{"id":514049,"date":"2026-04-05T10:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:37:09","slug":"boxing-fans-spot-the-remarkable-moment-deontay-wilder-tells-rival-derek-chisora-im-sorry-i-love-you-moments-before-punching-him-out-of-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514049\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing fans spot the remarkable moment Deontay Wilder tells rival Derek Chisora ‘I’m sorry, I love you’ moments before punching him out of the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

By OLIVER TODD, DIGITAL HEAD OF SPORT<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 04:36 EDT, 5 April 2026 | Updated: 05:10 EDT, 5 April 2026 <\/p>\n

Deontay Wilder<\/a> appeared to send a message of ‘love’ to Derek Chisora<\/a>\u00a0before piling in punches to send him to the canvas in his chaotic victory in the boxing main event at the O2 Arena on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Chisora’s last night in boxing before retirement ended in defeat on a split decision to the American on a night Daily Mail Sport’s Jeff Powell called ‘The Fight of the Century’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it seems the respect between the two fighters was on full show – even midway through their fight.<\/p>\n

A clip of Wilder, 40, has gone viral on social media after he appeared to profess his ‘love’ to the 42-year-old Brit before raining down punches on him.<\/p>\n

‘I’m sorry, I love you,’ Wilder appears to say. He then sends Chisora crashing through the ropes at the O2 with a barrage of punches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Deontay <\/p>\n

Deontay Wilder sends Derek Chisora to the floor – after telling him ‘I’m sorry, I love you’<\/p>\n

Chisora, for his part, later said the ropes were ‘loose’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The ropes were very loose. I went on the ropes, he fell into me, the ref said break. I went through the ropes, they started counting. The second time they took a point but still counted me out and I don’t understand why.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilder later claimed he took it easy on Chisora in the later rounds out of respect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Too many lives have been lost in this ring,’ he said in his post-fight interview on DAZN. ‘Nobody give a f*** about us. Fighters have to look after each other. I didn’t wanna go too hard on him.’<\/p>\n

\"Later, <\/p>\n

Later, Chisora delivered Five Guys burgers to the dressing room of his American rival<\/p>\n

The two fighters were later pictured together in Wilder’s dressing room, sharing burgers from Five Guys that Chisora had brought in as a peace offering.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chisora, who disagreed with the scorecards on the night, was not definitive on if he would stick with his plans to retire after this fight.<\/p>\n

‘You know what, I don’t know. God’s honest truth I don’t know,’ Chisora said. He later added:\u00a0‘To be honest with you, I’m tired now. I can’t do it anymore. You know when it’s time, it’s time.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve had a great career.’<\/p>\n

Deontay Wilder<\/a>Derek Chisora<\/a><\/p>\n

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