By Alexey Sukachev
Brentwood - This revenge would have been so difficult to get but, oh, how sweet it would have been had it come into reality. Unfortunately for Big Bad John McDermott (now 25-7, 16 KOs), he failed to realize his second chance against slowly rising British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KOs), and suffered his first stoppage loss in four and a half years, in a heated rematch of their first controversial encounter. Last time out McDermott had started fastly and after dropping some middle rounds and finished the job in style only to drop a highly disputed sole score (92-98) by referee Terry O'Connor to his younger opponent.
This time it was Tyson Fury, who went right after McDermott in the first round. Some hard right hands troubled McDermott in the first to give Fury an edge. More experienced Big Bad John mounted a comeback in the second using his lazy jab to keep Fury at bay while using his right hand on occasion as well. Rounds three and four were pretty even and one could easily score them one apart for each of the fighters.