Fury weighs in for fight

LONDON - Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury weighed in with an eight pound advantage over challenger Derek ‘War’ Chisora yesterday with a promise of ‘carnage’ to come at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

Today’s WBC title fight could be a chilly, and possibly short-lived, affair for the 60,000-strong crowd but both Britons tried to turn up the heat as they stood on the scales at a North London exhibition centre.

Chisora, who has been outclassed twice by Fury in the past but is back for another big payday after losing three of his last four fights amid suggestions he should call it quits, weighed in at 260 pounds and 10 ounces.

Fury, unbeaten and with a 32-1-0 professional record, hit the scales at 268 pounds and 10 ounces — four pounds heavier than his previous fight in April against compatriot Dillian Whyte.

Walking in with the belt slung over his shoulder and to the sounds of his own charity recording of “Sweet Caroline”, Fury told the fans to expect fireworks although maybe not for very long.

“Tomorrow night we’re going to throw down again and we’re going to put on an absolutely brilliant fight,” declared the ‘Gypsy King’. “Carnage. Just expect carnage tomorrow. It’s going off.

“We’re looking for a ... bang, I hit him, he hits the floor and I drive straight back to Morecambe Bay. “As soon as it goes ding ding, it’s on. On like Donkey Kong, and I’m going to jab his nut right off.

“Whether it’s one round or 12, I’m ready. I’m ready for war.”

The two fighters then stood face to face, gazes locked and Fury staring down at his older and shorter opponent as the time ticked away.

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