By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British heavyweight Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) refuses to just go away quietly after IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) pulled out of his fight this Saturday night at the SAP Arena, in Mannheim, Germany. Chisora, 26, still insists that Wladimir has to fight him, saying that there’s a clause in the contract that says that Wladimir has to fight him at some point.
Derek Chisora
Derek Chisora
The entire Klitschko-Chisora card canceled along with main event
By Jim Dower: A big casualty of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s cancellation of his December 11th bout with Derek Chisora was that the entire undercard was canceled along with that fight. There were a lot of interesting fights that now won’t be taking place this weekend, and that’s unfortunate. Cruiserweight contender Ola Afolabi had a stay busy fight against Lubos Suda, lightweight Gabor was facing Alfred Kotey, middleweight contender Andy Lee had a career building fight against Daniel Urbanski and light middleweight Domonique Dolton was supposed to be fighting Joe Rea.
Is Chisora better off with the Klitschko fight having been canceled?
By William Mackay: While it may seem like a really big negative for unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) to have his December 11th bout with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) canceled because of Wladimir’s serious abdominal injury, it might not be that bad of a thing for the young 26-year-old Chisora. The biggest reason why Chisora is going to be alright form all of this is because he still has his British and Commonwealth titles, and he can go back to fighting at the domestic level without having suffered what likely would have been a humiliating defeat against Wladimir.
Wladimir pulls out of Chisora fight with torn abdominal injury, Haye likely next
By William Mackay: They say with every setback there’s a new door that opens. In the case of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s), he may end up with a much better fight than the Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) after pulling out of this Saturday’s fight with a torn abdominal injury on the left side of his midsection. Why Wladimir was still working out hard enough to injure himself so close to an important fight isn’t known, but this could still work out well for Wladimir.
Poor Chisora, now he doesn’t get to fight Wladimir
By Scott Gilfoid: Some people have the worst luck. British heavyweight Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) worked out feverishly for the past couple of months to get his big shot at a heavyweight title against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) and now with today’s news that Wladimir has injured his back and won’t be able to fight for as much six weeks, it looks like Chisora is out of luck for a title fight. This is got to hurt. Chisora was so close to getting a title shot and now look what happened. Maybe it was fate.
Chisora: I’ll hunt Klitschko down and go for the kill
By Dave Lahr: Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) is ready to go after IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) and knock him out to take away his titles on Saturday in front of Wladimir’s loyal German fans at the SAP-Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Klitschko has a weak chin and hasn’t faced someone with the kind of pressure, power and defensive ability that Chisora has going for him in this fight.
Wladimir says to Chisora: “I intend to punish you”
By Sean McDaniel: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) isn’t happy with the amount of trash talking that his opponent Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) has been doing during their recent press conferences to hype their fight on Saturday December 11th. Chisora hasn’t had any qualms about down grounding Wladimir as a fighter, feeling that he hasn’t been good for the sport. At the press conference on Monday, Chisora said “No other countries want to watch you. No one will pay to watch you in Vegas because you stink up the joint.”
Chisora shows no respect for Wladimir at press conference
By Jim Dower: [Photo credit: KMG/Dmitriy Abramov) Unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) had no niceties to say about IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at their pre-fight press conference yesterday in Germany. Indeed, rather than make the usual comments that fighters generally about how they’re going to beat such and such fighter, Chisora seemed to take it to another level for some reason. Perhaps Chisora himself was angry and didn’t know how to keep it on the present situation but whatever the case, he came across as angry.
Wladimir calls Chisora a “Horrible” person
By Sean McDaniel: [Photo credit: KMG/Dmitriy Abramov) IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has a fight this Saturday night against Britain’s Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) in a fight that will take place in Germany. Klitschko, 34, seems to have a lot of respect for the power and the boxing skills of the 26-year-old Chisora. However, Wladimir doesn’t particularly care for Chisora as a person, perhaps negatively influenced by some of the odd things that Chisora has done both inside and outside the ring. In the past, Chisora bit one of his opponents in a recent fight against Paul Butlin last year in May, and outside of the ring Chisora kissed 280 pound Carl Baker.
Chisora: Wladimir is “slow and on the downside of his career”
By Sean McDaniel: [Photo credit: KMG/Dmitriy Abramov) For a challenger with as little experience as unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) has he sure is one of the most confident fighters that you’ll ever run into. Chisora, who is outgunned in almost every category in his fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) is their fight for this Saturday night in Germany, speaks as if he’s the champion and Wladimir is nothing more than a mere challenger. And while some fighters are good at faking confidence, Chisora seems to really believe that he’s going to go out and run over Klitschko on Saturday.