Daily Star

Derek’s dressed to thrill

- ■ by MARTIN DOMIN

DEREK CHISORA has started wearing a suit to training – but has no plans to add a belt.

The Londoner takes on David Price at the O2 tonight after the giant heavyweigh­t stepped in to replace Joseph Parker who dropped out after being bitten by a spider.

Chisora, 35, capped off his recent resurgence with a devastatin­g secondroun­d knockout of Artur Szpilka in July but has no plans to target a world title.

“In boxing what you want is not what you get,” he said.

“I just love doing this. Sometimes when I feel good I dress up to go to training.

“I have nine losses but nobody knows who some of the guys at the top are.

“Guys who have won world titles don’t have a pot to p*** in so I’m driven by making money.

“There’s no point fighting for a world title if I’m going to get paid peanuts.”

Price, 36, has won his last three fights following three defeats in four.

The Liverpudli­an said: “Taking this fight was a no-brainer, the upside is massive.

“I expect it to be a long fight and a painful fight for Derek. I expect a knockout win.”

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