Boxing

DERECK CHISORA put on the performance of his life but was handed a heartbreaking points loss against Oleksandr Usyk.
One bookie had a Del Boy win as wide as 80-1 and a win against the Olympic champ and undisputed cruiserweight king would have gone alongside Brit icon Llloyd Honeyghan’s celebrated shock 1986 win over Donald Curry.

Oleksandr Usyk secured a unanimous points win against Dereck ChisoraCredit: ©Dave Thompson/Route One Ltd

The two boxers congratulated each other after a performance full of heartCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

Chisora was cherry picked by Usyk as a walking punchbag with a big fanbase and he ended up almost outwitting him in an empty Wembley Arena
The Londoner was was a bulldozer for most of the night but also boxed with a brilliant gameplan and poise, waiting until his 42nd fight to start boxing southpaw but the scores were 117-112 and 115-113 twice, all for Ukraine master Usyk.
Chisora enjoyed the dream start, stalking his prey around the ring and hurling hooks into his ribs and head.

Dereck Chisora was eager to try and bag an early KOCredit: ©Dave Thompson/Route One Ltd
Usyk stumbled into the ropes once but didn’t look hurt and he and gym-mate Vasiliy Lomachenko are famously slow starters, which Del Boy promised to gain from.

The success continued into the second, Usyk was skirting around on the ropes and getting tagged with looping shots.
All the MMA training the 36-year-old had done at cage fighting gym was paying off as he bullied the three-stone lighter man in the regular clinches.
Haye teased Usyk’s ringside team before the third started, but the ice-cool Ukrainians warned him it was going to be a long night.
Chisora landed another string of hooks but Usyk was catching them on his gloves and never looked hurt.

Dereck Chisora landed some heavy shots early onCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

Oleksandr Usyk landed his own power punches that the judges seemed to likeCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

One left hook was thrown with such power the Brit spun a full 360 degrees but Usyk missed the chance to counter.
A booming right hand into Usyk’s ribs must have winded and he grabbed a breather moments later when he went down to his knee but the referee called it a slip.
Usyk finally had more success in the fifth, when he finally got busier but even his own team had their main losing on their unofficial cards.
Ringside Chisora friend Anthony Joshua was yelling “Joe Frazier, just like Joe Frazier” to inspire his man to throw his Frazier’s famous left hooks to the head.

Chisora battled well and was gutted at losing the fightCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
But it was a body shot that was the best moment of the stanza, another howitzer up Usyk’s unguarded ribs.
But Usyk had his best round in the seventh, the bell saved Chisora as the bookies’ favourite was pinging his shaved head up against the ropes.
He didn’t rush back out in the eighth but he banged Chisora with brilliant punches as the 18st veteran began to tire.
Miraculously Chisora roared back in the ninth, tagging Usyk with rights and left to the head and body.
The barnstormer took another twist in the tenth when Chisora’s second wave seemed to waver and Usyk scored with head shots but again the grizzled old warhorse kept swinging.

The judges were impressed with Usyk’s superior boxing skillsCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
For three crazy seconds at the start of the 11th it seemed like Chisora switched off, he turned away and took a stroll along the ropes.
He was either playing possum or showboating and it worried his fanclub until he snapped back into the moment.
And every member of Team Chisora leaped to their feet celebrating what they thought was going to be a points decision only to be disappointed.
Speaking after his second win as a heavyweight, Usyk said: “It is a real test at heavyweight, it is testing.
“Chisora is a big guy, a hard guy, it’s beautiful, boxing, I love boxing.
“I fought his fight, I was expecting that, even a tougher fight.”
Meanwhile Chisora was devastated at the loss, believing he had done enough to win.
The 36-year-old told Sky Sports: “I think I won, 100 per cent, I was pushing the pace, yes I gave a couple of rounds away, but the judges saw it different.
“Pressure was landing, and my body shots. I am just disappointed. You have to take shots, it is a fight game, he did very well.
“I am disappointed with the result, basically gutted. I am just gutted, I am p***** off, I worked hard for this fight.”

Usyk will now chase a fight with WBO champ Anthony JoshuaCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd More

DEREK CHISORA’S team acted swiftly to BLOCK the in-dressing room camera as they went through fight tactics.
The Brit was just minutes away from his mouthwatering clash against Oleksandr Usyk when Sky Sports Box Office went to their cameras.

Derek Chisora is a huge underdog when he fights Oleksandr UsykCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

One of his trainers was talking about boxing movement with Chisora, who was seated on an exercise bike.
Realising that what was being discussed was going live, another member of the team quickly moved towards the camera and pointed the lens to the floor.
There was then some searching around for a towel to make sure no secrets got out.
Just minutes later his rival Usyk decided to use TAPE to cover up his camera – maybe Sky Sports will be reviewing these live cameras for next time.

