Chisora joins COVID-19 fight with passionate

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“He’s fighting someone skill-wise who is probably the best big man in the world. He’s in most people’s pound-for-pound top five. He’s (Usyk) at heavyweight now, and he’s had one fight at heavyweight. “I don’t believe he set the world on fire with his fight against Chazz Witherspoon, but he got the stoppage victory.

“Dereck Chisora is a whole different game than Witherspoon was. Witherspoon turned up on short notice and was blasted out there,” said Haye.

A win for Chisora is very much a possibility in this fight.

“Dereck Chisora is going to come in like a man possessed,” said Haye. “He’s living and breathing boxing like he should have done, but he’s doing it at the right time because he has the biggest challenge of his career.

“He’s 36-years-old, and he knows this is his last chance.

“Usyk is the #1 challenger, he’s ranked #1, and he’s the WBO mandatory for Joshua’s WBO title. So if Chisora can beat Usyk, he puts himself in a hell of a position to get that big fight against the WBO champ.

“It’s an exciting time for Dereck. He knows it. He’s eating clean, living the life, and that’s all I could ever hope for a fighter to give himself the best opportunity to win a fight when it finally does present itself.

“In the past, Dereck has gone off the rails after the fight. I don’t want to say ‘go off the rails.’

He’s not 100 percent disciplined in camp in the past, but when a fight was not scheduled,” said Haye.— Sports Reporter/Boxing247.com