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Tyson Fury vs. Dereck Chisora odds, picks and predictions

Breaking down Saturday’s Tyson Fury vs. Dereck Chisora heavyweight fight, with boxing odds, picks and predictions.

In a 12-round heavyweight championship bout, WBC title holder Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora meet Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Fury vs. Chisora odds, and make our expert boxing picks and predictions.

Fury puts his WBC strap on the line against Chisora in the 3rd fight of this trilogy series. The last time these guys fought was Nov. 2014 at ExCel Arena in London, with Chisora retired by his corner at the end of Round 10. Before that, he stopped Chisora in July 20211, winning by unanimous decision.

The 38-year-old Chisora is in the twilight of his career. The Zimbabwe-born fighter has won just once in the past 4 fights, topping Kubrat Pulev via split decision in July at O2 Arena in Greenwich to get one last shot at his friend Fury.

Fury vs. Chisora odds

Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 6:40 a.m. ET.

  • Fight result (2-way line): Fury -3000 (bet $3,000 to win $100) | Chisora +800 (bet $100 to win $800)
  • Over/Under: 6.5 rounds (Over -145 | Under +105)
  • Will the fight go the distance? (Yes +270 | No -500)

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Fury vs. Chisora picks and predictions

Records: Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) | Chisora (33-12-0, 23 KOs)

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)

Fury (-3000) will cost you 30 times your potential return, and that’s ridiculous.

Instead, look into Round Range Betting for much better value. In fact, this one isn’t going the distance. Play FURY IN ROUNDS 7-9 (+285), as I am expecting a knockout around Round 7.

The method of victory for Fury by KO/TKO (-280) is still a little too expensive, and that’s likely the way this will end. His past 3 fights have all ended via KO/TKO. AVOID method of victory plays.

Over/Under (O/U)

Take OVER 6.5 ROUNDS (-145).

This fight will likely at least make it to Round 7 before Fury takes care of business. There is a little worry since Chisora has gone the distance in each of the past 4 fights, but Fury will get it done. His past fights have been Under 6.5 Rounds in 2 of his past 3 outings.

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Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew to team up for new digital show

Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew to team up for new digital show each Monday evening on Matchroom’s YouTube and podcast channels.

Two of British boxing’s biggest personalities are teaming up to do a digital show called “Talk The Talk.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn and former cruiserweight titleholder Tony Bellew, who worked together when Bellew won his belt, will reunite each Monday evening on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube and Podcast channels.

They will have guests (in and out of the boxing world), reminisce and discuss the topics of the day.

In the first installment, they discuss the current lock down situation. Also, television presenter Ant Middleton joins them to talk about Bellew’s involvement in “SAS Who Dares Wins Celebrity.” And Dereck Chisora will make an appearance.

“It seems like we’re coming up with a new show every day!’ Hearn said. “For our latest, I was trying to find someone who talks as much as me, but I’ve found someone who talks more. A person I’m proud to call a friend, Tony Bellew, will be joining me each week for ‘Talk The Talk.’”

Said Bellew: “I’ve got some big ideas for this show. It’s great to be back involved with Eddie and the Matchroom team. I hope it brings some enjoyment to the listeners, especially at such a challenging time.”

Video: DAZN’s Top 10 press conference moments

DAZN put together clips from 10 of the most-memorable moments at press conferences involving its fighters.

Some of the most entertaining moments of a promotion happen at press conferences.

It could be something orchestrated, such as models working for the sponsors being lowered to the stage holding the fighters’ title belts. Or it could be something more spontaneous, such as spirited trash talk, a push or a slap, or, on occasion, something worse.

In this video, the capable digital folks at DAZN put together clips from 10 of the most-memorable moments at press conferences involving fighters affiliated with the sports streaming service.

You’ll recognize many of the faces. You might not know others. Either way, you’re likely to be amused.

Check it out.

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David Haye: Dereck Chisora working as hard as Oleksandr Usyk

David Haye said protege Dereck Chisora is “in a good place” in anticipation of his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.

David Haye, the manager of  Dereck Chisora, took notice of a photo on Instagram purporting to show that Chisora’s up-coming opponent Oleksandr Usyk is bulking up during the coronavirus pandemic.

Haye responded by saying that his man also is working hard in anticipation of their showdown, which was scheduled for May 23 at O2 Arena in London but later postponed.

Chisora and his handlers reportedly are exploring the possibility of staging the fight in Saudi Arabia, which could lift its coronavirus restrictions as soon as July.

