DEREK CHISORA wants Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to fight for the British title — because they are not deserving of a world championship.
, 38, and , 37, will at last settle a decade’s worth of debate in the early hours of December 12 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
And the stakes were needlessly raised when the WBA controversially sanctioned the overdue grudge match for their “super” world heavyweight title.
That is despite the pair’s dwindling form which sees Joshua come into the fight on the back of wins over YouTuber-turned-boxer last December and unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga in July.
Fury, meanwhile, beat Arslanbek Makhmudov on points in April and Mariusz Wach in seven one-sided rounds in July.
So Chisora reckons the 117-year-old Lord Lonsdale belt should be at stake in the Battle of Britain bout — and nothing more.
He told SunSport: “I want AJ and Fury to fight for the British title. There’s more to the British title than the world title for them.
“Let me paint it for you so you understand. Two British fighters, at the peak of their career, unstoppable. Both lost to one guy (), not once, twice.
“Both of them on their return to the ring, one boxed a YouTuber and then after that he boxed somebody in Saudi which was very, very shaky because we wanted him to win that fight — but he won it at the end.
“And the other guy did a big fight, a comeback fight at Tottenham, which stank up the whole joint, stank up the whole country more like, even (event hosts) Dr Rakan and Turki Alalshikh were falling asleep.
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“He realised that he needs to brush off his more, he did another fight again in Thailand, which was a stinker as well.
“So where do we actually get to the point of like saying, is this worth a world title fight for these guys?”
Chisora, Joshua and Fury have held the prestigious British belt before — but 36-year-old Richard Riakporhe is the rightful current owner.
Poor Murat Gassiev was set to be elevated from interim champ to the full WBA world title after Usyk vacated the strap.
But the shameless WBA held off to instead sanction No 3-ranked Joshua and No 2 Fury for their converted world title.
It gives the winner the chance to join and as a three-time champ — which Chisora is backing old Finchley Amateur Boxing pal AJ to do.
He said: “I told AJ, I’m like, listen, this is up to you, how you go in that fight and how you win this fight. It is up to you.
“You got so much power in your hands. This can be a 12-round fight or a five-round fight.
“Because when you decide to let go your power, Tyson cannot be in the ring with you.
“But if you decide to come in there and try to box and you give him the warm-up he needs off like faking the jab and moving and jabbing you and switching to southpaw, you’re going to lose the fight.
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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally go head-to-head in a blockbuster bout this December!
The two greats will settle their bitter feud in a ‘Battle of Britain’ that has been over a decade in the making.
Both Fury and AJ cleared their final hurdles with wins over Mariusz Wach and Kristian Prenga in July.
Now, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium awaits the two heavyweight giants for a Christmas cracker!
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All eyes are focused on the ‘Battle of Britain’ between and , with the pair set to finally settle their decade-long rivalry in December.
Before that, October sees and face off in a rematch of their thrilling May fight, while returns against Christian Mbili on Halloween.
October
- Sat 17 – Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2 – DAZN
- Sat 24 – Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello – DAZN
- Sat 31 – Canelo Alvarez vs Christian Mbili – DAZN
November
- Sat 7 – Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson 2 – DAZN
- Sat 7 – Chris Billam-Smith vs Cheavon Clarke – Sky Sports
- Sat 28 – Agit Kabayel vs Nelson Hysa – DAZN
December
- Fri 11 – Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua – Netflix
- Sat 12 – Dmitry Bivol vs Callum Smith – DAZN
- Sat 19 – Anthony Cacace vs Nick Ball – DAZN
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“But if you attack this guy and show him that you are in a fight, yeah, you’re going to win it in four or six rounds.
“Because you got the power to slow him down, to hurt him so badly to get him out there.
“But if you decided to come in there and warm up and feel the situation, the situation is going to be a long night.”
