Dereck Chisora

Dereck Chisora
Statistics
Real name	Dereck Chisora
Nickname(s)	Del Boy
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Reach	74 in (188 cm)
Nationality	British
Born	29 December 1983 (1983-12-29) (age 27) Zimbabwe
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	16
Wins	15
Wins by KO	10
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Dereck Chisora (Born 29 December 1983) is a Zimbabwe-born English professional heavyweight boxer, and is a former British heavyweight champion having lost to Tyson Fury on 23 July 2011. He is based in Finchley, London.

Boxing career

Amateur career

Chisora had a successful amateur career, winning a Four Nations gold and won the 2005 ABA super heavyweight title.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Chisora turned professional on 17 February 2007, scoring a second round TKO against István Kecskés.^[1]

After winning three more fights (all by decision), he came up against the toughest test of his career against fellow rising British heavyweight prospect, Sam Sexton. Chisora won the fight by stopping Sexton in the final 30 seconds of the final round.^[2] Chisora moved on from the win over Sexton by beating the American Shawn Mclean at the Grosvenor House hotel in Mayfair and then stopped the experienced Lee Swaby in 3 rounds at the York Hall.^[3] Chisora finished the year with a December victory over Neil Simpson at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London's Docklands leaving him with an 8-0 record at the end of his second year as a professional.

Chisora was suspended for four months for biting Paul Butlin during the fifth round of their 22 May contest at the York Hall in Bethnal Green. The incident was missed by the referee but TV replays proved conclusive and as a result Chisora missed out on his fight for a British title against Danny Williams. He was also fined £2,500.^[4]

Chisora went on to defeat Zurab Noniashvili on 9 October, winning by TKO in three rounds at York Hall^[5] and then on 20 January 2010 it was announced that he would get a second chance to face Danny Williams on 13 February 2010 after Sam Sexton was forced to withdraw injured from his match with Williams. Chisora welcomed the chance, saying, "It was my own fault the fight with Williams didn't go ahead, and I've been kicking myself ever since." On 15 May 2010 Chisora won the British heavyweight title after stopping Williams in the second round.^[6] Chisora defeated Sam Sexton by knockout in the ninth round on 18 September. Chisora was scheduled to face the IBF, IBO, WBO and Ring Magazine heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko on 11 December, but Klitschko pulled out of the fight three days prior with a torn abdominal muscle. The fight was later rescheduled for 30 April 2011, but this was later cancelled so Klitschko could fight David Haye on 2 July.^[7]

On 23 July, he fought Tyson Fury. Chisora dominated the opening rounds unleashing his big left hand on more than one occasion, leaving Tyson Fury worried, however he failed to make that advantage count. The next few rounds Fury got into the fight and by the half way stage was in front. After the half way stage Chisora got desperate when entering uncharted territory, neither man had gone beyond the 10th round, this is when Fury's stamina advantage came good. Chisora wildly swing numerous punches with a low hit rate, this ultimately lead him to become tired and Fury seized upon this, throwing combinations then holding on to Chisora to waste time. Despite a good fight, with Chisora landing some big left hands Fury won by unanimous decision.

Personal life

In November 2010, Chisora, who has previous convictions for assault, was found guilty of assaulting his then-girlfriend after finding text messages from another man on her phone. He was not jailed, but was given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for two years. He was also ordered to pay £1,500 in compensation and £500 costs and complete 150 hours community work.^[8]

Professional boxing record

15 Wins (9 Knockouts), 1 Defeat, 0 Draws[9]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Robert Helenius	N/A	N/A	2011-12-03	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Uusimaa	vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title on line.
Win	15–1	Remigijus Ziausys	PTS	6	2011-11-11	North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Loss	14–1	Tyson Fury	UD	12	2011-07-23	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London	Lost British Boxing Board of Control & Commonwealth Boxing Council heavyweight titles.
Win	14–0	Sam Sexton	TKO	9 (12), 2:53	2010-09-18	LG Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands	Retain British Boxing Board of Control title & Win Commonwealth Boxing Council heavyweight title. Rematch.
Win	13–0	Danny Williams	TKO	2 (12), 1:41	2010-05-05	Boleyn Ground, West Ham, London	Win British Boxing Board of Control title. Williams down twice in the second round.
Win	12–0	Carl Baker	TKO	2 (10), 2:13	2010-02-13	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London	British heavyweight title eliminator.
Win	11–0	Zurab Noniashvili	TKO	3 (8), 2:20	2009-10-09	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	Noniashvili down in round three.
Win	10–0	Paul Butlin	PTS	8 (8), 3:00	2009-05-22	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	79-72 Chisora bit Butlin in the ear in the 5 round. Rematch.
Win	9–0	Daniil Peretyatko	PTS	8 (8), 3:00	2009-01-30	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	80-72
Win	8–0	Neil Simpson	RTD	2 (8), 3:00	2008-12-06	ExCel Arena, Dockland, London
Win	7–0	Lee Swaby	TKO	3 (8), 2:45	2008-09-26	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	6-0	Shawn McLean	TKO	6 (8), 3:00	2008-09-12	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London
Win	5–0	Sam Sexton	TKO	6 (6), 2:34	2008-06-14	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	4–0	Paul Butlin	PTS	4 (4), 3:00	2008-01-12	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	39-37
Win	3–0	Darren Morgan	PTS	4 (4), 3:00	2007-10-13	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	40-36
Win	2–0	Tony Booth	PTS	4 (4), 3:00	2007-04-07	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	40-36
Win	1–0	Istvan Kecskes	TKO	2 (4), 1:21	2007-02-17	The Arena, Wembley, London	Dereck Chisora's professional debut.

Titles

Preceded by Danny Williams	British Heavyweight Champion 15 May 2010 - 15 July 2011	Succeeded by Tyson Fury
Preceded by Sam Sexton	Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion 18 September 2010 - 15 July 2011

References

1. ^ Boxrec | Derek Chisora professional record
2. ^ British Boxing.net | Brook wins British title - with undercard news (Chisora vs Sexton)
3. ^ Frankwarren.tv | Chisora scalps Swaby
4. ^ Teletext | Chisora banned for biting
5. ^ Sukachev, Alexey (2009-10-09). "Cleverly still unbeaten". Fight News. http://www.fightnews.com/?p=25872. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
6. ^ "Derek Chisora steps in to face Danny Williams". BBC Sport. 2010-01-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8470635.stm. 
7. ^ [1]
8. ^ "Boxer Dereck Chisora guilty of assaulting girlfriend". BBC. 2010-11-10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11727784. 
9. ^ Dereck Chisora - Boxer. Boxrec.com .

External links

• Professional boxing record for Dereck Chisora from BoxRec

Persondata
Name	Chisora, Dereck
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 December 1983
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death