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‘Too hard a night’ – Dereck Chisora told he will NOT be trained by Dave Coldwell if he takes Deontay Wilder fight

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DAVE COLDWELL has revealed he will NOT train Derek Chisora should the British heavyweight face Deontay Wilder next.

Promoter Eddie Hearn urged the Bronze Bomber to challenge the British heavyweight after the latter’s defeat to Joseph Parker last month.

Derek Chisora’s trainer Dave Coldwell (far right) has warned his man against fighting Deontay WilderCredit: Reuters
American knockout specialist Wilder has been stopped by Tyson Fury in his last two outingsCredit: PA

Del Boy, 38, has lost his last three fights inside the ring – once against unified champion Oleksandr Usyk and twice against New Zealand banger Parker.

Meanwhile Wilder, who teased retirement in December, is coming off the back of two knockout defeats at the hands of Tyson Fury.

And Hearn believes that Chisora would be the ‘perfect’ next opponent for the Alabama native, as he described him as an ‘easy comeback fight’.

He told the DAZN Boxing Show: “Deontay Wilder, we want to see you back in the ring. I’ve got the perfect guy for you – Derek Chisora.

“Come on, he’s getting on a little bit, he’s coming off three defeats on the spin now. Easy comeback fight for Deontay Wilder. Derek’s ready.”

Chisora’s trainer Coldwell instantly took to social media following his comments where he told the Matchroom promoter to ‘put away the sherry’.

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And Coldwell has since declared that he will refuse to help Chisora battle the former WBC king should he decide to pit his wits against him.

Asked by talkSPORT whether he’d help Chisora train for the potential dust-up, he said: “No, no, no. It’s not something I want to see. I think it’s just too hard a night for him.

“Derek’s Derek and he’ll do what he wants to do. It doesn’t matter what anybody says, it’s the same as how he’s been all the way through his career.

“When it comes down to, ‘Does he fight again or doesn’t he fight again?’ Yes, he will listen to people’s advice when it comes to opponents and things like that, but Derek wants to fight certain people.

“If he wants the fights, then they’ll happen. If I had my way, he wouldn’t be fighting Deontay Wilder, that’s for sure.”

Instead, Coldwell would like to see Wilder get involved in a blockbuster bout against his British star Anthony Joshua.

He remarked: “It doesn’t matter how many losses these two guys have on their records – AJ vs Wilder is always going to be a fight people are always going to want to see.

“We look at the UFC, people don’t really talk about records in the UFC.

“They talk about, ‘Is it going to be a good fight?’ And then when the fight happens, ‘Was it a good fight?’

“It’s not so much about, ‘He’s won this and he’s lost that,’ it’s not so much about that.

“That’s one thing I think boxing falls behind on, where we are too much intent on valuing records so much. When a fighter gets beat that’s him ‘done’ and he’s ‘finished’.

“These are fighters. Fighters are going to want to fight. And when they’ve got something to give, then people are always going to want to see them.

“Deontay Wilder can punch, he’s exciting, and he showed he’s got the toughness about him to be involved in some great fights.”

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