“Derek is in a good place,” Haye told talkSPORT. “The fight date he’s been working towards has been postponed and Usyk is in training and we can see from his social media that he is ticking over in the Ukraine.

“He’s ranked in every boxing expert’s Top 5 pound-for-pound fighters, he’s an Olympic champion, he’s never ever lost a boxing match before, he was the undisputed cruiserweight champion. He’s the man, the most skilled smaller heavyweight out there.

“Derek Chisora has lost nine fights, many people think he’s passed his prime, but believe me he was having a run in training camp like I’ve never seen him before – the sparring, the physical side of things.

“He’s got on his discipline, he’s eating the right food, he’s sleeping the right times, he’s not doing all of the things he did in the past that culminated in him losing those nine fights. He shouldn’t have lost all of those fights. A lot of the time he wasn’t just in the best physical condition, the right mind-set, but he is now.

“I think Usyk has miscalculated how good Chisora is, he doesn’t realize how strong he is. He’s like a bull, he’s absolutely rock-solid, and he’s still training now. A lot of boxers would fly off the handle in this lockdown, they’d be on the beers, smashing Easter eggs, but he hasn’t. He’s been really on it, he’s been looking after himself.

“So when this thing dies down and he finally gets his opportunity, he beats Usyk and then he is then the No. 1 contender for Anthony Joshua, and that’s a dream come true for him.”

Oleksandr Usyk shows off bulk in Instagram photo

Is Oleksandr Usyk evolving physically into a legitimate heavyweight?

Is Oleksandr Usyk evolving physically into a legitimate heavyweight?

The former unified cruiserweight champ, who is 6-foot-3, weighed 215 pounds for his heavyweight debut against Chazz Witherspoon — a seventh-round knockout — this past October in Chicago.

For that fight, he was a small heavyweight. However, some have taken a look at the photo Usyk posted on Instagram Friday (see below) and have concluded that he’s using his time off to bulk up.

One could argue that he has heavyweight guns in that image, although he didn’t exactly have an biceps issue before now.

One could also argue that he remains a cruiserweight from the waist down, perhaps in the mold of pioneer Bob Fitzsimmons. Maybe he’s still working on his legs.

Either way, the image is striking. Usyk looks strong. And we know he has all the ability in the world.

We’ll see how this plays out as Usyk continues to fight as a heavyweight. He was scheduled to face Dereck Chisora on May 23 at O2 Arena in London but that fight was postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

British boxing authorities cancel all cards through May

The British Boxing Board of Control canceled all scheduled cards through the end of May because of the coronavirus pandemic.

More fights are off.

The British Boxing Board of Control canceled all scheduled cards through the end of May because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to talkSPORT.

That includes the May 2 heavyweight fight between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin, which has tentatively been pushed back to July 4 at Manchester Arena. Katie Taylor was scheduled to defend her lightweight titles against Amanda Serrano on that card.

Also, a lightweight title eliminator between Lee Selby and Geroge Kambosos Jr. scheduled for May 9 in Cardiff, Wales has been pushed back to July 11.

The heavyweight fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Dereck Chisora, which was postponed and rescheduled for May 23 in London, is off again. Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing reportedly is working on a new date.

And Hearn told talkSPORT that the Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev title fight scheduled for June 20 at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is unlikely to happen on that date. He said July 25 is a possibility .

“Every sport is looking at their calendar but nobody knows when [it will resume],” Hearn said. “We all hope we can return to some kind of boxing in June, whether that is behind closed doors at first, whether that is back in small hall shows, and then we hope we can get to the bigger stuff by the end of June, early July. But we are completely guessing.”

As for Joshua-Pulev, Hearn said: “We have looked at alternative dates for everything without knowing anything concrete. We have ongoing conversations with Tottenham to say that if the Premier League extends and does get played in June then we’ll be pushed back.

“We do have a date of July 25 held at Spurs as well, which is more realistic. It is five weeks after June 20. But we haven’t gone on sale with that, we haven’t made an official announcement in terms of seat details and on-sale dates, so we have got less pressure on that. There is more pressure for Anthony to fight twice this year.

“… I know there is a bigger picture going on but everybody in sport, eveybody in business right now, needs to be working on a solution, the outcome, what happens when we get through this because it is going to be a horrifically messy time for all businesses, all sports, everything, when we do come out the other side.

“The world won’t be the same again and, in a lot of cases, we will have to start from scratch.”

