Tyson Fury has demanded "s***house" Derek Chisora signs the contract for their heavyweight trilogy fight.
Fury has already beaten Chisora twice, outpointing him in 2011 and then stopping him in 2014, but has long insisted he would face his fellow countryman for a third time. And despite announcing his retirement after beating Dillian Whyte in April, Fury seems determined to fight Chisora.
Chisora's promoter Eddie Hearn said last week that Fury's offer was too low but Fury appears to believe it is sufficient. "This one goes out to Derek 'The s***house' Chisora; you're running Derek, from the tirlogy," he said in a video posted on social media. "You call yourself 'War' but you should call yourself chicken because you're running from the trilogy and from a career-high pay day. Get that f***ing contract signed."
Fury's demand to Chisora confirms his intention to return to the ring despite insisting he was hanging up his gloves after stopping Whyte at Wembley. Few had believed Fury would remain retired but it was expected he would return to face the winner of Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
But Fury has also flirted with an exhibition bout with former World's Strongest Man Thor Bjornsson with both men claiming talks had taken place over a November clash. And Fury's promoter Frank Warren admitted his charge has "itchy feet" over a return.
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"He’s got itchy feet at the moment, he wants to fight," Warren told talkSPORT. "I think what’s going to happen is, see what happens on [August] 20th and the outcome of that and that’ll determine what he intends to do in the future. My opinion, this is not from him, it’s from me. I think he will [return] because he’s a fighting man and he misses it. That’s what he does, he wants to fight."
Fury won the British and Commonwealth titles by outpointing Chisora in 2011 before producing his best performance to date three years later when he forced his rival to retire on his stool at the end of the 10th round. Twelve months later, Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become world champion for the first time.
