David Haye has warned Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora must light up the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, warning a repeat of their first two fights will not go down well.
Fury and Chisora meet for a third time on 3 December with the WBC heavyweight title on the line in a fight that has largely been met with indifference by British boxing fans.
The two first met in July 2011, with Fury sailing to a unanimous points win in a one-sided fight at Wembley Arena. In their rematch three years later at the ExCel Arena, ‘The Gypsy King’ had another relatively easy evening, with Chsiora retired by his corner at the end of the 10th round.
The performances from Fury were sensible rather than spectacular and neither fight went down as classic with the crowd in attendance for the rematch booing as a bloodied Chisora was picked apart.
Chisora has lost seven fights since then with 12 defeats in total on the 38-year-old’s record.
And after two ‘unappealing and uninspiring’ showdowns, former heavyweight champion Haye believes Fury must live up to his ‘people’s champion’ title by engaging in a war with Chisora, insisting the pair owe it to boxing fans paying up to tune in or attending on the night.
‘The way I see it, if Fury is as confident as winning this fight as he says he is, instead of boxing long, maybe he will get up close to Derek and go toe-to-toe and give the fans a bit more entertainment,’ Haye told Metro.co.uk.
‘Because it could be a replay of the second fight where Tyson turned southpaw and just basically killed him, outmanoeuvred him. It was very unappealing and very uninspiring.
‘So let’s hope as the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, he will give people going to the stadium value for money.
‘To do that, he might have to come into the firing line a little more than he would normally do. He knows Derek. He has done 20-odd rounds with him. I think the best thing for everyone is for Tyson to go out there and match him in the middle and have a punch up.
‘Don’t go long, your 6ft 10in, obviously you can go out there keep him away, you’ve done it twice before. You’ve already beaten him at range easily.
‘How about doing it in a more fan friendly way? Get up close, let Derek tee off. Give us some entertainment.
‘If he is the champion of the people, that’s what he has to do. It is a fight not many people were calling for so he has to make it the best of the situation, give Derek more chance of success and it gives us more chance of seeing a knockout victory and giving the fans what they want.’
Fury fights for the second time this year having knocked out Dillian Whyte in front of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium in April.
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