ON THE day an unsteady and dazed Liz Truss decided to throw in the towel before the bell to end round one, having spent 44 days trying (and failing) to explain the unexplainable, the key players involved in making Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III attempted to explain why it is the fight Great Britain needs in 2022.
To their credit, unlike Liz, they gave it a good go, too.
Frank Warren, the first to bat, chose to push the idea that Derek Chisora had been given the opportunity to fight Fury on December 3 essentially by default; which is to say, the promoter consulted BoxRec.com for a shortlist of alternative options, the majority of whom had conveniently either just fought, were scheduled to fight, or Fury had previously beaten. After that came the turn of another Hall-of-Fame promoter, Bob Arum, who decided to play the history card, referencing, specifically, the 1993 fight between Tommy Morrison, then the WBO heavyweight belt-holder, and Britain’s Michael Bentt, an unheralded underdog who that night spoiled Morrison’s plans (and hopes of fighting Lennox Lewis in a $10million payday) by flattening the American inside a round.
The two fighters, meanwhile, presented their cases with more emotion (if less desperation) than the event’s promoters. Chisora, next up, spoke of his desire to
