• He will now face Anthony Joshua at Wembley on 13 April
It was asking a lot of Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora to take up where they left off here two years ago, but they did exactly that. They likely will not want to do this again – unless the money is right. The capacity crowd of 20,000 roared their appreciation and sympathy when Chisora rose from his brief slumber, and the fighters who for more than half an hour had been trying to disable each other’s senses, embraced, as we knew they would. At the end Chisora was ahead by a point on two cards, behind by one on the other – and a winner in the hearts of the crowd.
The prize wasn’t just the considerable one of a shot at Anthony Joshua’s three world belts at Wembley on 13 April; they fought, with every ounce of strength and passion, for what someone once memorably said of the Ali-Frazier Thrilla in Manila: the championship of each other. It was Finchley against Brixton, too, a tribal showdown that had the packed arena enthralled from start to finish.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at the O2 Arena, London
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/23/dereck-chisora-dillian-whyte-report under the title “Dillian Whyte wins London war with 11th-round knockout of Derek Chisora”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
