Undefeated heavyweight Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KOs), who challenges British and Commonwealth heavyweight Champion Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora (14-0, 9 KOs) in Saturday’s 12-round main event on “The Big Brawl” Pay-Per-View event, live from Wembley Arena in London, held a workout today in London. Also working out today was co-feature boxer Ashley Theophane, who defends his British Boxing Board of Control light welterweight title against Jason Cook.
Workout Quotes
Tyson Fury:
How do you feel: “Feeling good, feeling strong, feeling fit, feeling ready.”
What Chisora brings to the table: “He’s going to bring aggression, desire, youth. I think he brings quite a few things to the table, nothing I can’t handle, anyway.”
Prediction: “My prediction is I’m going to win, probably by knockout. As soon as I catch him, he’ll be knocked out.”
Next: “I’m going to, hopefully, get to fight Wladimir Klitschko. Keep pushing for that.”
Training Camp: “Training Camp was really good we had a long, nice training camp. A lot of good training, good sparring, and everything went really right. I drank a lot of water, vitamins and proteins. I did everything I should have done, so there are no excuses. All my toes are okay, as well.”
Ashley Theophane:
Training Camp: “Training camp’s gone well. I spent a month in Brooklyn and a month in London finishing off. It’s been a good camp. I’ve done some quality work, some quality sparring, and I’m ready to go.”
Jason Cook: “Jason Cook is a former European champion. He won the IBO title. He’s got a decent punch and he comes to fight very aggressive. It should be an interesting fight.”
Game Plan: “No real game-plan because Jason comes swinging at you to see if he can knock you out. I’m just the type of guy; I see how I adjust to fight. The first round or two rounds I see how it goes and then I will work him out and do what I have to do to get the win.”
TV: “First, it being on Channel 5 (in UK) is a great thing for boxing and a great thing for me. It gets to be seen, hopefully, by a few million people for the Theophane name to get out there. And for it to be shown in America and Canada is a great thing because I loved being on ESPN a few times and I have Canadian and US friends and fans. It’s good because it’s like as worldwide event. I’m lovin’ that!”
Prediction: “I’m not a guy who stops guys, but don’t be shocked if there is a stoppage, and I’m going to win, be it points or stoppage. I’m going to win looking good.”
Next: “For me, I haven’t fought in America for a year, nearly exactly a year since I beat Delvin Rodriquez who just had a great draw with Pawel Wolak. I’d love – if I had my own way – I know the WBC champ is Timothy Bradley, my No. 1 target. I know he needs an opponent because he’s not fighting Khan, so I’d be willing to box with him when he finishes his dealings with his next promoter. Or, I’d be willing, eventually, to fight Berto or Ortiz. They are the long-term guys I want. If Bradley, Ortiz or Berto – win or lose – I want to fight the best. That’s what I want to do.”
“The Big Brawl” event on PPV, distributed in the U.S. by Integrated Sports Media, will be available for live viewing in the U.S. at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, and Avail-TVN, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. (Check with your PPV provider for same day replay times.) The telecast is also available in Canada to all Super Channel network subscribers.
FIGHT NOW TV SHOWCASING FURY
Fight Now TV, available on Cablevision, will air two of Tyson Fury’s past fights (vs. Daniil Peretyatko and Marcelo Luiz Nascimento) on Thursday and Friday nights, July 21 & 22, respectively, at 10 PM/ET in its Every Night a Different FIGHT prime time slot. For more information go on line to www.FightNow.com
BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS
DERECK“Del Boy” CHISORA
Unbeaten British & Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
WBO #13 & EBU #6
Finchley, London, United Kingdom
14-0 (9 KOs)
Vs.
TYSON FURY
Undefeated Challenger
WBC #23 & EBU #10
Manchester, United Kingdom
14-0 (10 KOs)
BRITISH LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CO-FEATURE – 12 ROUNDS
ASHLEY“Treasure” THEOPHANE
British Light Welterweight Champion
IBF #14, WBC #20
Kilburn, London, United Kingdom
29-4-1 (7 KOs)
Vs.
JASON“The Power” COOK
Challenger
Welsh Light Welterweight Champion/EBU #6
Maesteg, Wales, United Kingdom
28-3-1 (14 KOs)
BRITISH SOUTHERN AREA LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
10 ROUNDS
RYAN TOMS
British Southern Area Champion
Wembley, London, Middlesex, UK
8-0 (3 KOs)
Vs.
“Phat”PAT McALEESE
Challenger
Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, UK
12-1-1 (2 KOs)
