Boxing

DILLIAN WHYTE believes Derek Chisora ‘let himself down’ against Oleksandr Usyk and should have had David Haye in his corner.
Chisora was beaten on points by the former cruiserweight king, and despite winning early rounds, Usyk settled into a rhythm as the fight played out.

Dillian Whyte said Dereck Chisora ‘let himself down’ against Oleksandr UsykCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

Whyte has two wins over heavyweight rival Chisora Credit: Getty Images – Getty

Whyte, 32, criticised Chisora’s trainers for failing to order more body shots and said manager David Haye should have been in the corner.
He told Sky Sports: “I thought Derek could have done much better.
“He let himself down by not having any boxing experience in his corner to tell him and guide him to tell him what to do and not to do.
“He just went into the ring with the mindset of knockout, knockout, knockout, and that didn’t work. And he just stuck to that game plan.

“Dereck was the boss in the corner. There wasn’t anyone in there. He had some good MMA guys in there, but they’re not boxing coaches.
“They weren’t giving him the advice that he needed to make the changes and adjustments to beat someone like Usyk.
“I would have told Derek to get his jab going and go to the body more often and start cutting the ring off.
“When Derek did hit him to the body, Usyk didn’t like it. He was complaining and that he was getting hurt to the body.

Whyte said Chisora’s manager David Haye should have been in his corner Credit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

“The corner wasn’t strong enough. Keep working the body and stop targeting the head because Usyk was leaning back and making Derek miss.
“So he should have started targeting the body. I gave Derek three or four rounds at max.”
Whyte, who has twice defeated 36-year-old Chisora, added: “They caught Derek at the right time.
“Why wasn’t David Haye in his corner? Someone that actually knows what they’re doing.
“Not just having mates in his corner in the biggest fight of his life.”
Chisora vowed to bounce back from the loss after a fortnight of rest and put to bed anY talk of retirement.
He told IFL TV: “Two weeks off and I’m back in the gym. Keep grinding.
“I’m not retiring yet. I love boxing so much. I can still punch.”

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DEONTAY WILDER has rejected Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train him and declared: ‘I don’t feel love from that man’.
The retired legend has twice reiterated that he wanted to take the heavyweight under his wing and coach him to beat Tyson Fury.

Deontay Wilder has rejected Floyd Mayweather’s offer to train himCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Mayweather twice offered to train Wilder Credit: Getty Images – Getty

But Wilder – who sacked assistant coach Mark Breland for throwing in the towel against Fury – believes Mayweather’s offer was only ‘for publicity’.
He told Barbershop Conversations: “My thing is, every fighter I’ve fought, Floyd has bet against me.
“It ain’t even for me to discuss. Why all of a sudden, do you want to train? Even with Mark, ‘I need [a trainer], Mark ain’t on the team no more.’
“Nobody had anything good to say about my trainers before, but all of a sudden, ‘You need him.’

“All this time, and all of a sudden now? Why? I don’t need anybody. I’ve made it all this far. Why do I need to change up anything?
“Of course, we need to replace, and you’re going to see what it is. But nobody has reached out to me.
“It’s publicity. When I see people do that stuff, it’s for publicity.
“But to the offer, thank you, but no thank you. I don’t feel any love from that man, bro. Their actions don’t show that.

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“It’s fake love to me, but they know that themselves. They can’t look me in the eyes and tell me they care about me and want to see me do well.
“They can’t look me in the eyes and be sincere about that because I would feel them.
“They can’t do that because they know it’s not real. It’s not. It’s for publicity and stuff.”
Mayweather, 43, announced plans to move into coaching after his uncle and former trainer Roger passed away aged 58 in March.
But his idea to work with Wilder appears dead in the water, as Fury cancelled the trilogy after their rematch clause expired.
The Bronze Bomber reacted furiously and demanded the Gypsy King, 32, honour their contract.
He also made astonishing accusations of Fury ‘cheating’ by loading his gloves with ‘something hard’ in both their fights.

