In less than four weeks, Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder will step into the ring for their landmark 50th professional bouts.
Ahead of the fight, Tony Bellew has provided his prediction, where he believes one man will go through the other ‘like a knife through butter’.
A two-time world title challenger, Chisora’s recent string of victories has seen him rise the rankings and and come close to a possible third shot at the heavyweight crown, with belts expected to soon fragment.
Yet, Chisora has maintained that he will retire after his showdown with ‘The Bronze Bomber’ next month, promising to hang up the gloves after a near two-decade long career.
Although, in an interview with First Round Boxing, Chisora’s good friend and fellow British boxing fan-favourite, Bellew, believes ‘Del Boy’ will not walk away from the sport following his dust-up with Wilder.
“No, I don’t think it is [his last fight]. I don’t think that he will ever retire from boxing. Boxing will retire that lunatic, he won’t retire from boxing, which is sad.”
As for the fight itself, Bellew admitted that he would have been concerned if the fight was made a few years prior, but that he now favours Chisora over the American, due to his superior hunger and will to win.
“If this fight would have been made three or four years ago, it would have probably caused murder.
But, at this stage now, I think that he [Derek] will come through a few dodgy moments in the first couple of rounds and then he will go right through him [Wilder], like a knife through butter, in the second half of the fight.
“Wilder is always going to have that punch, but I just don’t believe that he actually wants it, the way that Del wants it. I think that has been apparent in his last few fights.”
Wilder-Chisora takes place on Saturday, April 4, at the O2 Arena in London, and will be available to watch live on DAZN PPV.
