{"id":416787,"date":"2026-02-09T21:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416787\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:19:49","slug":"carl-froch-picks-a-winner-in-chisora-vs-wilder-hell-look-for-a-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416787\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Froch picks a winner in Chisora vs Wilder: &#8220;He&#8217;ll look for a way out&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Froch has revealed his prediction for Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora, believing that one man is likely to take control from round four onwards.<\/p>\n<p>The two heavyweights, each of them entering their 50th professional outing, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/derek-chisora-vs-deontay-wilder-official\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will headline a Misfits Pro card at London\u2019s O2 Arena on April 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chisora has been made a handy favourite, perhaps because of his last three performances, while many believe his American opponent to be over the hill.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder has, after all, claimed only two victories in his last six fights. The 40-year-old most recently scored a seventh-round finish over Tyrrell Herndon in June, but prior to that he was forced to suffer two punishing defeats against Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker.<\/p>\n<p>Even before those fights, a first-round demolition job of Robert Helenius in 2022 failed to convince many fans that, following back-to-back stoppage losses to Tyson Fury, the former world champion had recovered his destructive form.<\/p>\n<p>Chisora, meanwhile, has secured three points victories over Otto Wallin, Joe Joyce and Gerald Washington since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/live\/boxing\/63598976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">torrid 10th-round stoppage defeat to Fury<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Though some big names in the sport believe the 42-year-old Brit should have already hung up his gloves, there is a sense that he has just enough left in the tank to defeat Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>One man who shares that opinion is Hall of Famer Froch, who, while speaking directly with Chisora on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vxr1w-zecFg?si=oMnEoCkOC67S6GbJ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Froch On Fighting<\/a>, went on to predict a favourable outcome for the British veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that you\u2019re getting him at the right time. Not that that\u2019s a problem, but he\u2019s also getting you at the right time, because you\u2019re at the end of your career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI make you a slight favourite because you\u2019ve always got the work rate; you\u2019ve always got that drive and that refusal to quit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you get on his chest and start pushing him back after round four, five and six, he\u2019s going to be looking at the exit door, thinking, \u2018I want to go home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chisora will look to set a fast pace and smother Wilder, who must prove wrong those who brand him \u2018gun-shy.\u2019 Retirement seems to be the only option for the loser, but \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 has indicated he will fight on regardless of the outcome. Chisora, meanwhile, says he will hang up the gloves, win, lose or draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carl Froch has revealed his prediction for Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora, believing that one man is likely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-416787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}