NOW CHISORA IS GOING WILD FOR DEONTAY

DEREK CHISORA has set his sights on a blockbuster showdown with Deontay Wilder.

Chisora halted his run of three consecutive defeats with a splitdecision win over Kubrat Pulev at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night.

Victory helped silence the 38-year-old’s doubters, with the judges scoring the heavyweight contest 112-116, 116-112 and 116-114 to give revenge to ‘Del Boy’ after he lost to the Bulgarian back in 2016. The 45th bout of Chisora’s professional career had been tipped to be his last as he was up against an opponent who had tasted defeat only to Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua.

But it was the British boxer who landed the better punches (top), with a brilliant 12th round enough to clinch it.

Retirement plans are therefore on hold for the former Finchley amateur who used his first triumph in two-and-a-half years to call out ex-world heavyweight champion

Wilder. “Deontay Wilder next? Yeah, why not,” Chisora insisted.

“I can’t picture it yet until he is sitting next to him. I will fight anybody. It just depends what money we are getting paid – that is it. It is about money, it is not about anything else. I don’t want an easy fight.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn said: “Derek is capable of doing whatever he wants.

“He wants the biggest fights for the most amount of money but he has just beaten a top-15, and arguably a

top-10, heavyweight, so that should put paid to anyone who says he hasn’t got it any more.”

Chisora (above) said Pulev’s powers of resistance underlined the ability of previous conqueror Joshua.

“I said to Eddie it was two years since I won. I had lost a lot in a row,” Chisora said.

“I have to give a shout-out to AJ because AJ must have some serious power.

“I give him a shout-out because I hit that guy and he did not move.”