Tyson Fury turns focus to Usyk after dominating Derek Chisora to retain title

Tyson Fury pummelled Derek Chisora in bleakly predictable fashion when he stopped the brave but hopelessly outclassed challenger in the 10th round at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night. Chisora, who is 38 and been in far too many battles for his own good, was saved when the referee, Victor Loughlin, finally stepped in to bring the horrible beating to a merciful ending. It was a stoppage that could have been made far earlier but Don Charles, Chisora’s trainer, refused to rescue his own fighter.

Fury kissed his opponent, and friend outside the ring, in admiration and soon led the crowd in singing Chisora’s name in raucous appreciation of all he had withstood. Chisora’s right eye was almost sealed shut and he was still bleeding from the mouth. The crowd, some of whom booed shamefully when the fight ended, seemed to have little thought of the far more dangerous damage that had been done to Chisora’s brain by the vicious punches Fury landed with searing accuracy.

This was the third time that they had met in the ring and Fury had won both their previous encounters so comprehensively that there was no need for this depressing trilogy to be completed. It was Chisora’s 13th defeat in 46 fights and there are serious concerns about his health should he continue to box.

Fury walked out to a soundtrack in which Nick Cave’s Red Right Hand got swallowed up by Football’s Coming Home as the champion began his crowd-pleasing antics. Dressed in a red robe and a yellow bobble hat, to protect his bald head against the biting cold, Fury received an almighty reception from a crowd of 60,000. He looked like a man mountain when he stripped down to his bright red boxing trunks.

Measuring Chisora with his stinging jab, Fury took