Chisora is the huge underdog against Usyk, despite the 36-year-old being the seasoned heavyweight.
Usyk has stepped up to the big boys’ division after unifying at cruiserweight, and is the mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua’s WBO belt.
But Chisora’s trainer, former cruiserweight and heavyweight world champ David Haye hopes his man can take that mandatory spot by beating the Ukrainian.
Speaking to iFL TV, Haye explained: “I’ll find out this week. I’ve written a letter to Paco [Valcarcel], the president of the WBO, stating that Derek should be, by beating the mandatory [Usyk], he should become mandatory himself.

Derek Chisora is determined to leave no stone unturned as he gets set for his big fightCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
“There’s only so many times he can go to the well. If there’s ever a chance for him to get a world title shot, it’s off the back of this victory.
“We believe common sense will prevail and that the WBO, a great organization that Derek has worked closely with for many years, this is his opportunity.
“This is something on the sidelines.”
Joshua has his own business to take care of when he defends his WBO, WBA and IBF world titles against Kubrat Pulev on December 12 in London.
And of course there are the two fights against WBC king Tyson Fury in 2021 that the pair ‘agreed’ at the start of coronavirus lockdown.
And the 31-year-old Watford boxer believes his old pal Chisora could shock Usyk.

He told Sky Sports: “I’ve sparred Derek since I was 18. A strong man.
“If he does land? Look at Derek’s knockouts – they aren’t when he lands five shots then the ref jumps in.
“Boom! Artur Szpilka. Boom! Carlos Takam.
“He hit them with one shot and knocked them out. You can see he carries one-shot knockout power.”

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DEONTAY WILDER has sensationally accused Tyson Fury of CHEATING his way to victory in a video he put on social media.
The Gypsy King shocked the world when he battered Wilder from pillar to post to win the WBC heavyweight title when the American was pulled out by his corner in the seventh round.

Deontay Wilder has shockingly accused Tyson Fury of ‘cheating’

Tyson Fury battered Wilder into a seventh-round stoppage in their rematchCredit: AFP – Getty

It was also the Bronze Bomber’s first pro defeat.
Just 14 months earlier the pair had drawn – with Fury miraculously climbing off the canvas in the 12th round after a devastating haymaker.
The pair were supposed to have the trilogy fight before the year is out, but terms failed to be agreed and Fury is looking for another opponent.
Now Wilder has launched a scathing attack on Fury in a clip he posted on Instagram and Twitter.

And he accused the 32-year-old Brit of ‘cheating’ his way to victory by ‘putting something hard’ in his glove.
The 35-year-old said: “What you did is what my people deal with all the time, someone cheating them from providing their greatness into the world.
“I saw in the first fight when Ricky Hatton was pulling down your glove to put your fist in the improper position.
“Y’all tried the same method the second time, but this time you scratched flesh out of my ears which caused my ears to bleed.

“It’s impossible for a brand new ten ounce glove to keep a smooshed in form or to have loose space. I highly believe you put something hard in your glove. Something the size and the shape of an egg weight.

Deontay Wilder was pummelled into his first ever loss

“It’s the reason why the side of my face swelled up in the egg weight form and it left a dent in my face as well.
“But you still couldn’t keep this king down.
“In the end, it took a crab in a bucket referee and a disloyal trainer to throw the towel in just to stop me.
“Your payback is coming.”
Fury’s UK promoter Frank Warren reacted in disbelief at the latest accusations, believing the deposed champ is trying to distract from the fact that he ‘missed the deadline’ to sign for the third fight.
The 68-year-old told SunSport: “Deontay Wilder and his team had a contract for a third fight. They missed their opportunity to enact that contract and it expired.
“Anything else is just noise to distract from the fact that Wilder bottled it after being humiliated in February. End of story.”
Wilder also included a lengthy comment with the video when posting on Instagram.

Deontay Wilder shared this snap in his video showing his ‘dented skull’
He wrote: “Fury @gypsyking101 it is time for you to be a man and honor your agreement.
“What is this bull**** of you fighting Carlos Takam instead of me, you got to be kidding.
“When you were going through your darkest time, I told you that if you got yourself together I would give you a title shot. Being a man of my word, I gave you the title shot.
“When that fight was a draw, I told you that I would give you a rematch.
“You know I was offered more money to fight Joshua than I was getting to fight you. Again being a man of my word, I fought you like I said I would.In the rematch agreement, there was a rematch clause.

“Now it is time for you to be a man and honor your word, instead of trying to weasel out of our agreement.
“Scared people run but a scary man will break his contract you coward Azz B****.”
And Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has also waded in, highlighting Wilder’s words on the prospective Joshua fight.
The American has previously said that it was the Brit who was ‘dodging’ him – but Wilder’s latest wording reads otherwise.
Hearn retweeted the Wilder video, writing: “I thought AJ ducked you?”

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