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Tyson Fury Assumes Another Identity In Tepid Defeat Of Dereck Chisora

(Promoter Frank Warren, center, separates Dereck Chisora, left, and Tyson Fury, right, at the weigh-in; via) Tyson Fury gave European heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora a leisurely pasting at London’s ExCel Arena, Saturday. Wilmslow’s Fury, 26, boxing almost exclusively from the southpaw stance, picked and pecked Chisora, 30, to pieces throughout 10 rather insipid rounds that […]

Five Fights To Look Out For In The U.K. This Autumn

Gavin McDonnell vs Vusi Malinga – Sky Doncaster’s McDonnell relinquished his British junior featherweight crown in August, hoping to locate the groove rutted out by his twin brother Jamie — who is world-ranked at the weight. With five years less experience than his sibling, McDonnell (11-0-2, 4 KOs) makes a considerable step up in class against […]

British Beat: Big Night Awaits Gary Sykes

When Gary Sykes heads to the ring to contest the championship belt he once held, the one he promised his young daughter, Layla, that he would recover, he will do so unaccompanied by a national audience in this, the biggest fight of his life. Good looking, genial, accomplished, Sykes, a high-octane junior lightweight, has been […]

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