(Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani)- This week?s 135th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with the newly crowned British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KOs) who is coming off an impressive upset victory against Dereck Chisora (14-1, 9 KOs). Fury spoke about his big win and also talked about his future and provided some opinions on the current boxing landscape. Here are some questions and answers from that interview:
JENNA J: You?re coming off a very impressive performance this past weekend against Dereck Chisora. You said on our last interview if you couldn?t beat him you were a bum, but you beat him. How do you feel now that you did it?
TYSON FURY: Well I don?t feel any different than before I beat him to be honest with you. It was one of those things I knew I could beat Dereck Chisora. He didn?t have my number and I knew I had his number. He was a good worthy challenger and he was a good British champion, but it was just unfortunate he had to come against Tyson Fury the way that he did. I do believe if it was any other British heavyweight or any other heavyweight in the world bar the Klitschkos, he would have done a job on them because he?s a strong tough man.
JENNA: Is there anything during the fight that he did that surprised you?
FURY: No he didn?t do anything to surprise me, because I knew what he was going to do before he did it himself. He came in extra heavy to try and knock me out of it, and he didn?t manage to do it and that was it. I out boxed him.
JENNA: Now you mentioned his weight. Do you think if he came in lighter that he might have performed any differently?
FURY: No. I do believe that if he came in any lighter he wouldn?t have lasted the distance. But then again it wouldn?t have mattered because I wasn?t putting any power in the shots after about three or four rounds. They were only tap punches. There was no power in them. They were non-damaging blows so it wouldn?t have mattered.
JENNA: One thing you showed during the fight was that you have a lot of poise. When he was attacking you, you stayed calm and you composed yourself. What do you think allowed you to that?
FURY: I?m just a kind and relaxed kind of person and it?s only a boxing match at the end of the day. He hasn?t got anything that I haven?t seen before. He?s only a man with a pair of gloves on and he?s coming and swinging some punches at me. I?ve been training since I?ve been 14 years old with boxing and stuff, so if I can?t defend myself from a punch or if I get upset or wary when somebody attacks me than I?m obviously not good at my job. Am I? So I just think it?s about keeping calm and relaxed and just doing your job, and that?s what it is. It?s a job. So you get in there, you do it, no hard feelings, and may the best man win, and that?s how it goes and that?s how I do it.
JENNA: Now do you feel this past weekend?s performance was the best of your career?
FURY: No, not really. It wasn?t the best performance of my career by far. I thought it was okay on the night because I had done what I had to do and beat him. There was a lot on the fight, a lot going, but it wasn?t one of the best performances, by far. No. There is a lot more to come from Tyson Fury. That?s just a chip off the block.
JENNA: Alright well the critics had you as an underdog in this fight and you proved them wrong. Where do you see yourself going forward?
FURY: Obviously I?m going to look at this now and go back to the drawing board. I?ve got a lot of things to work on. I?m not a finished article. I?m 22 and I?ve got a lot of things to work on. I?m going to just keep training and keep taking it easy. I think they?re trying to build a Klitschko fight now, but I?m not going to stay stagnant like Chisora did. I?m going to keep busy. I want to keep busy and I think keeping busy is the most important thing. So I?m just waiting for my hands to heal up, and then I?m going to be back in training and I should be fighting again by October.
