DEREK CHISORA, at the age of 40, perhaps would have been much wiser if he had done a Joe Biden a couple of years ago and quit the heavyweight race. The perfect time would have been immediately after Tyson Fury had given him a terrible ten-round belting in 2022. It was another brutal defeat, one of 13 for Chisora in his riotous 17-year, 47-fight career.
He has endured a total of 135 torrid rounds against a mob of savage punchers. They include Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Fury (twice), Joseph Parker (twice), Kubrat Pulev (twice), David Haye and Oleksandr Usyk . Zimbabwe-born Chisora has been one of the most successful, courageous and colourful characters to have graced British rings.
He has won British, Commonwealth and European titles and been a two-time world championship challenger. When I told Chisora he should think seriously about hanging up his gloves, he said he would think about it. It must have been a fleeting thought because Del Boy is still at it.
And, no doubt to the delight of his huge ringside following — who don’t take the punches — he tangles with Joe Joyce at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS Derek said: “I listen to nobody — I’m my own boss. I make my own decisions and I do what I want to do.
“I only care to bring enjoyment to those hard-working people in this beautiful nation of ours.” Chisora is an enigma and a maverick, and the fans love him. He is a one-man soap opera, never far from chaos and c.