Eddie Hearn gave an update regarding a potential third fight between Derek Chisora and Tyson Fury.
Chisora, 38, has been given a third chance to beat the current heavyweight champion, with The Independent recently reporting that a trio clash could take place to defend the WBC world title. of ‘The Gypsy King’ in the sport’s premier discipline.
Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) outplayed Chisora on two occasions in 2011 and 2014, overtaking his opponent each time, before going on to win the unified world championship with seismic victory over Wladimir Klitschko back in 2015.
David Ghansa of 258 MGT, the Chisora manager, recently said:
“Tyson’s team actually contacted us about a potential fight later this year.
“We have held initial discussions with more talks to be scheduled in due course.”
Fury was most active in April when he retained his world title with a sixth-round goal against number one contender Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in London.
Then the 33-year-old, who was once in a public relationship with his old friend Chisora, announced he was quitting the sport and insisted he would have a $500 million pot and a fight. fighting Oleksandr Usyk, WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO Champion, will be the only thing to tempt him to put on gloves again – unless the fight against Anthony Joshua at Wembley comes to fruition.
Ghansa added:
“It would be a big fight for the UK if we could and one that we have seen sell well in the past.
“I think that fight sells out a stadium in a pre-Christmas cookie.”
Chisora won last time, overtaking Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria in a rematch of their 2016 clash at the O2 Arena in London last month.
But the aforementioned Hearn, the Chisora promoter, doesn’t believe that a third fight with Fury is a match for ‘Del Boy’ (33-12, 23 KOs).
When talking to Social boxingHearn says:
“Derek got an offer from the Tyson Fury camp, it didn’t have enough money and I’m not sure we’ll see that fight.
“It’s good to see Tyson still leaving his options open.”
Chisora has admitted he’s looking for a big fight or two before calling it a day, but it looks like at this stage there won’t be Fury in the opposite corner as man Finchley Chisora sees it. ring go fight next time.
