By Elliot Foster

Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora will still fight this weekend.

There was a possibility that the fight would be called off after the pair were embroiled in a row at a press conference on Wednesday.

But after a meeting between the two fighters, the show’s promoter Eddie Hearn and the British Boxing Board of Control on Thursday afternoon, it was decided that the fight would go ahead, at the Manchester Arena on Saturday (December 10), exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office as part of the supporting cast to Anthony Joshua’s second defence of the IBF heavyweight title against Eric Molina.

Though Whyte’s fight with Chisora is still on, the showdown –– which is still set to be an official eliminator for the WBC world title –– will no longer be for Whyte’s British title.

Chisora has been fined £25,000, plus costs, by the BBBofC and could lose his licence if he misbehaves again after being handed a two-year suspended ban from the sport.

It all started after some verbal sparring between the fighters at Wednesday’s presser. Whyte said something that Chisora didn’t like and Chisora threw a table in the direction of Whyte, with it narrowly missing Whyte’s trainer Mark Tibbs and Sky Sports’ head of boxing Adam Smith.

The show’s promoter Eddie Hearn –– who was also a near miss with the flying table launched by ‘Del Boy’ –– confirmed that the pair will hit the scales individually at the Manchester Victoria venue where each fighter on the card will weigh-in on Friday.

The mouth-watering heavyweight showdown between Whyte and Chisora is part of a bill which also features the second pro outing of glittering Irish amateur Katie Taylor, while Kal Yafai bids to become Birmingham’s first world champion as he takes on WBA flyweight king Luis Concepcion of Panama.

Meanwhile, Hosea Burton defends his British light-heavyweight title in a rescheduled clash against Frank Buglioni, Callum Smith will defend his Lonsdale belt at super-middleweight against mandatory challenger Luke Blackledge in what will probably be his last fight before fighting either Badou Jack or James DeGale for the WBC and IBF world crowns at the weight and Scott Quigg returns to the ring for the first time since February, up at featherweight, against José Cayetano for the vacant WBA International crown.

It also features five other title fights, a heavyweight clash over eight rounds between Cuba’s Luis Ortiz and Conisbrough’s Dave Allen and the return of undefeated super-welterweight Marcus Morrison over six rounds alongside the sixth fight of Conor Benn.