Back to the Garage for Del Boy

And we’re back, after taking a week off to absorb all that this fight season has thrown at us we are back with a bang and a new British and Commonwealth champion in the shape of Tyson Fury.

Fury v Chisora was billed to be a grudge match to rival DeGale v Groves and all the bad blood that went into the build up nicely set this one up.

All the trash talk was over and mutual respect between both fighters emerged after just the first round and both boxer’s continued to touch gloves at the end of each round. The opening rounds to the fight were slightly subdued with Fury trying to keep Del Boy at distance with Chisora reminding Tyson why he was champion with big swinging right hands giving Fury something to think about.

Tyson’s chin stood the test in the 2^nd round courtesy of Chisora’s right hand but it was hard to give Del Boy many other rounds apart from the 2^nd. Without being overly heavy handed Fury stuck to his game plan well and bullied the champ for the most part of the fight using his size and weight advantage much like the great Wladimir Klitschko.

Fury was my pick before the fight and although he never really released his full power Tyson boxed clever and seen a lot of Chisora’s bombs coming.

There was talk of the winner firmly putting their name on the Klitschko hit list with many boxing heads believing Chisora would be victorious including Wladimir himself. Granted Chisora was inline twice to face a Klitschko so maybe many of you thought he must be better than he really is. The Heavyweight division is a little thin in present times but I am glad for Chisora that he never fought a Klitschko judging by his struggle against Fury last night.

I feel it will be difficult for Del Boy to bounce back from this set back as the only other real British Heavyweight out there is David Price who fights John McDermott on bonfire night in a final British title eliminator.

Fury v Klitschko would be a better fight with Fury’s size, it is not very often a Klitschko is the smaller man but maybe Tyson lacks the power to really cause Wladimir or Vitali any great problems. It is however looking more likely that Fury will fight the winner of Price v McDermott and if all goes according to plan the new boxing season could well feature 6ft 9” Tyson Fury v 6ft 8” David Price for the British and Commonwealth title which I believe would bring more interest from the Klitschko brothers and I feel would ultimately result in a David Price v Wladimir/Vitali Klitschko in the not too distant future.
　
All the credit for now has to go to Tyson Fury, he knew he was underdog last night but it did not hold him back one bit from the early goings in the 5^th round Fury started to flow which meant bad news for Chisora who simply could not land a telling shot or get through the defence of Fury.
　
A good night for Fury and British boxing and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for Fury.