rest breaks. This caused the referee to deduct a point from Fury for his constant holding.

In the 8th, Fury looked tired and was taking punishment until he suddenly came alive in the last part of the round and opened up with a flurry of heavy shots that put McDermott down on the canvas. McDermott made it out of the round but was immediately in trouble in the 9th, with Fury knocking him to the canvas for a second time with a shot, powerful right hand. Fury then put McDermott down for a third time. McDermott, now badly hurt, made it to his feet but could barely stand and was clearly not in shape to continue fighting. The fight was then stopped.



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