A FORMER world champion has made a brutal prediction for the heavyweight showdown between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder.
The veteran heavyweights will on April 4.
Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder will trade heavy leather in a clash of veteran heavyweights next monthCredit: GETTY
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has given his prediction for the heavyweight shootoutCredit: GETTY
Both men are extremely past their respective primes and have one foot out of the sport.
The fight could be very well be decided by who is more over the hill, a debate which is currently being had by fans.
But former WBC cruiserweight champion foresees only one outcome coming to fruition.
He told First Round Boxing : “If this fight would have been made three or four years ago, it would have probably caused murder.
“But, at this stage now, I think that he [Derek] will come through a few dodgy moments in the first couple of rounds and then he will go right through him.
“Like a knife through butter, in the second half of the fight.”
Bellew isn’t ruling out the possibility of rolling back the years and detonating his nuclear missile of a right hand on the chin of .
But he has serious questions over the 40-year-old’s desire at this stage of his career.
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will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of , Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
March
- Sat 21 – George Liddard vs Tyler Denny – British & Commonwealth Middleweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sun 5 – Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper – Sky Sports
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 2 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
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“Wilder is always going to have that punch,” he said. “But I just don’t believe that he actually wants it, the way that Del wants it.
“I think that has been apparent in his last few fights.”
The capital clash with Wilder will be Chisora’s 50th professional bout, which he’s billed as his swansong.
But Bellew said of the fan favourite: “I don’t think that he will ever retire from boxing.
“Boxing will retire that lunatic; he won’t retire from boxing, which is sad.”
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