Usyk manager: ‘It would be big problem to not box for long time’

Oleksandr Usyk hopes his fight with Dereck Chisora on May 23 will go on as scheduled and lead to a busy end to a chaotic year.

Staying busy, one of boxing reliable formulas, is quickly becoming impossible amid the wave of cancellations forced by the coronavirus pandemic, yet Oleksandr Usyk still has a date he hopes will lead to a busy end to a chaotic year.

May 23 against Dereck Chisora at London’s O2 Arena is still on Usyk’s schedule. How long it will be there is anybody’s guess. Boxing in the United States has gone dark through at least the end of April.

Bouts in early May appear to be tentative. Promoters reportedly have postponed the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders super middleweight fight, scheduled for May 2, until sometime in June, a month that already includes Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight title defense against Kubrat Pulev on the 20th, also in London.

If the coronavirus threat subsides, maybe Usyk-Chisora will be the first bout in boxing’s return. Usyk can only hope. And maybe pray.

“Oleksandr wants to be in the ring to get busy,” Usyk manager Egis Klimas told Sky Sports after the Chisora fight was formally announced last week. “It would be a big problem to not box for a long time.”

Usyk hasn’t fought since his heavyweight debut, a stoppage of late stand-in Chazz Witherspoon in October. Injuries, including one to an elbow, have plagued him. The former cruiserweight champion was initially expected to make his second heavyweight appearance on March 28. Yet, he continues to rank as the mandatory challenger to one of the belts held by Joshua (AJ).

“It’s very good when people talk a lot about Tyson Fury and AJ, because every time they talk they mention me as the mandatory challenger,” said Usyk, No. 5 in Boxing Junkie’s latest pound-for-pound poll.

“I don’t really like to guess what’s going to be in the future. My guess is that everything is pre-defined by the Lord, and all we need to do is to wait for our time to come. But if someone tries to cheat us, we will fight for our rights. Someone may just try to cheat us.”

For now, coronavirus is cheating just about everybody. For now, fighting it is the only fight.

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Oleksandr Usyk on Dereck Chisora bout: ‘I hope fight will take place’

Oleksandr Usyk and Dereck Chisora acknowledged the Coronavirus as they kicked off the promotion of their May 23 showdown.

Oleksandr Usyk and Dereck Chisora made it clear at a news conference Friday in London that their May 23 showdown is scheduled to take place in unusual times.

Chisora wore a bandana over his mouth and a plastic suit covering his clothes. Usyk also had his nose and mouth covered at one point. And moments after their obligatory face-to-face stare down and then a friendly selfie – Usyk without a mask at that moment – the cruiserweight-turned-heavyweight whipped out disinfectant and sprayed the area.

Those watching, perhaps amused, had to wonder whether the fight being promoted would actually take place as scheduled. Sporting events worldwide have been canceled because of the pandemic, which has killed more than 5,000 worldwide.

If it happens, it will be one of the most-anticipated fights so far this year and one that will have a tremendous impact on the division.

Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) would be fighting as a heavyweight for the second time, having stopped Chazz Witherspoon in seven rounds in October. He is in the short line to challenge for one of Anthony Joshua’s titles.

Chisora (32-9, 23 KOs) has won three consecutive fights since he was stopped in 11 rounds by Dillian Whyte in December 2018. He’s fighting to remain a viable championship contender.

Usyk was speaking for many people when he said, “I really hope that this fight will take place.”

The 33-year-old Ukrainian, the 2018 Fighter of the Year and former unified 200-pound champion, believes he can also find success against the biggest men in the sport. Usyk, who is 6-foot-3, weighed 215 pounds for the Witherspoon fight.

“As a cruiserweight, I reached the highest heights as undisputed champion and now I am following the same path as a heavyweight,” talkSPORT quoted Usyk as saying. “I expect a real test in Chisora. He is strong, tough and resilient. I recall being an amateur and watching his fight with Vitali Klitschko. It seemed so big and far away.

“Now I am myself taking a fight against Chisora. I am working hard in my training camp to show a spectacular performance on May 23. Dear friends, I will see you soon!”

Chisora, a Zimbabwe-born Londoner who has been a heavyweight his entire career, believes Usyk is in for a rude awakening.

“War is coming,” said Chisora, who is 6-1½ but weighed 260¼ in his last fight. “Usyk reckons he can step up and survive with the big boys. He may be the undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world, but on May 23 he will find out what it feels like to be hit by a real heavyweight.

