Tyson Fury is now heading for a trilogy fight with Derek Chisora on December 3 and his promoter Frank Warren has claimed it could be a “better” challenge than Anthony Joshua.
Talks fell through for Fury and AJ to meet this year as the contract stages proved difficult after the parties initially agreed terms.
Now, the Gypsy King still intends to box on his scheduled December 3 date to prepare for a potential undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk, which is scheduled for early 2023.
Chisora is almost certain to be the opponent with the agreed terms, although talkSPORT understands the contracts are yet to be signed.
Fury’s UK co-promoter Warren told iFL TV: “Obviously, [the AJ negotiations] caused a big problem, lasted three or four weeks.
“And we struggled to find an opponent.
“We have the highest ranked opponent on BoxRec which is now Derek Chisora.
“This is where we will go and it will be December 3rd…
“We all expected the December fight to be Usyk, but Usyk was unavailable.
“Now it looks hopefully like February.
“So Tyson wants to fight before that, he wants out and we want to get him out.”
Fury vs Chisora 3 is not a fight that many boxing fans are excited about, given the Gypsy King’s two wins in their previous bouts.
However, Warren insisted: “He’s going to try, it’s the best available.
“Hopefully it’ll be competitive, but I just think Tyson’s head and shoulders are above it all anyway.
“Derek could give him a better fight than AJ.
“I’m not disrespecting him, I just think he [AJ] is more vulnerable.
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