Fury rises to Chisora challenge ahead of Dec. 3

LONDON -- Tyson Fury has said helium rates Derek Chisora arsenic highly arsenic Oleksandr Usyk arsenic helium prepares for the trilogy combat astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful December.

Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) volition support his WBC heavyweight loop against Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs) successful northbound London connected Dec. 3. His promoter, Frank Warren, said helium volition stay acceptable and acceptable to hole for a combat with Usyk adjacent year.

The 34-year-old heavyweight had been successful discussions to look compatriot Anthony Joshua for the December combat date, but sources told ESPN's Mike Coppinger those negotiations broke down aft agreeing to a 40%-60% divided successful favour of Fury, who was already successful talks to look Chisora.

Fury, who is ESPN's No. 1 heavyweight and No. 6 pound-for-pound boxer, told a quality league connected Thursday: "I complaint Derek Chisora arsenic highly arsenic I complaint Usyk, and I volition bid arsenic hard for Derek arsenic I would for anyone successful the world. I'd person to beryllium an idiot not to."

Fury brought a container with £10,000 ($11,300) successful currency to the quality conference, saying helium won the wealth from promoter Warren erstwhile helium stake that Joshua would not marque a combat with him.

Fury past fought successful March, delivering a highlight-reel uppercut knockout of Dillian Whyte astatine Wembley Stadium earlier announcing his retirement.

Usyk said pursuing his triumph against Joshua that helium volition not combat again this season but maintains that his adjacent combat volition beryllium a unification bout. Fury told ESPN aboriginal connected Thursday that helium is not reasoning astir a combat with Usyk and volition lone program to combat Chisora.

Fury has doubly beaten Chisora successful his vocation -- archetypal via a comfy unanimous determination successful 2011 followed by a 10th circular stoppage successful 2014 -- causing immoderate to question if determination is an appetite for a 3rd fight.

"In presumption of selling Derek Chisora to the fans: I ain't gotta merchantability thing to nobody," Fury added.

"If helium lands a punch connected me, a large swing, I'm getting knocked out. If I onshore a punch connected him, a large swing, he's getting knocked out."

Chisora does not correspond an imposing to situation to Fury. He endured a hard caller tally with losses to Usyk successful 2020 and 2 defeats to Joseph Parker, but the 38-year-old bounced backmost with a split-decision triumph implicit Kubrat Pulev successful July.

"This volition beryllium a bully fight," Chisora said. "I can't truly accidental overmuch due to the fact that they enactment a gag connected maine successful the contract, truthful I can't truly accidental anything.

"I convey Tyson for giving maine the accidental to combat him... Is determination atrocious blood? Not really, but I privation to instrumentality what's his and marque it mine. I can't outbox him, but I privation to spell instrumentality what's his and marque it mine.

"Physically and mentally, I privation to travel and instrumentality it. I don't privation it; I privation to physically instrumentality it disconnected him.

Warren said Chisora was the WBC champion's past disposable option. He ran done a database of 10 fighters -- with Fury astatine No. 1 and Chisora astatine No. 9 -- and described wherefore a bout each of the 8 fighters successful betwixt them could not hap connected Dec. 3. He added that Usyk won't combat until adjacent year, Joshua was a month's "waste of time," and mediocre timing a crushed for others not being an option.