Fury: The Chisora fight is unofficially a world title eliminator for a bout against Wladimir

By Sean McDaniel: Photo credit: Trieger, Action images – Two big British heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury go at on Saturday night for what could be a fight where the winner gets a shot against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, who is waiting for the dust to clear from this fight to see whether he’ll accept the winner as a challenger.
Chisora and Fury can help themselves in a big way to get a nice payday against Wladimir by winning impressively.
If either of these guys win in stinker, it’s likely Wladimir will move in a different direction rather than wasting time fighting someone who looked poor. Wladimir needs an opponent that will bring some excitement because in his last fight he was matched against a runner David Haye and the fight turned out to be a really boring affair with Wladimir easily winning.
“Wladimir has shown a lot of interest in the winner of this fight,” Fury said to the independent.co.uk. “Unofficially, this is a world title eliminator. Hopefully, the winner will do a better job than Haye, which won’t be hard.”
Chisora weighed in at a career high of 261 pounds at Friday’s weight, and things into question whether he’ll be fit enough to fight hard full the 12 rounds. Chisora looked to be fading last year in his bout against Sam Sexton but was able to pull out a 9th round knockout with a huge blitz.
It’s questionable whether Chisora will be able to do the same with the taller Fury, who has a good chin. With the weight that Chisora is carrying around, he might want to try to attack Fury hard in the early part of the fight while Chisora still has enough energy to score a knockout. If he waits too long, he could end up running out of gas and losing.
It’s questionable whether Fury or Chisora could do better than Haye because neither of them have the quick reflexes, the foot movement or the power that Haye possesses. If Wladimir doesn’t have anything to really worry about with either of these guys, he’ll pour it on with right hands and left hooks and score a stoppage in what will likely be a one-sided fight. I can’t say I see either of them doing a better job than Haye.