By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned unbeaten British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) seems to know his limitations after beating Dereck Chicora (14-1, 9 KO’s) by an impressive 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Wembley Arena, in Wembley, London, England. Instead of going after IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, who has already said he would be interested in facing the winner of the Chisora-Fury bout, Fury is eying a fight with 40-year-old Martin Rogan for the Irish heavyweight title.
Following that, Fury wants to defend his British/Commonwealth titles against one of the contenders and then go after European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko. Presumably, the 6’7” Dimitrenko would be a warm-up for Wladimir, because he fights somewhat in the same style as him.
Fury dominated a heavy looking Chisora on Saturday night, beating him by the judges’ scores of 117-112, 117-112, and 118-111. Fury had problems in the 2nd round when Chisora opened up with a number of powerful hooks that appeared to have Fury slightly hurt, although he would say that he was never hurt. Fury was forced to hold on slow Chisora down. After that round, Chisora looked gassed out and spent the majority of the remainder of the fight with his back against the ropes fighting only sparingly.
The extra tonnage that the fat looking 261 pound Chisora put on for this fight seemed to have sapped him of energy, as he looked to be trained for only three rounds and not a full 12. Boxing fans and writers wondered what Chisora was thinking by coming into the Fury fight so heavy, especially when the extra 17 pounds of weight that Chisora put on for this fight appeared to be pure fat. In hindsight, Chisora might be kicking himself for coming in so heavy, because he’s usually able to fight hard for an entire fight instead of just two rounds like he was last night. Really, Chisora was a exhausted after the 2nd round and could do little more than throw occasional flurries for the remainder of the fight.
“I just want to do it nice and steady,” Fury said to the BBC Sport. “I’ll go for the Irish title and then defense of the British. Then maybe I can go for Dimitrenko who’s got the European. I’m only just starting off at the moment. People like Carl Froch and Amir Khan and David Haye until recently, are world champions and they’ve achieved more than me.”
Let’s be real here: Fury doesn’t have the power or the jab to beat either of the Klitschkos ever. That’s just not going to happen in this lifetime. Vitali Klitschko is 40 years-old, but I can still see him knocking Fury out t 45. Vitali will retire and Fury will still not be a threat to him. And Wladimir would beat Fury on jabs alone. Wladimir wouldn’t even need to hit Fury with a left hook or a right hand. Fury is too weak and lacks any of jab to fight a long distance war with Wladimir. It’s good that Fury seems to know his limitations, because he wouldn’t be able to compete with the Klitschkos. For that matter, I don’t think Fury can beat David Price from the UK or Dimitrenko. He might be able to beat Dimitrenko, because he’s terribly flawed but it would be a real toss up fight because Dimitrenko is a lot better than Chisora.
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