By Sean McDaniel: On paper the July 23rd heavyweight clash between British and Commonwealth champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) and 6’9″ unbeaten Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) figures to be a competitive bout that could swing either way depending on what each fighter brings to the ring at the Wembley Arena in London, England. However, Chisora sees this as a mismatch in the making and feels that this won’t be a competitive fight.
In an interview at frankwarren.tv, Chisora said “A fight with Fury is a mismatch for him right now. Just because he’s big and unbeaten doesn’t mean he’s ready for me. He’s not. This fight will be easy.”
Chisora sees a win over Fury putting him in the drivers’ seat for a bout against the winner of the July 2nd bout between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Chisora was twice on the verge of facing Wladimir recently but the fight was derailed due to an abdominal tear that Wladimir suffered. However, if Wladimir defeats Haye and Chisora beats Fury, this could be the most logical fight out there for Wladimir to take because there isn’t any other interesting fights on the horizon unless Tomasz Adamek is able to pull off an upset in his September clash with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.
Fury has the wrong style to beat Chisora. Fury likes to fight on the inside but lacks big power or defense in close. Chisora on the other hand punches well on the inside and has the ability to throw a lot of punches to take his opponents out. Fury hasn’t fought anyone even close to having the offensive skills that Chisora possesses. The closest that Fury has come to facing a fighter with good power was his two fights against John McDermott, and Fury had a lot of problems in those two fights.
Now Fury will be facing a guy in Chisora that has excellent power and much better inside fighting ability than he does. Fury’s trainer Emanuel Steward has been trying to teach Fury to jab and fight tall on the outside, but it hasn’t resulted in Fury showing a better jab or staying on the outside. Fury still pretty much plods in close behind a limp jab and then tries to bludgeon his opponents into submission with sloppy looking punches in close.
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