The Weekends Action!!!!

The past weekend saw two British fighters in the form of Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora win their respective fights, which will quite possibly line them up for a big domestic heavyweight clash against each other in the near future. 

Tyson Fury Vs Joey Abell

There is never a dull moment when Tyson Fury fights after he produced an entertaining stoppage win over Joey Abell. This was Fury’s first fight for almost 10 months after two planned fights with David Haye fell through. Although Fury produced flashes of his talent he did look out of shape and sluggish at times. On more than one occasion Abell broke Furys defences and had is opponent troubled. However as always Fury showed tremendous heart and produced some brilliant work when jab followed by a rapid right dropped Abell in the third. Abell shakily got to his feet and was dropped again by another big right. It looked all but over until the bell spared him.  In the fourth Fury appeared to be on the brink of victory to then be caught by a big right, which had him wobbling. Fury showed tremendous courage in coming straight back at Abell with a barrage of punches on the ropes that left Abell falling to the canvas. Again Abell got back onto his feet, only for Fury to unload another barrage of punches, which sent Abell to the canvas for the fourth time. The referee then stepped to give Fury the win that moves him closer to a rematch with Dereck Chisora.

Dereck Chisora vs Kevin Johnson

Dereck Chisora produced an impressive and dominant point win over Kevin Johnson. Johnson was working the jab from early on only for Chisora to shrug them off and land his big right hook. Johnson who has earned a reputation for being a tough opponent was feeling the effects of Chisora’s big punches and looked in trouble as he was taking punishment on the ropes in the fourth round.  A massive right hand from Chisora in the fifth floored Johnson, he staggered to his feet only to soak up more vicious punches from Chisora. Johnson then went into defensive mode and denied Chisora the chance of a stoppage victory. Johnson did stage a late stand with some good combinations only for Chisora to dig deep and land some more telling hooks to finally win by a unanimous points decision. The judges rewarded Chisora for his efforts with scores of 118-109, 118-110, and 118-109.