Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fury retains WBC title

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Tyson Fury easily retained his WBC heavyweigh­t belt by stopping Derek Chisora again thanks to his overwhelmi­ng advantage of reach and height on Saturday in London. Referee Victor Loughlin didn’t end the one-sided all-British fight until 10 seconds remained in the 10th round. It could have finished five rounds sooner and nobody could have complained. Not least Chisora, who could hardly see out of his right eye after seven rounds. Chisora was game and made good starts in the early going with a couple of flush rights to Fury’s face in different rounds. But Fury shrugged them off and inevitably took control with his jab. The challenger, facing Fury for a third time, couldn’t stop the jab thanks to Fury’s reach advantage of more than 28 centimeter­s from a height advantage of 18 centimeter­s. Fury improved his record to 33-0-1 with his 24th knockout.

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