It’s The Trilogy Fight Nobody Wants

Usually, trilogy fights are in big demand. Not this one.

For a third time, Tyson Fury will fight fellow Briton Derek Chisora — this time for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title in London on Dec. 3. It’s a fight not a soul (probably not even Chisora) was clamoring for. But it’s a fight the boxing world is getting.

The question is, why? Why is arguably the best heavyweight on the planet — maybe the greatest in a generation — squaring off with an opponent who has 13 losses and zero chance of winning.

The answer: This is how boxing does it — cloak another charade in a fancy promoting package to sell to the public.

It will be Fury’s first bout since demolishing another British heavyweight, Dillian Whyte, in front of 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium in April — after which Fury announced his retirement.

Fury initially said he would un-retire to fight Oleksandr Usyk — the keeper of the WBA, WBO and IBF crowns — for the undisputed championship. But Usyk wanted time off after beating Anthony Joshua in a rematch in August.

Fury then targeted Joshua, a fellow Brit. And that fight appeared like a real possibility, but it reportedly collapsed over the money split — 60% to Fury and 40% to Joshua.

So Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) swung his sights on Chisora, whom he’s already dismantled twice — by unanimous decision in 2011 to claim the British and Commonwealth titles and then by 10th-round TKO in 2014.

Their trilogy fight is set for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Usyk schooled Joshua last year in their first encounter.

According to Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, a Fury-Usyk bout will happen in 2023, so the Chisora fight has the whiff of a money grab, though Warren would never classify it as such.

“Tyson can’t afford any slip-up in this fight,” Warren said, “as he has the much-publicized undisputed matchup with Usyk in the new year which we’re really looking forward to.”

Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs) is a warrior but one on the fade. It’s more than 10 years since he challenged for the heavyweight crown, when he lost to Vitali Klitschko in Munich via a unanimous decision. He is coming off a decision victory over ancient Kubrat Pulev in July after suffering back-to-back defeats to Joseph Parker.

Fury — always the showman and salesman — is giving the trilogy fight an angle, saying: “So I see Chisora every bit as dangerous as Usyk.”

Fury may see it that way but nobody else does.