By Terence Dooley

Most red-blooded males belt out Barry White songs in the sanctity of their bedrooms late on a Saturday night, not Manchester’s Tyson Fury, who danced into the ring to White’s song You Are First, My Last, My Everything ahead of his world title eliminator against London’s Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora at London's ExCel Arena.

Fury (18st 12lbs) out-pointed Chisora (17st 3lbs 8oz) at Wembley Arena in July 2011, lifting the British and Commonwealth titles in the process, and was confident of repeating the trick en route to a crack at Wladimir Klitschko.

The build-up has been a Fury highlight reel: he reeled off insults early, was hit with a BBBoC fine for his comments, taped up his mouth in protest at the Board’s decision, grew an epic beard, refused to shave it then whipped it off on fight night after a quiet word from Robert Smith, the General Secretary of Britain’s governing body.  You could get a highlight show just from the pre-fight stuff, but would the fight itself be a carbon copy of the first?

Fury dominated behind the left jab early then, as if bored, switched to the southpaw stance and landed right leads, too.  The odd uppercut served notice to Chisora that he needed to tighten things up.

“Give him angles,” advised Don Charles, Chisora’s trainer, after the second round.  “Don’t walk in straight lines.”  In some respects that’s like asking Fury not to dance when the music blares.

Chisora’s successes were built on bobbing and weaving in, if he can’t do that he’s a sitting duck.  “Dripping water can bust a rock,” said Eddie Chambers, BoxNation’s special guest commentator, alluding to the fact that you have to chip away at Chisora’s chin before trying to put him away.  That’s exactly what David Haye did when stopping him in five at London’s Upton Park in July 2011.

“Don’t rush anything,” advised Peter Fury, Fury’s trainer, going into the fourth.  “Let him walk into traps.”

With one fighter seeking to set traps, and the other trying to work his way in, the stage was set for the middle rounds of a fight that Fury dominated behind his leads in the early, busting Chisora’s right cheek up in the process and drawing blood from the former world title challenger’s mouth.

Size was proving decisive, Fury clocks in at 6’ 9’’, Chisora is around 6’ 1’’ and lacks the sharpness or timing on his jab to close the distance behind it in order to roll his right hand in.

The bad blood petered out a little in the middle going, referee Marcus McDonnell prompted both men to give more after a quiet in-ring spell that prompted boos from the fans, who had come in hope of a heavyweight slugfest only for Fury to put in a patient performance.

Don Charles's compassion kicked in at the end of the tenth, he told Chisroa he wanted him to: "Finish on his feet," and brought the one-sided fight to a close. Fury commiserated with his rival once the news reached his corner.  The 26-year-old now holds the British and EBU belts, with a world title shot waiting for him in 2015 if he can nail down a fight with Wlad.

Chisora falls to 20-5 (13) while Fury moves to 23-0 (17).  "Del Boy" may want to come again, but he picked up a lot of damage and has done well for himself outside the ropes—it could be time to hang them up, rather than risk becoming a trial horse for up-and-comers.

"I'd like to dedicate this fight to my uncle Hughie," said Fury, paying tribute to Hughie, who passed away recently.  "Which other heavyweight in the world can box southpaw against a fighter like Dereck?"

Mick Hennessy, Fury's long-term handler, clarified the world title situation.  He said: "Wladmir's allowed one more fight in March or April, then we have a month to negotiate privately before it goes to purse bids."

"I'm coming for you Wlad—gypsy warrior!" was Tyson's response.  Peter Fury added that Tyson will fight again on BoxNation at the end of February.