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by Cliff Rold - It’s hard not to be entertained by Heavyweight Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO).
Heading into a shot at WBC Heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO) this Saturday (Epix, 4:30 PM EST), it’s harded to find many giving him much of a shot at victory. Sure, he’s a dozen years younger. He’s coming off a career best performance.
But he’s Dereck Chisora.
And the other guy is Vitali Klitschko.
Damn the odds. Chisora, with only seventeen starts, seems to recognize two things. He is expected to lose and, because of that, he has nothing to lose from first bell to last.
How serious this fight is to be taken will largely be decided between those echoing clangs. The weigh-in will also provide clues. In the two biggest fights of his career to date, the scale has spoken volumes about what fans are going to get from Chisora.
In July 2011, the British-based Chisora took an undefeated mark into a battle with fellow undefeated Brit Tyson Fury. He also took close to twenty pounds too much with him into the ring. Make no mistake. Chisora-Fury ended up a good scrap. Fury proved to be highly underrated by the overly skeptical (ahem…). [Click Here To Read More]
Heading into a shot at WBC Heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO) this Saturday (Epix, 4:30 PM EST), it’s harded to find many giving him much of a shot at victory. Sure, he’s a dozen years younger. He’s coming off a career best performance.
But he’s Dereck Chisora.
And the other guy is Vitali Klitschko.
Damn the odds. Chisora, with only seventeen starts, seems to recognize two things. He is expected to lose and, because of that, he has nothing to lose from first bell to last.
How serious this fight is to be taken will largely be decided between those echoing clangs. The weigh-in will also provide clues. In the two biggest fights of his career to date, the scale has spoken volumes about what fans are going to get from Chisora.
In July 2011, the British-based Chisora took an undefeated mark into a battle with fellow undefeated Brit Tyson Fury. He also took close to twenty pounds too much with him into the ring. Make no mistake. Chisora-Fury ended up a good scrap. Fury proved to be highly underrated by the overly skeptical (ahem…). [Click Here To Read More]