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#5 Tyson Fury vs. #11 Dereck Chisora: The Rematch; live round-by-round scoring

Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora in a rematch of the previous bout won by Fury in 2011.

Fury weighed in heavy, 20 pounds heavier than Chisora in full clothing.

• Round; Description

1.  Chisora ducking, moving in on Fury. Fury tags Chisora with a good uppercut. Fury using his height well in the early part of the first round, Chisora swings wildly but misses. Good body shot from Chisora but hits low, Fury warned about hitting the back of the head. Chisora moves in while covering up peek-a-boo style. Fury jabbing, Chisora goes to the body and hits low again. Fighters tie up near the end of the round. Fury 10-9
2. Fury jabbing to keep distance, Chisora swinging for the fences again and missing. Fury ties up Chisora when he gets close, similar to Klitschko strategy. Combo by Fury when Chisora parks within distance. Jab from Fury, another whiff from Chisora. Good body shot by Fury. Jabbing from southpaw stance. Chisora is having trouble with distance and Fury's size so far. Fury now pushing Chisora back and peppering him with jabs. Round solidly to Fury 10-9; 20-18.
3. Fighters trading jabs early, Chisora has more head movement. Chisora connects with his overhand right from within the clinch, his best punch of the fight so far. Fury backing away with right-hand jabs. Chisora not closing in, finally does and gets clinched. Fury stays southpaw late in round, clinches Chisora again, gets warned for pressure on the neck. Still Fury's round, 10-9; Fury 30-27
4. Fury peppers away again to start the 4th, Chisora rushes in to no effect. Clinch, and Chisora tries overhand smash again but misses. Fury switches to lefty jabs and dodges a few wild Chisora hooks. Fighters tie up against the ropes halfway through round. At close range, Fury launches mild uppercuts, then hits him with a solid left that has Chisora a bit stunned for the first time. Late in the round Chisora is trying to unleash a big punch but can't. Fury 10-9; 40-36
5. Fury moving slowly but Chisora unable to get inside, Fury controlling the ring. More jabs, this time left hand. Fury backed into corner and takes a shot to the face, comes back out and jabs some more. Chisora tries it again and eats a punch in the face himself. Fury's punches aren't hurting Chisora but they are frustrating him and one eye is a bit swollen. Right hand jabs from Fury. Double jab combo, Chisora not doing much at all late in the round. Fury 10-9; 50-45.
6. Chisora not a happy camper in his corner between rounds. Sixth round featuring more infighting at close range for first minute, Chisora connecting only on wide body shots, but Fury not doing much either. Fury jabs vs. Chisora wide body punches. Fury's jabs look weak, Fury stretches out his right arm as if it's slightly injured, but he's still using it for jabs. Chisora whiffs again with big right, Fury working with jabs and occasional uppercut. Closest round yet, but still Fury 10-9; 60-54.
7. Chisora needs a big punch to turn things around since he can't really win on points. Chisora backs Fury into corner again but no breakthroughs. Fury throws hard right, Chisora whiffs by a mile with a right. Ref warns Fury for backhanding jabs. Fury backed against ropes, ducks away from punches. Fury isn't doing anything spectacular, but he's taken Chisora out of his game completely. Fury 10-9; 70-63
8. Now Fury seems to be playing it safe, jabbing a bit but keeping more of a distance. Slow workrate from both fighters. Fury switches to orthodox stance, good left hand connects after switching back to southpaw. Chisora keeps moving in but doesn't seem to have much of a plan except for hope of a random shot to change the fight. Fury still tagging him at will, though. Fury 10-9; 80-72
9. Lots of tie-up early as Chisora tries to get inside. Fighters walking around to their next clash, crowd boos. Chisora is actually bouncing on his toes, trying to get something going, but gets jabbed in the face a few times again. They trade some decent body shots, Chisora lunges again at Fury against the ropes but misses. Fury blocks another windmill, backs up to avoid yet another. Chisora ends round against ropes. Fury 10-9; 90-81.
10. Fury establishes jab yet again to start 10th round. Fury in no hurry to try to force a stoppage, using his strength only to keep Chisora away with the jab and very occasional harder shot. Under a minute left, Fury is in full control and has Chisora hurt, but Chisora isn't about to go down. Fury 10-9, 100-90. Chisora's corner is pulling him, however.

