Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
The British Boxing Board of Control had considered calling the contest off altogether. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Dereck Chisora has been fined £25,000 and given a suspended two-year ban following his part in a press conference brawl with Dillian Whyte Manchester on Wednesday.
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.
Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora may not fight this weekend. The pair are set to meet on Saturday (December 10) at Manchester Arena, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office, with the former’s British heavyweight title up for grabs. But after they clashed at Wednesday’s press conference at a Manchester hotel, the British Boxing Board of Control could cancel the fight, which is the chief support contest to Anthony Joshua’s second IBF world heavyweight title defence against Eric Molina.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Dereck Chisora threw a table at Dillian Whyte as a fractious press conference to preview their British heavyweight title fight ended in chaos and violence.
Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte will weigh-in separately on Friday. The pair meet at the Manchester Arena on Saturday, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office, as part of the undercard to Anthony Joshua’s second defence of the IBF heavyweight world title against Eric Molina, with Whyte’s British heavyweight title at stake in what is also an official eliminator for the WBC world title.
Dereck Chisora Video Interview on chair throwing incident - Dereck Chisora threw a table towards Dillian Whyte during their pre-fight press conference on Wednesday. The pair were at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Manchester to promote their showdown for the British heavyweight title.
Photos of press conference chaos between domestic heavyweight rivas, as Dereck Chisora threw a table towards Dillian Whyte during their pre-fight press conference on Wednesday.
Dereck Chisora threw a table towards Dillian Whyte during their pre-fight press conference on Wednesday. The pair were at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Manchester to promote their showdown for the British heavyweight title. Chisora is set to challenge Whyte (19-1, 15 KOs) for the Lonsdale belt, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office, on Saturday night at Manchester Arena, as part of the stacked undercard to Anthony Joshua’s second IBF heavyweight world title defence
Dillian Whyte Video Interview - This Saturday night in Manchester, Dillian Whyte defends his British Heavyweight title against bitter London rival Dereck Chisora in an official eliminator for the WBC title. Whyte makes the second defence of his strap after seeing off fellow Brixton man Ian Lewison in Glasgow last month, while former World title challenger Chisora can get his hands on the Lord Lonsdale belt for the second time.
Fireworks will be expected when domestic heavyweight rivals Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte are going to collide in the ring on Saturday night in Manchester. The fight will be part of the Anthony Joshua vs. Eric Molina Sky Box Offcice undercard.