{"id":525874,"date":"2026-04-11T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525874\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:16:09","slug":"derek-chisora-british-heavyweight-calls-for-wilder-rematch-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525874\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora: British heavyweight calls for Wilder rematch after retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">British heavyweight Derek Chisora has hinted at a return to boxing despite planning to retire after his loss to Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chisora, 42, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c78lzl79q18o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a points defeat by Wilder<\/a> in a wild heavyweight contest last Saturday, with the Brit dropped in the eighth round and sent through the ropes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before the bout, Chisora said it would be his final fight &#8211; however, he hesitated to confirm this decision in the ring afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now, Chisora is pushing for a rematch, saying he was &#8220;upset&#8221; with the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m very upset with the scoring,&#8221; Chisora told TalkSport before Tyson Fury&#8217;s return to the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The two knockdowns that were given were pushes. It was an embarrassment. I&#8217;m not happy with that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The whole thing was a shambles, on my side and his side as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to get the rematch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chisora went on to confirm that he is only interested in a rematch with his most recent rival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British heavyweight Derek Chisora has hinted at a return to boxing despite planning to retire after his loss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-525874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525874","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=525874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}