“He is coming to my backyard. I’m going to remind him exactly why he hid in the cruiserweight division and also get revenge for my boy, Tony Bellew (who lost to Usyk in 2018). This will be war.”

 

Oleksandr Usyk: ‘I expect a real test in (Dereck) Chisora’

The Oleksandr Usyk-Dereck Chisora heavyweight fight on May 23 in London was formally announced on Wednesday.

It’s a new weight. The second step in a new beginning. But the path looks familiar to Oleksandr Usyk.

Usyk’s pursuit of a heavyweight title resumes on May 23 against Dereck Chisora at London’s O2 Arena in a bout that reminds him of his run to an undisputed reign at cruiserweight.

“As a cruiserweight, I reached the highest heights as undisputed champion, and now I am following the same path as a heavyweight,’’ Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) said Wednesday in a Matchroom Boxing statement formally announcing the bout.

Usyk, the 2018 Fighter of the Year and No. 5 in Boxing Junkie’s latest pound-for-pound poll, is coming off a tentative performance in his heavyweight debut, a seventh-round stoppage in October of Chazz Witherspoon, a late stand-in for the original opponent.

There were questions about whether the 6-foor-3 Usyk was big enough for current generation of heavyweight champions. He was at 215 pounds against Witherspoon, who was at 246.  Tyson Fury is 6-9. Anthony Joshua is 6-6. Former champion Deontay Wilder is 6-6.

Against the 6-2 Chisora (32-9, 23 KOs), Usyk will have a one-inch advantage in height, but he fights at 240-plus pounds.

“I expect a real test in Chisora,’’ Usyk said.  “He is strong, tough and resilient. I recall being an amateur and watching his fight with (then-heavyweight titlist) Vitali Klitschko (in 2012). It seemed so big and far away. Now, I am myself taking a fight against Chisora. I am working hard in my training camp to show a spectacular performance on May 23.”

In the 36-year-old Chisora, Usyk, 33, faces a heavyweight with word-class experience. He has faced Fury, Vitali Klitschko, Kubrat Pulev, Dillian Whyte and David Haye, now his manager. He lost to them all, too.

“War is coming,” Chisora said. “Usyk reckons he can step up and survive with the big boys. He may be the (former) undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world, but on May 23 he will find out what it feels like to be hit by a real heavyweight. He is coming to my backyard. I’m going to remind him exactly why he hid in the cruiserweight division.’’

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Dillian Whyte continues quest for title vs. Alexander Povetkin on May 2

Dillian Whyte will face Alexander Povektin on May 2 in Manchester, England on DAZN in the United States and Sky Box Office in the U.K.

There’s more to the heavyweights than Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. They continue to show depth not seen in years.

Another sign of the division’s ongoing comeback from dormant days landed on the calendar Tuesday with Matchroom Boxing’s announcement of Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povektin on May 2 in Manchester, England on DAZN in the United States and Sky Box Office in the U.K.

“I want to be heavyweight champion of the world, so anywhere in the world is my lion’s den,” said Whyte, who ranks as the No. 1 challenger to the title Tyson Fury took from Wilder Feb. 22 in a rematch. “If you aspire to be world champion, you should be able to fight anywhere.’’

Fury, who is set to fight Wilder for a third time probably in July, has talked about three more bouts before retirement. After Wilder and presumably Joshua, he has mentioned Whyte. Then again, he has also mentioned Dereck Chisora. Fury figures to change his mind again. And again.

All Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) can do is keep himself at the top the rankings and in the public eye. He needs more than a win against Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs). He needs a performance that fans won’t forget and Fury can’t ignore.

“This is a great fight,’’ said Whyte, whose only loss was to Joshua in 2015. “Povetkin is an Olympic gold medalist, has loads of experience, he’s a former world champion and he’s only lost to Joshua and [Wladimir] Klitschko.’’

Whyte is coming off a unanimous decision over Mariusz Wach in Saudi Arabia on a card featuring Anthony Joshua’s decision Andy Ruiz Jr. in a rematch Dec. 7. Whyte’s status was uncertain before the bout because of a reported doping violation. He was cleared by an investigation and allowed to fight.

Povetkin, a Russian who has tested positive twice for performance enhancers, also appeared on the Joshua-Ruiz rematch card, fighting to a split draw with Michael Hunter.

“I am pleased to fight Whyte,” Povetkin said in a news release. “It has long been discussed but didn’t happen for whatever reason. Dillian is a good, strong boxer, and it will make for an interesting fight.’’

Whyte and Povetkin are scheduled to be at a news conference Wednesday in Manchester.