{"id":797354,"date":"2026-07-12T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797354\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:11:19","slug":"derek-chisora-delivers-his-verdict-on-reported-usyk-vs-deontay-wilder-fight-after-losing-to-both-he-always-has-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797354\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora delivers his verdict on reported Usyk vs Deontay Wilder fight after losing to both: “He always has that”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having lost on points to both Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> and Deontay Wilder<\/a>, Derek Chisora<\/a> has offered his take on their potential heavyweight showdown.<\/p>\n

The pair are reportedly in negotiations to collide under Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing banner<\/a>, with Usyk looking to stage his last dance in America.<\/p>\n

It came as a major story last month when the Ukrainian relinquished his WBC, IBF and WBA titles<\/a>, effectively taking one step closer towards retirement.<\/p>\n

This decision followed his 11th-round stoppage victory over Rico Verhoeven, who exceeded the majority of expectations with his commendable performance in May.<\/p>\n

Since then, Usyk has taken the time to consider his future but, even at the age of 39, he clearly feels an urge to enter one more fight.<\/p>\n

This, however, does not appear as though it will be a rematch with former kickboxing champion Verhoeven, who is ranked No.8 with the WBC after just two professional boxing matches.<\/p>\n

Rather, it would seem that Usyk is closing in on a clash with former WBC champion Wilder, who comes off a split decision victory over fellow veteran Chisora<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the post-fight press conference following their chaotic encounter in April, Chisora told media members that \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 \u2013 who floored him twice \u2013 remains a formidable puncher and will \u2018do well\u2019 against Usyk.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll do well [against Usyk]. He\u2019s got power. Wilder\u2019s got power for the first three rounds, then he fades, but he\u2019s always got that power. I\u2019m not gonna take that away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usyk scored a unanimous decision victory over Chisora in 2020<\/a>, before becoming a two-division undisputed champion by dethroning Tyson Fury in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having lost on points to both Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder, Derek Chisora has offered his take on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-797354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}