Fury vs. Chisora 2 Fight Time: PPV Start Time, TV Schedule and Live Stream
The wait is finally over.
Tyson Fury squares off against Dereck Chisora at the ExCel Arena on Saturday night in a heavyweight rematch over three years in the making. Fury won the first bout over a rather pudgy Chisora by unanimous decision back in July 2011.
The winner of this eliminator bout books a mandatory date with 38-year-old heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Fury (22-0, 16 KOs) is just 26 years old and has been on a fairly straightforward ascent to the heavyweight stratosphere. He's won six of his last seven bouts by either TKO or knockout and is one of the most feared boxers in the game.
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A shot against Klitschko would be a career-defining moment, although Fury doesn't appear to believe that fight will ever materialize, through no fault of his own.
"It's no secret that I want Klitschko once he stops running from me," Fury said, via ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. "He knows that his reign is on borrowed time. Once Chisora is dealt with, then I'll do everything in my power to get Klitschko in the ring."
A win over Chisora (20-4, 13 KOs) and a match against Klitschko would only serve as confirmation of his status as one of the best boxers the sport has to offer—with his brash personality and quirky behavior a major plus for fans and promoters alike.
For Chisora, it's a chance for him to put the 2011-2012 slump firmly behind him. After losing to Fury in 2011, the 30-year-old Londoner managed to win his next fight over Remigijus Ziausys—a career stepping stone of a fighter—but then proceeded to drop his next three bouts.
He's battled back from that low point, winning five straight matches (four by TKO) to set up the date with Fury.
This is a matchup no true boxing fan is going to want to miss. Here is the viewing info, followed by a quick preview of the undercard bouts.
Fury vs. Chisora: Fight Night Info
Date: Saturday, Nov. 29
Time (ET): 3 p.m.
Location: ExCel Arena, London, England
TV: BoxNation
Live Stream: WatchESPN, BoxNation (subscription required, region restricted)
| Super Middleweight | Frank Buglioni (14-1) | Andrew Robinson (12-0) |
| Super Featherweight | Liam Walsh (16-0) | Gary Sykes (27-3) |
| Welterweight | Frankie Gavin (20-1) | Bradley Skeete (18-0) |
| Middleweight | Billy Joe Saunders (20-0) | Chris Eubank Jr. (18-0) |
| Heavyweight | Tyson Fury (22-0) | Dereck Chisora (20-4) |
Note: BoxNation are offering the Fury-Chisora and Saunders-Eubanks Jr. fights as a one-off pay-per-view according to their website.
Undercard Preview
The undercard bout with the best chance of providing some pre-main event fireworks has to be the grudge match between Billy Joe Saunders and Chris Eubank Jr.
Saunders is putting his EBU middleweight title on the line against a brash, undefeated and untested fighter in Eubank Jr.
The 25-year-old has yet to fight anyone of note in his nascent career. The quick-hitting Saunders will be a major step up in competition and quality. It will be interesting to see how Eubank Jr. handles his best competition in what will also be his first fight scheduled for 12 rounds.
In some ways this feels like his first proper boxing match, but don't expect a coronation on Saturday night. Saunders can eat opponents up with a steady barrage of body blows, and his tactically refined game could prove problematic for Eubank.
However, if Chris Eubank Sr. is to be believed, there is a foreboding force within his son that Saunders may not have encountered up to this point in his career, per The Guardian's Donald McRae:
"I’ve looked at Mike Tyson, Nigel Benn, Gerald McClellan and James Toney. They were all dark and they were all great fighters. But they were all were unhinged. You know this. You wrote about me and all of them in Dark Trade. Christopher’s darkness is different. He’s stoic. He’s still. There is a darkness in him I cannot measure.
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Eubank Sr. compared his son to some illustrious names in boxing lore. Eubank Jr. certainly doesn't yet have a pedigree to match up with those greats, but his power could prove to be a legitimately fearsome weapon, per The Telegraph's Gareth A. Davies:
"Conversely, Eubank has shown that he possesses rare power, yet can he do it against a clever, skilled opponent. Everything we've seen of the two unbeaten 25-year-olds tells us that Saunders wins this. Yet everything we've heard – from Eubank’s sparring with Carl Froch, George Groves, James DeGale and Nathan Cleverly tells us that Eubank could do this.
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Moving down the undercard, Frankie Gavin is set to take on Bradley Skeete in an all-British, welterweight affair on Saturday.
Gavin has the better pedigree here—it's his British welterweight title that is on the line, after all—but he's still trying to shake off a disappointing split-decision loss to Leonard Bundu in August 2014, the first defeat of his career.
The fight was about as close as the result suggested, but it showed Gavin might need to be more aggressive if he wants to advance his career. He has suggested the loss to Bundu is no longer an issue, per BoxNation:
Gavin could be on the cusp of vying for world championships, making a convincing win over Skeete that much more important to his career.
In the night's super-featherweight fight, there are two titles on the line. 28-year-old Liam Walsh will put his Commonwealth title up against that of British champion Gary Sykes. When the match is through, one fighter will walk away with two belts around his waist.
Walsh is fully aware of the danger he faces in the ring by taking on a quality opponent like Sykes.
"This is definitely my hardest fight, bigger than Scott Harrison,” said Walsh, via Lee Sobot of the Yorkshire Evening Post. "Gary is very much underrated. He works very hard, trains very hard and fights very hard."
Rounding out the undercard is Frank Buglioni, who will be looking to take the upstart Andrew Robinson to task and work his way back up the ranks in the super-middleweight division.
It's a deep undercard for Fury-Chisora, which only serves to underscore the importance of the main event itself. Chisora will need to be in the best shape possible to outbox Fury over 12 rounds, while the latter will use his monstrous 85" reach as both a weapon and defense mechanism.
Look for Fury to stay sharp throughout the fight, hold on for a win by unanimous decision and get a shot at Kiltschko.
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