Tyson Fury stops Derek Chisora in trilogy bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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Boxing has come home, or that's what Tyson Fury will have you believe after he walked out to David Baddiel and Frank Skinner's hit "Football's Coming Home."
Fury has retained his WBC Heavyweight Championship against close friend Derek Chisora on Saturday evening. The Gypsy King dominated the proceedings at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – holding the centre of the ring through the bout.
Victor Loughlin waved off the bout in the tenth to boos as Chisora took a battering from Fury. The Gypsy King was landing at will as the bout continued, with Chisora's eyes swelling and his legs buckling beneath him before the bout was ended.
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Chisora had promised to come out swinging, and he caught Fury early doors in the first.
However, Fury grew into the bout, and by the time the pair heard the first bell, the Gypsy King had landed some haymakers of his own. Fury caught Chisora with a wicked uppercut in the second – and he had Del Boy on the ropes.
Chisora was saved by the bell as Fury started to land shots at will, with Del Boy struggling to recover between each blow. The Champ started to dominate the bout as he danced around Chisora, who was looking for one big hit.
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Chisora continued to take blows throughout the third and fourth, and he only offered glimpses of offences through short combinations of punches.
Fury continued to toy with Chisora in the fifth, and the Gypsy King landed a great jab combination that rocked Del Boy. The WBC Heavyweight Champion continued to land at will as Chisora took numerous shots to the jaw.
A lovely right hand rocked an unsteady Chisora into the corner to end the round – while it was more of the same in the sixth.
Chisora demonstrated his heart as the bout moved into his final third – eating numerous uppercuts, including a series in the eighth that had fans baffled as to how he was still on his feet.
By this time, Chisora's right eye was starting to close up too, and Del Boy's corner was working hard on the eye in between each round. Another huge hit in the ninth had the referee asking Chisora's corner if he'd taken enough, only to be told "no".
The official Victor Loughlin kept a close eye on Chisora in the tenth, having counted him out of the corner at the start of the round.
However, the official believed that he had taken too much damage as the bout rolled into the tenth, and he waved off the bout.
Chisora's face was bloodied as Loughlin waved off the bout, and he had struggled to walk over to his corner.
The pair embraced in the ring after the bout.
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