Comments Thread For: Chisora: Tell Taylor, Prograis To Go Box in F***ing Glasgow!

[1hourRun]

Del Boy isn't holding anybody hostage. He's just playing the fool. "If I'm not headlining the show, give me more money"

Yeah right!

Sounds like extortion to me.

[Corelone]

Sounds like extortion to me.

Extort Eddie Hearn? Chisora's best bet is to worry about Parker. Parker boxes better than Whyte and might hit harder. Del Boy has a fan base like old Frank Sinatra. They paid big bucks to watch him croak. Chisora is just clearing his throat, but he swells up like a frog.

[KING5TWENTY]

This is my issue with the UK and there fans. America has a long rich history of fighters from other countries headlining some of our biggest shows. Nobody cares he's English he is by far the weakest name on the bill with 2 champs and a former champ on the card,he's a journeyman with a bunch of losses get him off the card.

[apollocreed]

As others have said as far as
London is concerned. He’s right.

Although Scots do travel.

Generally he’s right as well. Your casual British boxing fan cares about heavyweights first and foremost.

I mean whose the featherweight equivalent of Henry Cooper? There’s no one.

Naseem Hamed was a massive headline star, casuals wanted to see him and he was a featherweight.

Henry Cooper never even won a title anyway.

[apollocreed]

This is my issue with the UK and there fans. America has a long rich history of fighters from other countries headlining some of our biggest shows. Nobody cares he's English he is by far the weakest name on the bill with 2 champs and a former champ on the card,he's a journeyman with a bunch of losses get him off the card.

I’m English and I agree with you. Casual fans want to see Chisora because they think he guarantees excitement. He’s had 9 losses ffs.

[PBR Streetgang]

No, Chisora is just promoting the event. Obviously Chisora is the best known name on the card.

My guess is that Eddie and Kalle were more than happy Del Boy pulled this stunt. Free press and media buzz. There is a reason Dereck still gets fights; He brings drama inside and outside the ring.

[Sosay]

UK fans show love is all. No one outside of the UK would care if he is on the PPV card. Ley him fight last off of TV and everything is solved. Idk about the gate but Chisora is literally a nobody to heavyweight boxing fans.

[aaronbnb]

Chisora is right though. He way more famous than the other fighters especially Prograis. Yes, he loses everytime he steps up but so did Gatti and a bunch of others you could count on for a good fight.

[Mikedadon]

Barry McGuigan was a hugely popular featherweight in the UK. Hatton was huge as well - in popularity and fan base terms, if not in size.

Dont forget the prince as well

[Dip_Slide]

Total disrespect to everyone involved. How can you sign a deal to fight someone and then try to negotiate by disrespecting everyone in public? If Hearn wants to have any credibility he should actually just pull him from that card and put another decent fight in there and let him fight Parker on a different card for less money or not at all. The one nobody gives a damn about is actually Dereck Chisora.