Chisora: I’m faster than Wladimir

By Boxing News - 01/27/2011 - Comments

Image: Chisora: I'm faster than WladimirBy Dave Lahr: Unbeaten British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) will be looking to open some eyes on April 30th by knocking out IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in their fight in Mannheim, Germany. Although it’s going to look like an upset to most boxing fans, it will be considered business as usual for Chisora. He knows he’s better than Wladimir and he’s going to be showing the world what he already knows.

Chisora has seen enough of Wladimir’s fights to realize he’s a vulnerable fighter and not as good as people think he is. This is why Chisora is eagerly awaiting his April 30th fight against Wladimir so that he can knock him out, take his two titles and prove to the world that he’s much better than the much hyped Ukrainian.

In an interview at East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio program, Chisora said “Wladimir’s beatable. In the past there has never been any very good heavyweights in the past six years or great fighters. Wladimir is very beable. He’s there for the taking and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m excited about the guy. He’s got really good hand speed, but I’m faster than him, and I move a lot and I’m 27 and he’s 35.”

Chisora is very fast and he’s incredibly hard to hit because he stays low and he uses a lot of head movement. Chisora is like a better version of Joe Frazier in terms of head movement. He’s very hard to hit. Wladimir is going to likely be on full shutdown when he realizes how hard it is to land his shots against Chisora. Like in the past when Wladimir fought guys that made him miss, he’s going to stop throwing power shots and just flick out his jab repeatedly. That won’t be enough to slow down Chisora, who will duck Wladimir’s jabs and get inside to land power shots on Wladimir’s glass-like chin.

Chisora continues “He’s never boxed any fighter like me for his entire career. All the guys he’s faced, they’re all scared of him. I ain’t scared of him. That will make it more interesting because he’s been at the top for the last six years and it gives me more drive to take him off his thrown. I’m excited about the fight.”

Wladimir is going to be in deep trouble on April 30th, because Chisora has looked very impressive in destroying his opponents in the UK. He’s looked unbeatable up until now. Chisora outgrew the UK a long time ago and needed to face higher class competition so that he could keep growing.



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