Coming out of a fleeting retirement of a few months, Fury, 34, beat Chisora, 38, for the third time in three fights, after those of 2011 and 2014. His victory was never in doubt, in front of 60,000 spectators gathered at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, north London.

Fury had to wait ten rounds, and the decision of the referee, logical, faced with a very resistant, very courageous Chisora, whose record was known: 33 successes for 12 defeats, and therefore a 13th Saturday evening, after suffering a avalanche of blows but never given up.

"What a fighter, what a warrior," said Fury in the ring to pay tribute to Chisora, after his 33rd victory, including 24 by KO (for a draw and no loss).

It was a great show fight, with the Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk at ringside, who holds the other three belts in the category (WBA, WBO, IBF).

Usyk awaits Fury

Fury was taller, heavier, and had a much longer reach than Chisora.

Against Usyk, if the unification of the belts is done next year, it will be another story, but Fury is very keen on it, as he said in the ring while insulting the Ukrainian, live, to amuse the audience.

English Tyson Fury (l) against his compatriot Derek Chisora ​​during a fight for the WBC heavyweight title, December 3, 2022 at Tottenham Stadium in London © Ben Stansall / AFP

"Usyk, you're next on the list," Fury told him, mic in hand.

You're a tiny little guy and I've already beaten a Ukrainian, (Vladimir) Klitchsko, so now it's your turn, little p...", Fury told him, live on BT Sport. All under the eyes of Joe Joyce, another British heavyweight.

“We will see each other again,” Usyk promised him, straight in the eye, for what would be the first unification fight for an English heavyweight since Lennox Lewis.

Because the fight against another Briton, Anthony Joshua, former WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion, could never be organized.

It was Usyk who dethroned Joshua in September 2021, stripping him of his three belts.

He beat him again last August, in Saudi Arabia, but wasn't ready to face Fury this year.

Negotiations continue, said Bob Arum, Fury's promoter, for this highly anticipated fight.

Tyson Fury winner of his compatriot Derek Chisora ​​during a fight for the WBC heavyweight title, December 3, 2022 at Tottenham Stadium in London © Ben Stansall / AFP

On the program for this great London evening, there was also a Frenchman, the now ex-European lightweight champion, Yvan Mendy.

Because the "Lion", his official nickname, lost his EBU belt, on points, against another Ukrainian, Denys Berinchyk, who remains undefeated in 17 fights.

Like Chisora, Mendy, at 37, will have to recover from this defeat.

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