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<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\nHello and welcome to ESPN’s live updates for what promises to be an all-action heavyweight clash between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n
– Derek Chisora’s remarkable career: Rolex watches, brawling with Haye & iconic fights<\/a> Billed as “an icon will fall,” both Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) and Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) will both make their 50th professional ring walks at The O2 in London.<\/p>\n Brit Chisora, 42, has said tonight will be his last before he retires from boxing.<\/p>\n Meanwhile American Wilder told ESPN this week his confidence is “through the roof” as he looks to show he can still come out on top in big fights.<\/p>\n Will it be the Union Jack or the Star-Spangled Banner that emerge victorious in London? Follow the action to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN Multiple Authors Apr 5, 2026, 05:45 AMEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions Hello and welcome to ESPN’s live updates for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-585626","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\/585626","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=585626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Deontay Wilder found peace; so is his alter-ego gone forever?<\/a>
– Wilder: Confidence is ‘through the roof’ for Chisora clash<\/a><\/p>\n