By Sean McDaniel: 6’9″ Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) believes that his huge size will be a big help in him beating 6’1 1/2″ British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) on July 23 at Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, UK. Indeed, Fury has been getting away with his size alone to beat most of the fighters that have been put in with him during his three year pro career.
However, Fury is going to need more than size to beat Chisora on July 23rd, because Fury does a poor job of using his height and reach to his benefit and Chisora likes to fight in close where he tends to wear down his opponents with his hammering shots.
In a press release sent today, Fury said “I’m going to use my height and range against Chisora.”
That sounds like Fury’s trainer Emanuel Steward’s thoughts more than Fury, because Fury doesn’t fight anyone at range and tends to give up his height and reach immediately. In fact, Fury is the one that gives it up without being pushed by his plodding forward to get in close with his opponents. The way that Fury fights is the exact opposite of how a big man should fight. Taller fighters are taught to stay on the outside and use their jab to control the range. Fury doesn’t do this. He crowds his opponents and fights their fight. He’s been effective, but not impressive in using this style.
However, Fury is stepping up a level in his fight against Chisora and his lack of fundamentals are going to badly hurt Fury in this fight unless he follows the instructions from his new trainer Steward and remains on the outside most of the time. The one problem that Fury has is he lacks a good jab. He can’t keep Chisora on the outside even if he wanted to, because Fury’s jab is too weak and inconsistent to slow down Chisora from getting inside on Fury.
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