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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Steve Bunce

Tyson Fury’s savage beatdown of Derek Chisora serves as brutal reminder of boxing’s true nature

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More than 60,000 showed up for Derek “Del Boy” Chisora’s boxing wake on Saturday night in north London.

It was, even by the sport’s merciless code, hard to stomach on a winter’s night under the glare and flare of a crowd gathered for an expected massacre. They got what they paid for and Chisora deserves every penny of the blood money he made.

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