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Whyte: Haye ’n Chisora won’t last

- By MARTIN DOMIN

DILLIAN WHYTE believes Dereck Chisora’s bizarre bromance with David Haye will end in tears. Chisora, 34, will have his new manager in his corner when he bids for revenge against Whyte on December 22.

Haye – who KO’d Chisora in 2012 following their shameful brawl in Munich the year before – has been advising his former foe on his diet, training and sleeping pattern.

But Whyte insists their relationsh­ip is a disaster waiting to happen. He said: “I think the wheels will definitely fall off because Dereck is a mad man.

“You have to know how to deal with him.

“Dereck is very proud and stubborn and forceful also.

“They’re similar in many ways and David is probably going to think, ‘I don’t need this, I got you the fight and I got my 25 per cent’.

“If he sticks it out then it’s a great achievemen­t, it’s more of an achievemen­t for David than for Dereck. I don’t believe Dereck can change that much in 10 or 12 weeks because when the fight gets tough he will revert back to what he knows.

“Dereck is the true definition of a donkey, he’s a jackass actually, a donkey is a bit more clever.”

Chisora, who lost to Whyte by split decision two years ago after a thrilling battle, admitted his mum and coach Don Charles initially warned him off Haye.

But he insists the former world champion is the final piece of the jigsaw after he “found God” and ditched alcohol. Chisora said: “I called my mum and she went mad, but that’s the reaction I wanted.

“I called her back and once I explained it she said it was a great idea.

“Big changes happened at the beginning of the year when I was born again and stopped drinking.

“I wasn’t an alcoholic but I loved a drink.

“I’m almost 11 months sober now.

“But there was something else missing and that’s what David brings to the table.”

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