Tyson Fury, the "Gypsy King", defends his title as world champion of professional boxing

Boxer Tyson Fury, aka the “Gypsy King”, defeated Derek Chisora in London at the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium, thereby defending his WBC world champion title in the heavyweight category. He won in the 10th round with a technical knockout.

The still-undefeated Fury confirmed his role as the clear favorite without difficulty, scoring his 33rd victory in the 34th match of his career. He defeated Chisora for a third time on a cool evening at Tottenham in front of 60,000 viewers.

Fury also won those previous two contests unequivocally. In 2011 he won on points, and three years later he won before the limit; he was currently the clear favorite this time as well.

Fury clearly dominated the match

Already by the close of the second round, Fury had begun to clearly dominate and Chisora, who was pushed into the corner of the ring, suffered one solid blow after another. At one moment, Fury did stop boxing and waited to see whether Chirsora would want to continue.

Just 30 seconds before the round ended it seemed the end was near, but Chisora lasted until the bell announcing the close of the round. Fury’s dominance continued in the third round, but Chisora kept hanging on and even attempted landing a few punches.

The fourth round was calmer, but Chisora could not get the initiative, which Fury still had. In the fifth round, Fury again hailed blows down on Chisora, after the bell it was difficult for the challenger to make it back to his corner.

Fury’s total dominance continued in the sixth round and it was just a question how much Chisora could still take. At the close of the seventh round, Fury once again got Chisora into the corner, not sparing him further solid blows until the end of the round.

Midway through the eighth round, a harsh exchange of blows began in the center ring, but Fury pushed Chisora back into the corner again and mercilessly pummeled him. Chisora resisted, escaped the corner, and held on for one more round against the champion.

Chisora held out during the ninth round, but the 10th was his last. After sustaining several more blows, he began to have a problem with his right eye and to bleed; referees eventually closed the match with a technical knockout after he sustained another hard blow.

Fury expresses appreciation for Chisora, Usyk will be his next challenger

“I felt good. I needed a few rounds, I’ve not been boxing since April. There were good punches there,” Fury said in the ring; the match was his first since his spring victory over his fellow countryman Dillian Whyte at Wembley.

After that match, Fury had announced the end of his career, but he could not stay long without boxing. He had originally wanted to take a different British star, Anthoy Joshua.

That former champion of WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO did not accept the challenge. Fury had nothing but praise for his “replacement”, Chisora.

Fury embraced Chisora after the match, kissed him on the head and even sang to him, as he likes to do after the matches. “It was my pleasure to box with him, he’s a British hero. A hard guy. I hit him so hard it would have knocked out anybody else, but he still got into me,” Fury said.

The next match for Fury will see him box Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who has championship belts from the WBA, WBO and IBF. Immediately after Fury’s victory, Usyk walked up to the ringside and clearly said who would be next in line.

“Usyk, you’re next. I’ve already beaten one Ukrainian, Klitschko. So let’s go!” Fury said, trying in vain to provoke a reaction from Usyk face-to-face.