By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (60-3, 51 KO’s) and Britain’s Dereck Chisora (17-4, 11 KO’s) bumped into each other in a nightclub in Ibiza, Spain and the two reportedly had to be pulled apart, according to The Mirror. It’s unclear what was set between them, but whatever it was the two had to be separated by the bouncers at the nightclub.
Chisroa’s trainer Don Charles said to The Mirror “They have history but it was purely coincidence that they bumped into each other during their holidays.”
Yes, it is quite a coincidence, especially when Chisora just said that he wanted to fight WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko next after Chisora’s controversial 6th round stoppage victory over American Malik Scott on July 20th of this month in London, England.
Chisora had nailed Scott with a shot that appeared to hit him in the back of the head and send him down on the canvas. The referee then counted to 9 and stopped the fight as Scott got back to his feet. Afterwards, Chisora said he had “unfinished business” with Vitali Klitschko.
What are the odds of Wladimir and Chisora running into each other in a place like Ibiza? It’s pretty astronomical if you ask me.
If anyone who has unfinished business it’s Wladimir, as Chisora spit water in his face last year in February when Wladimir was in the ring before Chisora’s fight against Vitali in Munich, Germany. It was caught on camera replayed many times and it obviously didn’t endear Chisora to Wladimir.
Wladimir and Chisora were on course to fight in 2011, but Wladimir suffered an abdominal injury that wiped out the fight. After it healed, Wladimir chose to fight David Haye instead.
At this point it would probably make Wladimir very happy to fight Chisora, but he can’t do it because Chisora is a 2nd tier fighter without a top 15 ranking. Wladimir probably wouldn’t be allowed to take the fight by the sanctioning bodies, and boxing fans would skewer Wladimir if he faced a guy like Chisora who has lost 4 out of his last 7 fights. The fight would probably do well in Germany, but how do you get up for a fight against a guy with that many losses in his last four fights? That’s not even sporting.
Malik Scott was in the lead over Chisora at the time of their stoppage and it looked like Chisora was on his way to yet another loss when he hurt Scott with the right hand to the back of the head.
I don’t think Wladimir would want to do Chisora a favor by fighting him now anyway.
That would be helping him out and sending the wrong message that his past behavior worked in getting him the bigger fights. Besides that, I don’t think Wladimir would want to deal with the unpredictable nature of Chisora in leading up to the fight. Having to potentially deal with something unexpected from Chisora is probably something Wladimir would rather do without.
He’d easily beat Chisora in the ring, but having to deal with the drama from him during the run up to the fight would be off putting. Chisora would have no chance of winning the fight, so I could see him acting up the entire time before the fight and making things difficult for Wladimir.
Wladimir is better off letting Chisora earn his way to a title shot by fighting his way to the mandatory position. I can’t see that happening, but if it does it’s going to take Chisora a long, long time unless the sanctioning bodies shoot him from his 2nd tier position all the way to the top spot next year.
Do I see that happening? Heck no. Chisora will be lucky if he can get to the mandatory spot in 3 years, and that’s if he stops losing. Four losses in the last seven fights suggests that Chisora will be losing again real soon unless he’s very carefully matched.
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