Derek Chisora has considered whether Tyson Fury is genuinely injured and, even so, whether his clash with Anthony Joshua will go ahead on December 11.
The two heavyweights are due to meet at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, with the winner set to become a three-time world champion by claiming the WBA ‘super’ title.
Even without the belt, though, their long-awaited showdown is likely to be the biggest of this year, with Netflix hoping for mammoth viewing figures on both sides of the Atlantic.
As for the all-British fight itself, many are favouring Fury based on his last two performances, which resulted in points and stoppage victories over Arslanbek Makhmudov and Mariusz Wach, respectively.
Sure enough, neither display could be described as ‘scintillating’, exactly, but when considering Joshua’s last two outings against Jake Paul and Kristian Prenga, there is not a whole lot to rave about either.
The 37-year-old’s second-round stoppage of Prenga, in particular, was enough to raise alarm bells after he suffered two knockdowns in the opening session.
With former heavyweight champion Frank Bruno having suggested that Fury is injured, however, it could perhaps be that more people will start to back Joshua.
But while this might be the case, heavyweight veteran Chisora has told talkSPORT that he believes Fury, his former three-time opponent, will make it to the ring no matter what.
“It’s just rumours, bro. Nobody cares. Knowing the Gypsy King, he will go in there with one leg and try and fight.”
Chisora also made the point that, regardless of how well their training camp goes, a fighter is always likely to enter the ring with some form of injury.
