Derek Chisora says WBC champions including Tyson Fury should GIVE UP belts if Jake Paul is giving a ranking
DEREK CHISORA has urged ALL WBC champions to vacate their belts if Jake Paul is handed a place in their rankings.
Paul, 26, is set to take on Love Island star Tommy Fury, 23, in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Derek Chisora, centre, is helping promote the fight between Jake Paul, left, and Tommy Fury, rightRichard Pelham / The Sun
ReutersTyson Fury is the reigning WBC heavyweight champion[/caption]
It has been confirmed the victor will earn themselves a spot in the top 40 of the WBC’s cruiserweight rankings.
Chisora, who came up short against Tommy‘s brother Tyson Fury for the WBC heavyweight title in December of last year, is helping to promote Paul’s Middle Eastern dust-up.
Yet despite his affiliation with the event, he was quick to condemn the governing body’s decision to hand a ranking position to the winner.
Speaking to The Mail, he said: “Do you know what, if he gets a ranking with the WBC, I personally think everybody in the WBC should come out of the rankings and be in another federation.
“Everyone should just drop the WBC and say, ‘I’m not fighting for it anymore’. That’s not fair.
“There’s other boxers who have been slaving themselves, making weight, fighting and because he’s boxed two fighters they give him a WBC ranking? No, it’s unfair.
“If they do that, I urge everyone in the WBC rankings – drop the belts, who cares?
“Belts do not pay the bills for most fighters.
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“As Mike Tyson says, it’s garbage. Most of it is garbage to be honest with you.”
Fury will be the first recognised professional boxer Paul has faced following wins over YouTuber AnEsonGib, basketball player Nate Robinson and MMA trio Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva.
Meanwhile, Fury is 8-0 but has yet to fight anybody of note.
The bout was scheduled twice before but never materialised due to Fury pulling out on both occasions.
In 2021, he withdrew because of injury and illness.
Then last year visa issues forced him to pass up the opportunity once more.
