Derek Chisora responds to Tyson Fury’s claims he passed up £2m payday for their trilogy fight

Derek Chisora has hit back at Tyson Fury’s claims he turned down £2million for a trilogy bout against him. 

Fury, 34, vacated the Ring Magazine heavyweight title after retiring from the sport for a second time last week, but called out compatriot Chisora and supposedly offered Del Boy’s team £2m to fight him.

But the 38-year-old veteran insisted the British public are ‘sick of his f***ing b***s***’ words and labelled the undefeated Gypsy King (32-0-1), who still holds the WBC heavyweight title, a ‘confused man’. 

On Tuesday, Fury posted on Twitter calling Chisora’s team ‘sausages’ for turning down the bout

He said: ‘The guy, he doesn’t know what he is. One minute he wants to fight for free, one minute he wants to fight for £5million, one minute he’ll give his money to charity. I’m just…

‘You know what? I think the British public are tired of his f***ing b***s*** now. If you’re going to retire, go ahead and retire and enjoy all the money you made, congratulations and go do what you need to do.’

After being called out by the apparently retired Fury, Chisora (33-12) added: ‘I ain’t got a clue. Tyson is confused, man. You know, Tyson is a confused man right now.

‘I don’t know. If I could see and tell you I know exactly what he’s doing, I would tell you, but I don’t know. He’s confused, he’s got bipolar, so we’ll see. He’s retired, today he’s retired, tomorrow he’s not, so we’ll see.’ 

Fury was a convincing winner in the pair’s previous two encounters in 2011 and 2014, winning a unanimous points verdict the first time, and stopping Chisora after ten rounds in their return fight, leading some to question the value of a third encounter.

Chisora, has now responded, insisting the British public are ‘sick of his f***ing b***s***’ words

The Brit – no stranger to outlandish social media claims – indicated he would come out of retirement to fight Chisora in Cardiff in December, but claimed his opponent’s team asked for more money – leading him to respond: ‘get f***ed’.

On Tuesday, Fury then labelled Chisora’s management team, 258 MGT – who also represent Anthony Joshua – ‘sausages’ on Twitter.

He said: ‘I see Derek Chisora’s been having a little pop, licking his wounds after losing £2m. God almighty, what a mistake. Probably going to get about £375,000 for your next fight, and your management team turned down £2m. Pack of jokers.

‘There’s more brains in your little finger than the full management team would ever have. Where’s someone like Derek Chisora going to get offered £2m from again? Sausages, honestly.’ 

Fury has been accused of being ‘insecure’ by Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn for trying to grab the spotlight ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. It appears that Fury is still keen to cause mischief, though. 

Fury was a convincing winner in the pair’s previous two encounters in 2011 and 2014 (pictured)

After failing to reach an agreement with Chisora, Fury announced his retirement again last Friday on his 34th birthday.

Whether he sticks to this is another matter, as it seems that he could still be tempted back into the ring, depending on how Joshua’s clash with Usyk plays out.

The WBC have given Fury until August 26 to confirm his future plans, a date that falls six days after Joshua and Usyk meet each other. 

This means Fury will have just under a week to decide whether to take on the winner, officially retire or go after a different opponent. 

In the pair’s previous two encounters in 2011 and 2014, Fury was a convincing winner on both occasions. He won a unanimous points verdict the first time, and then stopped Chisora after ten rounds in their return fight.