Frank Warren, the co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has confirmed that his boxer will likely face division veteran Dereck Chisora on December 3.
Fury had recently been in talks to have a blockbuster with Anthony Joshua – but their discussions fell apart when the two were unable to finalize a deal in time for a year-end encounter.
Fury was last seen in action back in April, when he knocked out mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte in six rounds.
He holds two victories over Chisora.
In 2011, Fury picked up a clear decision win to hand Chisora his first career defeat. A rematch took place in 2014, with Fury dominating and stopping Chisora.
Provided Fury pulls through without injury, Warren says their target will be an undisputed showdown in 2023 with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
“We’ve been struggling to get an opponent but we’ve got the highest-ranked opponent which is Dereck Chisora,” Warren told IFL TV.
“That’s where we’ll be going and that’ll be on December 3. We were just trying to find someone and it’s been very difficult. What it’s all about is that Tyson will have had one fight in a year and we always expected the fight in December would have been Usyk, but Usyk wasn’t available.
“Now, I hope, that looks like some time in February. Tyson wants to fight before then and get out, we want to get him out and that’s where we’re at. I’m not going to disregard Chisora but if he comes through that then we’ve got the big one [vs Usyk]. That’s really what it’s all been about this year.”
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