By Allan Fox: Dereck Chisora (15-3, 9 KO’s) fought well tonight, but not well enough to get the win in his title challenge against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KO’s), losing by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Olympiahalle, in Munich, Germany.

Chisora landed a lot of clean shots in the fight, and arguably gave Vitali his toughest fight since his loss to Lennox Lewis in 2003. However, it wasn’t enough for Chisora, as he lost by the scores of 118-110, 118-110 and 119-111. After the fight, Chisora and his promoter Frank Warren mentioned wanting a rematch against Vitali. Chisora also said he wouldn’t mind fighting Vitali’s brother, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko as well.

Chisora said “I want another fight. I want a rematch or to fight his younger brother [Wladimir].”

A rematch against Vitali is kind of a tough ask given how wide the scores were. 118-110 and 119-111 aren’t particularly close scores and it would be hard for Vitali to make a case to the boxing public that Chisora deserves a second chance. Chisora fought well, but he still lost a lot of rounds due to his lack of boxing ability. He showed good ability with his pressure fighting, but Chisora doesn’t throw enough punches and was out-boxed by Vitali in most of the rounds, as was the case in Chisora’s loss to 6’9″ Tyson Fury last year.

A rematch between Vitali and Chisora wouldn’t be much different than this fight, because Chisora was maxed out tonight, fighting all out. There is no strategy or extra something that he could dig up in his body that would enable him to win enough rounds in a rematch. Chisora simply isn’t a boxer; he’s a puncher and he’ll always get out-boxed by guys like Vitali, Wladimir, Fury and the better heavyweights in the division.

Chisora trailed early in the fight when Vitali was able to land a lot of right hands to get off to a quick lead. Chisora came back at little in the middle rounds with his pressure and high work rate. But Vitali pulled away in the last four rounds with his right hands. He landed a lot of clean hard rights to the head of the incoming Chisora to keep ensure the win. Chisora was completely desperate by the 11th and 12th, badly needing a knockout but not having a big enough punch to get one.

Chisora confronted Wladimir and Vitali after the fight, and had to be pulled away from. Before the bout started, Chisora spit in the face of Wladimir in what appeared to be retaliation for Wladimir having requested that he have his hand wraps re-wrapped in what looked like a bit of gamesmanship by Wladimir. Chisora might also have spit in Wladimir’s face for him pulling out of two fights with him in 2010 and 2011.

Wladimir was very angry about having Chisora spit in his face, but probably not angry enough to fight him. Wladimir is already fighting on March 3rd against Jean Marc Mormeck and after that he had to defend his title against his IBF mandatory challenger Tony Thompson. Chisora will have to wait a while before he gets a shot against Wladimir if he ever does get a chance. Chisora has lost three out of his last four fights now, and he needs to get some badly needed wins under his belt before he starts calling out champions. Before the Vitali fight, Chisora was ranked at #15 by the WBC, but he’ll likely not be a top tier heavyweight after this bout.