Heavyweight Derek Chisora is assured of victory over Otto Wallin of their 12-round ‘Final Dance’ occasion headliner struggle on February eighth on the Co-op Dwell Enviornment in Manchester, England.
Followers are delay by Chisora persevering with to struggle at 40, they usually need him gone from the game. Listening to him speak in sluggish movement, preventing like a rusty tin man, and absorbing punishment is difficult for followers to look at. His promoter is giving him headliner standing regardless of having 13 losses, and it appears unhealthy having such a pale fighter occupying high spots that must be used for youthful fighters who can entertain followers.
Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs) was purported to be preventing Jarrell Miller, however ‘Massive Child’ had a reported promotional dispute that resulted in him not having the ability to take the struggle.
That’s doubtlessly unhealthy information for the 40-year-old Chisora as a result of he’s going through a youthful and higher fighter in 34-year-old Wallin (27-2, 15 KOs). Preventing the sluggish 300+ lb, slapping Miller could be splendid for Chisora, however the substitute, the extremely technical 6’5 1/2″ Wallin, is all mistaken for him.
That is Chisora’s forty ninth struggle as a professional, and his final win over a real top-tier heavyweight got here six years in the past when he defeated Carlos Takam by an eighth-round knockout on July 28, 2018 in a conflict that ended with a looping rabbit punch that felled the Cameroon fighter.
Earlier than the eighth, Chisora was getting thrashed by Takam in a struggle that wouldn’t have gone for much longer if not for the eighth-round miracle comeback win. Since then, all Chisora’s wins have come towards lesser fighters, a lot of whom are very previous.
Chisora’s objective is to achieve 50 fights, which he ought to simply attain, however not on favorable phrases. He’s received his final two fights, beating 39-year-old Joe Joyce and 42-year-old Gerald Washington.
These guys had been shot to bits and had been splendid opponents for Chisora. Wallin shouldn’t be over the hill. He might have seemed in in his fifth-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua final 12 months in December, however that was a struggle he’d have misplaced at any level in his profession. He didn’t belong within the ring with Joshua.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury gave Chisora a world title shot in December 2022 regardless of Derek having misplaced three out of the 4 earlier fights. That transfer by Fury went over actual effectively with followers.
“It’s tougher. It’s a more durable struggle. I may take Jarrell Miller to the deep finish and drown him, however with this man, it’ll be very troublesome,” mentioned Derek Chisora to Field Nation about his struggle towards Otto Wallin on February eighth.
“I’ll get a victory, however it’ll be a tough victory to get,” mentioned Chisora about Wallin.
“You do issues if you find yourself prepared. Not when the TV desires you to do it,” mentioned Chisora on his response to Anthony Joshua not taking the rematch with IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. “Joshua’s mindset shouldn’t be proper now, so he mentioned he doesn’t wish to do it now.”
