Tyson Fury v Dereck Chisora

Fury stays silent as Chisora promises knockout showing

ESPN staff

September 22, 2014

Fury silent at Chisora press conference

Tyson Fury took a vow of silence during his latest press conference alongside upcoming opponent Dereck Chisora, who in turn promised to knock out the Manchester fighter when the pair clash on November 29.

Fury recently escaped a British Boxing Board of Control ban after he laid into his British heavyweight rival with several expletive-ridden outbursts during a June news conference. The BBBoC opted to fine Fury £15,000, meaning he is free to face Chisora at London's ExCel Arena in eight weeks.

Promoter Mick Hennessy and uncle Peter spoke on the fighter's behalf, while Fury sat silent with a piece of tape - featuring "BBBoC" and several question marks - covering his mouth.

"At the end of the day you need characters to be able to be themselves whatever they're confronted with," Hennessy said.

"Sometimes you're going to get a gentleman with Tyson and sometimes, if he's rubbed up the wrong way, you'll get another side of him. At the end of the day surely he should be allowed to be himself.

"We could be in jeopardy of this fight not happening - we all want the fight to happen so that's what this is about. Neither of us were allowed in the [BBBoC] meeting and we had to sit outside in the corridor. It's in the regulations you can take a licence holder with you into the meeting."

Peter Fury, who also trains his nephew, said: "Tyson has committed misconduct but me and Mick were disrespected and that's another matter entirely and we don't agree with that. Tyson was there to be reprimanded and he takes it on the chin.

"We've got a BBB of C dummy, which is what the board wanted, and we've got Bill and Ben the flower pot men sat next to him."

Fury gestured his intent to stay silent in all remaining interviews ahead of the bout, which was rescheduled after the pair's original Manchester fight set for July was postponed when Chisora fractured his hand in training. Unbeaten Fury also signalled that he would knock Chisora out in the opening round, but his opponent thought otherwise.

"I'm going to knock him out, it's a simple fact, I don't know what round but I'm going to knock him out," Chisora said.

"This is a fight game. When you're in the gym and it comes to the crunch time your focus is not to go in the ring and be a chess player, you're looking to kill the guy on the other side.

"He wants to take something that's yours, it's boxing, it is one of those sports. I don't blame him [for taping his mouth]. He can keep the tape on for all the interviews but I think we could make a wager that he won't keep it on for the next eight weeks."

The fight has been declared a world title eliminator with the winner set to earn the right to challenge current WBO belt holder Wladimir Klitschko. Both the vacant British title and European heavyweight title will be on the line too.