{"id":506775,"date":"2026-04-01T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/506775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:47:07","slug":"derek-chisora-names-the-heavyweight-who-hit-him-hardest-ahead-of-wilder-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/506775\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora names the heavyweight who hit him hardest ahead of Wilder fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, Derek Chisora<\/a> fights one of the hardest natural punchers in heavyweight history, as he collides with Deontay Wilder in his supposed farewell fight. Ahead of the scrap, Chisora has unveiled a surprise name as the man who has hit him hardest thus far in his 49-fight career.<\/p>\n

Chisora has faced a host of heavyweights considered to be major punchers and has been stopped four times during his almost two-decade-long spell in the sport, with David Haye being the first to halt him, in their 2012 grudge match at Upton Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two years later, \u2018Del Boy\u2019 fell to Tyson Fury in their 2014 rematch, when he attempted to become a two-time British champion and the EBU European heavyweight titleholder, as his corner pulled him out after round 10.<\/p>\n

In 2018, after a gruelling rematch with Dillian Whyte, Chisora was knocked out whilst ahead on the scorecards in round 11, that being the solitary pure \u2018KO\u2019 defeat to date for the 43-year-old.<\/p>\n

Finally, in a second unsuccessful challenge for world honours, \u2018Del Boy\u2019 was denied in round 10 by Fury once again in 2022, in a one-sided trilogy clash that remains as his most recent defeat.<\/p>\n

Yet, in an interview with Givemesport<\/a>, Chisora accredited the hardest punch that he has felt to a man that he beat twice, believing that Paul Butlin, whom he decisioned in 2008 and 2009, caught him with the best shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Butlin from Wales [hit me the hardest].\u201d<\/p>\n

Butlin was a veteran journeyman who also shared the ring with fighters such as Anthony Joshua and Lucas Browne, but had claimed just three stoppage wins in his 41 professional contests.<\/p>\n

Despite Chisora\u2019s words, Butlin hails from Leicester, meaning that Chisora could have instead meant to name Welshman Darren Morgan -whom he fought in his third pro bout back in 2007 and has also since praised his power \u2013 with six of Morgan\u2019s eight wins coming by knockout.<\/p>\n

Wilder will hope that he can remove any confusion and register a more devastating blow, as he seeks to become the first non-Briton to dispatch of Chisora when they meet at the O2 Arena on Saturday night.<\/a><\/p>\n