Fury: I’ll give Chisora the biggest war he’s ever had

By Scott Gilfoid: #4 WBO, #5 IBF, #11 WBC heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (22-0, 16 KOs) is promising that his rematch against Dereck Chisora (20-4, 13 KOs) on November 29th will be a war when the two of them meet up at the ExCel Arena in London, UK.
The Chisora-Fury 2 fight will be a WBO heavyweight eliminator bout despite the fact that neither guy has beaten anyone of note during their careers. Fury’s biggest win of his 6-year pro career was against a 260 pound Chisora, which isn’t much of a win given how out of shape Chisora was for the fight.

Fury believes that his bout with #1 WBO, #3 IBF, #7 WBC, and #13 WBA will be one where the two of them are trading bombs for as long as it lasts. I wish I could agree with him, but I don’t see it as anything like that. First of all, Fury is a slapper, so even if he does stand in the pocket to trade with Chisora, we’re talking about a slap fight on his part.
Chisora obviously will be bringing it, but given that he’s failed each time he’s stepped it up a little, I don’t see this as being an entertaining fight.
“I’ll give Chisora the biggest war he’s ever had,” said Fury via Dan Rafael of ESPN.com.“If he thought he was in a war with me the first time, he’s got no idea of what’s coming to him on Nov. 29th. I totally outmaneuvered and outgunned him last time. Since bombing Chisora out, I’ve now added extra firepower to the arsenal and blasted out six of the last seven opponents inside seven rounds. Believe Chisora ain’t gonna last against me.”
It’s interesting that Fury is making himself out to be an improved puncher since the last time he fought Chisora. I don’t see that as the case. Fury looks no more powerful than he was when he started his pro career. The fact that he’s knocked out 6 of his last 7 opponents is more of a product of the guys that Fury has been facing rather than him having more powerful.
Here are the guys that Fury has knocked out: Martin Rogan, Joey Abell, Nicolai Firtha, Neven Pajkic, Vinny Maddalone and Steve Cunningham. We’re not talking about high caliber heavyweights, are we? I mean, I think a lot of the top heavyweight contenders would have breezed through those guys as well.
“I won the battle the first time, this time I’ll win the war,” Fury said.
Oh brother, Fury making the fight out to be more than it is. Look, Fury is facing a guy who is arguably more of a domestic level fighter than someone who rates the ranking he’s been given. Chisora has picked up his high ranking based on his victories over these guys: journeyman Kevin Johnson, Ondrej Pala, Edmund Gerber, Malik Scott, and Hector Alfredo Avila.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t rate any of those guys. Chisora’s win over Malik Scott came from a looping right hand that landed to the back of Scott’s head. The referee then appeared to give Scott a controversial 9 count instead of a 10 count in stopping the fight as he got up at the count of 9.
Both Chisora and Fury have fought pretty much fluff opposition in the last two years in my view. I don’t see either of them being deserving enough to fight in a WBO heavyweight eliminator bout to get a fight against Wladimir. All this fight is going to lead to is another mismatch for Wladimir. That’s why the sanctioning bodies like the WBO should be doing their jobs to make sure we get the best guys to face Wladimir by setting up eliminators against the best contenders in the division, not between guys with inflated records.