Heavyweight Showdown
In tonight’s DAZN Main Event, Derek “War” Chisora (36-14, 23 Kos) entered that squared circle in his 50th contest and stayed true to himself and brought the “HEAT” from the first bell when he touched gloves with former WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay the “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (45-4-1, 43 Kos) at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London.
Truth be told, this bout wasn’t a pretty fight to watch but both combatants had some flashing moments throughout the bout that kept the fans in attendance entertained. Chisora, the shorter combatant, pressed the action as much as possible to prevent Wilder from detonating on him as everyone expected. This strategy worked at times but the heavy-handed “Bronze Bomber” still managed to land some heavy shots that visibly effected on Chisora.
Nevertheless, Wilder’s power did not deter Chisora from standing his ground and dishing out some damaging shots of his own. As the rounds progressed it was clear that fatigue was playing a big factor on both warriors as there was a lot of holding from both combatants slowing the pace of the fight down.
Chisora did his best at getting to the body of Wilder and crowding him as often as possible to prevent Wilder from catching any type of a rhythm which proved efficient until Chisora eventually got caught by that right hand dropped through the ropes in rounds eight and eleven.
Chisora stood back up after both knockdowns and continued his relentless aggressive attack throwing wild punches from every corner. There was very little display of a technical bout from either combatant but a fight was on full display.
After 12 struggling rounds of action, the Judges at hand scored it 115-112 for Chisora and 115-111 and 115-113 in favor of Wilder giving him a split decision win.
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