‘War’ Chisora was in a typical mischievous mood; he repeatedly swore as he predicted a “one-round” knockout. <\/p>\n
Host Adam Smith was forced to frequently interrupt and apologise to viewers for the bad language, but Chisora did not relent, at one point encourgaing chants from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Despite 13 losses against elite opposition – including Vitali Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk, and three bouts with Tyson Fury – Chisora has built a loyal fanbase through his quirky personality and relentless, come-forward style.<\/p>\n
“Boxing is so easy: it’s put your hands up and hit the other guy. That’s it,” he said.<\/p>\n
A loss for Wilder would also likely spell the end of his career. <\/p>\n
Arriving 45 minutes late and apologising for his “tardiness”, the American made a bizarre plug for a brand of mouthguard before repeating previous comments about needing to “heal” from personal issues and past losses.<\/p>\n
Once regarded as boxing’s most devastating puncher, the former WBC heavyweight champion has stopped 43 opponents in 44 wins, often in spectacular fashion. <\/p>\n
“What happens when a warrior comes against a freak of nature? Derek comes to fight, but I’m coming with detonation,” Wilder said.<\/p>\n
However, the “Bronze Bomber” has lost four of his past six fights. Since his punishing trilogy with Tyson Fury – a rivalry that saw him knocked down five times and stopped twice – Wilder has struggled to rediscover his destructive form.<\/p>\n
“I know when I hang up the gloves, people will miss me,” he said. “When I say I’m gone, I’m gone. So enjoy me while I’m here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘War’ Chisora was in a typical mischievous mood; he repeatedly swore as he predicted a “one-round” knockout. Host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-582347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}