Tyson Fury basically pitched a shutout against Chisora which is pretty impressive. But it's hard to tell how much credit to give since Chisora didn't show much skill; sometimes Chisora has poor fights, and this was certainly one of them.

This result, combined with #4 Kubrat Pulev's loss to Wlad Klitschko, should move Fury back into the #4 spot in our Heavyweight top 100. Chisora, who has been all over our rankings with high-profile wins mixed in with several losses, will drop to the lower reaches of the top 25 at 20-5. Fury moves to 23-0.

#1 Wladimir Klitschko vs. #4 Kubrat Pulev live round-by-round scoring, results

Two heavyweight boxers, one the champion of the world, the other a top-ranked undefeated challenger. Wladimir Klitschko (62-3-0, 52 KO) vs. Kubrat Pulev (20-0-0, 11 KO), from Hamburg, Germany. Here is our live round-by-round scoring and description of the fight.

The fight is just about to start. Interestingly, Pulev outweighs Klitschko by 1 kilogram.

• Round - Description

1. Klitschko holds almost immediately. Pulev connects with a jab, more holding. Pulev looks nearly as tall as Klitschko. Klitschko puts Pulev down with a strong left while Pulev is ducking, he is almost out!!! Pulev down again, fight is almost over. Pulev is nearly out on his feet with a minute left. Pulev is holding on with seconds left in the round...he survives. Klitschko 10-7
2. Pulev looks steadier to start the 2nd round, but Klitschko is completely fresh. More holding by both fighters in the first half of the round, hitting the back of the head. Lots of arm-fighting as both fighters try to get their respective jabs through. Confusing round, but Pulev looks like he'll make it a while, which wasn't certain in the first round. Draw, 10-10. Klitschko 20-17
3. Fighters trade jabs early, less locking up than before. They're doing a lot of nothing, then locking up. Klitschko connects with a huge right, then tries to smother Pulev...Pulev pushed down again, but gets the 8 count. Klitschko is pummeling Pulev now but he survives...cut under his eye. First time in a long time we've seen full swinging punches from Klitschko. Klitschko 10-8, 30-25.
4. Pulev with a good flurry early. Klitschko responds and they tie up. More gamesmanship with arm-fighting, Pulev jumps in with a good right but it wasn't damaging. Pulev jumps in to connect but doesn't quite get there before the tie-up. Pulev's style is leaving him open to Klitschko shots. Pulev did pretty well this round but it was at best a draw. 10-10 Klitschko 40-35
5. Great left by Klitschko, who is dancing while Pulev stands still. Klitschko punching from within the tie-up. Klitschko again punches, ties-up. Good shot by Pulev, but Klitschko delivers a killer left hook and Pulev is out!!! Flat on his back, he can't beat the count.

The fight was pretty good, and how good might it have been if Pulev hadn't been hurt in the first round? The problem with Pulev's style is how far he held his hands apart looking for the jab—it left him wide open for Klitschko's straight punches. He avoided those for the most part but once he got dodging or ducking, Wladimir could hit him in other ways.

Pulev showed a lot of toughness and certainly brought the fight to Klitschko, unlike Haye and others, but his style wasn't good for defending against Wladimir's speed and accuracy. Klitschko responded well to Pulev's aggressiveness and didn't crumble like the "old" Wladimir from the early 2000's—he took control of the fight early and had Pulev hurt, and after that it looked just like a matter of time. Either it was going to be a very wide decision or at some point, a knockout. Pulev took a high-risk strategy and Klitschko neutralized that threat.

So once again, there will be no change at the top of the SportsRatings Heavyweight rankings—Wladimir Klitschko remains #1 for about 8 years running now.