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HAYE: £1,000 IF A SPARRING PARTNER CAN KO CHISORA
DAVID HAYE has offered sparring partners £1,000 if they can knock out Derek Chisora.
British heavyweight Chisora has admitted f inding fighters to prepare him for October 31 opponent Oleksandr Usyk has been impossible.
Chisora’s manager Haye ye (right) took to social media di yesterday to offer southpaw cruiserweights or heavyweights £100 a round, plus travel expenses, to spar him, with a reward of £1,000 for a knockout blow.
“I am getting my fitness right, but sparring is hard because there is nobody out there who can spar like him (Usyk), who can box and move like him,” said Chisora.
“You just don’t know what to expect this guy to do in the ring, but I don’t think he is going to find it very easy to prepare for Derek Chisora either.”
The clash between the Brit and the former undisputed cruiserweight champion looked doomed when the UK government halted a return of crowds to sporting events last month.
Chisora and Usyk were due to meet in May before the coronavirus pandemic hit, and a live gate was needed – plus payper-view – to cover their purses. But b both men have taken pay cut cuts to get the fight on later th this month behind closed d doors, with Wembley A Arena the likely venue. Chisora (above) said: “W “With everything that is ha happening in the world right now, I am and you should be just happy for the chance to fight. I know a lot of fighters who cannot fight and are struggling right now.
“Right now, it isn’t about money, it’s trying to do something that will lift everybody. Over the next few weeks, I hope that everyone will be talking about this fight, making predictions, getting excited and hopefully feeling a little less worried by their troubles.
“It’s something to look forward to for everyone, and then people have the Dillian Whyte and P ovetkin rematch, then the Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev fight, and then Christmas. So hopefully, we kick off a happier period for everyone.
“For me, it wasn’t about money, it was about getting back in the ring and doing what I love.”