Derek Chisora will carry a huge advantage into the ring against Deontay Wilder on Saturday.
On Saturday, Chisora and Wilder square off in a 12-round main event at The O2 Arena in London on DAZN pay-per-view, and when the two lock horns, Chisora will have over 40 pounds of weight on Wilder.
At the Chisora vs. Wilder weigh-ins on Friday, “War” tipped the scales at 266.7 pounds, while Wilder came in at a svelte 226.4 pounds. This isn’t uncommon for Wilder, who has always trended toward the smaller side
of heavyweight, and gave up similar disadvantages in his trilogy of fights with Tyson Fury.
Speaking of Fury, after weighing in, both men met to give their final statements and face off for the last time before the fight, where Chisora sported a Fury mask as the two joked around.
“Hilarious,” Wilder said of the mask. “I ain’t know it was Halloween.”
“I just wanted to put it on, because I know he’s got PTSD with Tyson Fury, and that’s the game of boxing,”Chisora said. “There’s crazy mind games.”
Despite the “crazy mind games,” both Chisora and Wilder were in high spirits for their final interview. Billed as “An Icon Will Fall,” the Wilder vs. Chisora fight is also the 50th fight for both men, and the planned retirement bout for Chisora, and both men are ready to put on a show on Saturday and were very respectful of each other.
“I think all of you know what time it is,” Chisora said. “When I strap up the boots, when I strap up the gloves, I go in there, there’s only one thing: F*ck it, let’s go! So, there’s no point in trying to sugarcoat it, and A, and B, and C. I know for a fact this is going to be an amazing fight between me and this man right here.”
“I had a lot of things going on. But this time around? There’s nothing,” Wilder said. “All the way around.”
Check out the full weigh-in results below.
Deontay Wilder (226.4) vs. Derek Chisora (266.7)
Mateusz Masternak (199) vs. Viddal Riley (198.3) — EBU European Cruiserweight Title Fight
Denzel Bentley (159.6) vs. Endry Saavedra (159.7) — Interim WBO Middleweight Title Fight
Matty Harris (249.2) vs. Franklin Ignatius (237.4)
Amir Anderson (159.5) vs. Jordan Dujon (162.9)
Ashton Sylve (143) vs. Raul Antonio Galaviz Hernandez (144)
Jermaine Dhilwayo (126.9) vs. Jake Morgan (126.2)
Dan Toward (155) vs. Misael Da Veiga (151.8)
Tom Welland (131.5) vs. Alexander Morales (128.8)
