Tyson Fury taunts ‘bottleneck’ Oleksandr Usyk after dismantling Derek Chisora

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the all-British WBC heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora ​​at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

It is the third meeting between these two rivals in 11 years, with Fury winning on points in 2011 before stopping Chisora ​​three years later.

In the seven years since then, the two fighters’ careers have gone in different directions, with the Gypsy King still undefeated and sitting astride boxing’s blue-ribbon division, while Chisora ​​has lost seven times, including three of his last four.

So just one winner tonight? You might think so, but never say never in heavyweight boxing (although Fury is an 18-1 ON favorite with his opponent 16/1-ish to secure one of the biggest upsets in boxing history boxing…).

The Gypsy King himself has promised fireworks this evening, promising that both he and Chisora ​​will “throw our hands when the bell rings”, and with three stoppages in a row, Fury, who weighed four pounds more than his previous fight, will like make four out of four.

In the build-up to this bout, Telegraph Sport’s own Simon Briggs spent a week inside the Fury camp and detailed his experiences in this fantastic piece.

Elsewhere, rising star Daniel Dubois is the main support for Fury v Chisora ​​3, with the British heavyweight putting his WBA (Regular) strap on the line against Kevin Lerena.

Dubois has fought admirably since suffering an orbital fracture in defeating Joe Joyce a couple of years ago, and he can stay in contention for future bouts with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk with another impressive performance.

The Ukrainian, who holds the other three major world title belts after beating Anthony Joshua twice, is due to be at ringside tonight. And boxing fans everywhere will be desperate to see him and Fury fight for undisputed status sometime next year.

We’ll have live updates from the undercard, plus build-up to the big fight, and then round-by-round updates, plus all the post-fight reaction. Walk-off for the main event is expected at around 9pm UK time.

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