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Dereck Chisora believes he can beat Vitali Klitschko. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Dereck Chisora firmly believes he can shock the world and become the first man to defeat Vitali Klitschko since fellow Brit Lennox Lewis.
Lewis beat Klitschko way back in 2003 and since then eleven fighters have failed to beat the big Ukrainian. Last year Chisora lost his British and Commonwealth titles to Tyson Fury and shortly after was defeated by Robert Helenius. Yet the 28-year-old claims he has what it takes to end Vitali's long successful run when the pair meet in February.
Vitali has been around a long time. He is the king of the sport, but it's about time that somebody came in who is young and fresh and I am going to 'whup' his ass. A lot of people have tried to stop him but they don't have the swagger and the passion to go in there and do the business that I have got. I'm not scared, that's why I am going to be successful.
Everyone is saying it's going to be the biggest fight of my career but that's just because he has been on the throne for such a long time. Maybe this will be the toughest of his career.
Some of you might have seen my article from last week on some more of Chisora's comments. Every fighter has to be confident of victory when going into the ring, otherwise what is the point? A big Pay-day or pure stupidity comes to mind. Chisora isn't a terrible fighter, he can bang and he can hurt people. He's a confident man and I like that, but I just see no chance of him winning. While writing this I had a little vision...Samuel Peter vs Vitali in 2008.
People can disagree with me, but Chisora and Peter are similar in build. Both smaller than Vitali in fact Chisora is smaller than Peter, and in the fight in 08 Peter couldn't get near him. I just can't see anything else happening but Klitschko popping the jab out and eventually wearing Chisora down. I'd love Chisora to come into the fight in top shape - the best of his career and have a good go. That way he will get more respect from the boxing public and have a better chance of getting top rank fights in the future.
I hope Chisora can do it, I'd like to see a new face with a belt in the Heavyweight division...but he can't pull the victory off can he?
0 recs | 8 comments
Why is Del Boy trying to get goofy with Wlad?
Im_a_fun_haver - January 26, 2012
Not sure
He will probably regret it when he gets a big left jab to his gob!
Thomas Hill - January 26, 2012
I think he genuinely has a better chance of beating Vitali than anyone Vitali has faced since Sam Peter. So I give Chisora a 7% chance of winning.
Scott Christ - January 26, 2012
I really would like to see Chisora win this, his eccentric personality and his vastly improved performance against Helenius has won me over. But I have to agree and say that Vitali, barring a massive upset will win this, probably by a mid to late stoppage. However even if it ends in a loss for Chisora, it will probably open doors for him. Personally i would like to see him either rematch Fury or take on Price, which would make for some great British heavyweight action, following that maybe a shot at Povetkin?
Counterpunch - January 26, 2012
Povetkin doesn’t fight guys on Chisora’s level.
Scott Christ - January 26, 2012
Peter seemed to mentally throw in the towel quick. This is Chisora’s big shot, and I’m expecting him to bring it hard the whole fight.
But Vitali is levels above Helenius, and thinking Vitali will grind out a late stoppage or take a UD in a spirited fight.
DPlainview - January 26, 2012
Yeah – Sam Peter was not as good a fighter as Dereck is. Far more agricultural, a lot slower with far worse footwork. Add in the fact that Peter was criminally underprepared for that fight and I don’t think this will really resemble that one too much at all.
Oli Goldstein - January 26, 2012
Chisora can move his head too
So he might be able to slip the jab a few times
Not sure about the straight right that will follow…….
Sweet science - January 26, 2012
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