On Saturday night, Derek Chisora suffered a defeat in his supposed farewell fight against Deontay Wilder, and heavyweight rival Dillian Whyte has shared his thoughts on the scrap.
Whyte had been linked as a potential opponent for Chisora’s final professional outing, despite the fact that ‘The Bodysnatcher’ has twice trumped the 43-year-old veteran in the past.
However, it was instead Wilder who was chosen, and ‘The Bronze Bomber’ claimed a split-decision win to spoil the party in a dramatic dust-up that may have lacked the skill and beauty that is craved by the boxing purist, but one that provided non-stop action and chaos.
Reflecting on the affair, Whyte told Boxing News that the people ‘got their money’s worth’ but that he was surprised by Wilder’s lack of defensive abilities, irrespective of the American’s victory.
“It was a good fight, they was just having it. Listen, when you get two guys that are a little bit long in the tooth, you never sit there and think that there is going to be a lot of skill, a lot of moving, a lot of jumping around – it was what I expected.
“I’m surprised that Wilder was getting caught with some of those overhands that Derek was throwing – he was throwing them back from Zimbabwe! And Wilder couldn’t move out of the way.”
“I enjoyed it, I was laughing and it was an enjoyable fight. I think that the people got their money’s worth.”
Following the win, Wilder is now being touted for a long-awaited meeting with Anthony Joshua, who is expected to fight twice before the end of the year.