Wilder lost his WBC title against Tyson Fury Credit: Getty Images – Getty
The claim – made without any evidence – comes despite a member of Wilder’s team and the athletic commission observing Fury having his hands wrapped and gloves fitted.
The 35-year-old then followed up by claiming his water was SPIKED last February and was left with ‘no control’ over his body.
He made the excuse, again without evidence, while speaking to told 78SPORTSTV.
Wilder said: “About 15 minutes before going out to the fight, warming up on the mitts, it was perfect, I felt great.
“Until I went to the ring. That transformation, I was drinking certain water and stuff, trying to keep myself hydrated.
“I just start feeling weird. My water was spiked as if I took a muscle relaxer or something like that.
“After a fight is over with and it don’t go in your favour you’re always looking for what happened.
“Certain things, the atmosphere just didn’t seem right. It felt like something was about to go down, and not in my favour.
“It wasn’t just the suit, my water was tampered with.”

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TONY BELLEW has branded Deontay Wilder ‘insane’ over his claim Tyson Fury cheated to defeat him in February.
The American broke his silence over the weekend following the loss of his WBC heavyweight title to the Gypsy King.

Tony Bellew has branded Deontay Wilder ‘insane’ over his cheating claimsCredit: Reuters

The Bronze Bomber sensationally accused Tyson Fury of cheating in his victory back in FebruaryCredit: AP:Associated Press

Wilder claimed Fury tampered with his gloves to put his fist in an improper position and stated the Brit had a hard concealed object in his gloves.
The Bronze Bomber also claimed his water was spiked with muscle relaxers before the fight, hinting it may have even been done by his own trainer Mark Breland.
He hinted at further disloyalty by Breland, who threw in the towel to stop Wilder’s brutal beating, while he blamed the loss on referee Kenny Bayless as well in his astonishing rant.
Now former world champ Bellew has also had his say, telling talkSPORT he thinks Wilder ‘has lost the plot’.

He said: “Insane, really insane. Whatever he’s been smoking it needs to stop. It’s absolutely insane. It’s impossible what he’s saying.
“What’s happened here is Deontay Wilder’s gone missing for quite a while.
“And he’s just got a lot of back-slappers and yes-men around him. And in the end he’s listened to these guys for months and he’s come out now and made an absolute fool of himself.”
Bellew continued: “It’s very, very sad because he’s a really good, strong fighter Deontay Wilder and he doesn’t need to go down this path.

“It’s just absolutely ludicrous. It’s ridiculous and it looks like he’s lost the plot.

The Gypsy King’s promoter Frank Warren has also rubbished those claimsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

“Which is very sad because Deontay Wilder, if he just comes out and says, ‘You know what guys, I lost, it happens, it’s boxing.’
“He goes into the third fight, looks at the mistakes he made, looks to rectify them. He’s always got that puncher’s chance.
“But coming out and saying that? It’s not possible. It’s insane, it’s just madness.”

Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has also rubbished the glove-tampering claims.
Echoing Bellew’s reaction, he said: “All these stories, basically he’s demeaning himself and people lose respect for him when he’s coming out with this stuff.
“Just so the fans know what happens, when two guys fight for a world title as happened in Vegas and in most places around the world, a representative from the other side gets to watch the respective boxers’ hands being wrapped or bandaged by their trainers.
“These are then signed by a representative from the local commission, which was the [Nevada Athletic] commission in that case.
“When the boxers put their gloves on, they [the officials and the other boxer’s representatives] watch them being gloved up. Then around the top of the glove where the laces are, they’re normally taped up [to prevent tampering].
“And again, these are signed sometimes by the referee or by an official from the governing body. So, that’s what happened.
“To talk about weights [in Fury’s gloves], is ridiculous and beyond stupid. It’s just garbage… If anyone should scream, it’s Tyson over the first fight in California [scored a draw]. He was robbed, absolutely robbed.
“Terrible decision, but Tyson was a man, he never made one complaint, he just got on with it and put the wrong right in the second fight by doing an absolute job on Deontay, and Mark Breland saved him from further punishment.”
Fury has chosen to fight unbeaten German Agit Kabayel on his UK homecoming, Warren revealed.
Fury decided to walk away from a trilogy bout with Wilder after the rematch clause expired last month.He will return to the ring on December 5 for a tune-up before focusing his efforts on an undisputed title decider against Anthony Joshua next year.

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