{"id":77000,"date":"2018-12-20T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=77000"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:41:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T20:41:15","slug":"dillian-whyte-derek-chisora-press-conference-goes-wild-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=77000","title":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte &#8211; Derek Chisora Press Conference Goes WILD &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=77000\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=77000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-77001 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image002-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image002-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image002.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Photo by Jamie McPhilimey\/Matchroom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Top-rated heavyweight contenders Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora took part in the final press conference before their highly anticipated rematch Saturday, December 22 live on SHOWTIME at 5:00 p.m. ET\/2:00 p.m. PT from The O2 in London.<\/p>\n<p>Whyte (24-1, 17 KOs) and Chisora (29-8, 21 KOs) will run back one of 2016\u2019s best fights as the bitter rivals will continue what they started two years ago with Whyte narrowly edging Chisora in a close all-out war. The winner will have the inside track at a possible future mega-fight with IBF, WBA and WBO Champion Anthony Joshua, who will be in attendance Saturday night. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast is hosted by Brian Custer and Hall of Fame analyst Steve Farhood. Live fight coverage will be provided by Sky Sports Box Office.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpUzZTnlHbE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is what the principals had to say Thursday from the Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel in London:<\/p>\n<p>DILLIAN WHYTE<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are levels to this thing and my levels just keep rising. I keep improving. Derek will see how strong I am come Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is boxing and I\u2019m used to people saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to do this or that\u2019 to get into my head. I\u2019ve been around long enough and heard fighters say \u2018I\u2019m going to come out banging in the first round,\u2019 and then they come and do something else. So I don\u2019t think Derek himself knows what he\u2019s doing or where he\u2019s going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect everyone. It\u2019s a tough job getting in the ring. I respect everyone from the journeyman to the world champion of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know me, I do whatever it takes to get the win. I don\u2019t need to get up and shout, \u2018I\u2019m going to do this or that.\u2019 I just conserve my energy. I\u2019m relaxed. You guys know what I bring and that I can fight, and I can box, and I can hit. You guys know my power. So I don\u2019t have to sit here and scream about what I\u2019m going to do. There will be blood on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DEREK CHISORA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid [Haye] put together the pieces for my training. He didn\u2019t train me, but he sat me down and said, \u2018This is what we\u2019re going to do to get what we want to get.\u2019 It\u2019s gone well training-wise and lifestyle-wise. Now it\u2019s time to go to war and have a great fight.<\/p>\n<p>On his table-throwing episode during the last press conference two years ago:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the tables are screwed down so you won\u2019t have to worry about that. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to do that anymore. I do something when I want to do something and now I\u2019m just happy that training\u2019s gone well and everyone\u2019s fine in my camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to bring the same game I do for every fight and we\u2019re going to come to fight. His coach says that his fighter will be a boxer and all of that. But truly he\u2019s not in the ring and Dillian\u2019s the one that has to fight and he\u2019s going to try to run, or he can meet me in the middle which would be great for me. Whatever game plan they have is fine. We will come in and seek and destroy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first fight was a great fight. The boxing fans loved it. My brain cells didn\u2019t love it but I enjoyed it. We are going to drown him from the get-go. We know he\u2019s fit, but we want to see how fit he is. We\u2019re going to go BOOM from the gates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want this to go to points. I\u2019m going to knock the sucker out. Hundred percent. I\u2019m going to hit him. I\u2019m going to pound him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MARK TIBBS, Whyte\u2019s Trainer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNinety-nine point nine percent of the time, a good boxer will beat a good brawler. [Dillian] is not only just a good boxer, he\u2019s a boxer-fighter. We will box and fight our way to a very good victory. It ain\u2019t going to be easy, but we will meet him and greet him and beat him to the punch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAVID HAYE, Former Heavyweight Champion and Chisora\u2019s Manager<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Derek has always had in him what he needs to be one of the best heavyweights on the planet. He\u2019s had opportunities in the past but hasn\u2019t capitalized on them the best he could and I think he realizes that now. His experiences have taught him that he needs to work hard and make the sacrifices, and that\u2019s what he\u2019s done. He no longer does the things he used to do and when he stands on the scales tomorrow, you\u2019ll be able to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very confident and I know he has the capabilities. I\u2019ve been in there with him, and I\u2019ve felt his power and his presence in the ring. I\u2019ve seen it. The intensity and ferocity I\u2019ve seen in sparring shows that he\u2019s coming for war. I think the first time he didn\u2019t have 12 rounds of war in him. I think this time he does. I think the power Derek brings will make Dillian very uncomfortable, but the fans are going to love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EDDIE HEARN, Head of Matchroom Boxing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe winner of this fight Saturday night is so important to the global heavyweight scene and so much is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the crowd is going to be with Chisora. You know the British fans love the underdog. What makes this fight intriguing to the average fan is that these guys are both characters and very entertaining fighters. At the first fight I sat next to Wladimir Klitschko and he said, \u2018I don\u2019t think this fight is going to be very good.\u2019 And after three rounds we looked at each other just shaking our heads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Whyte fight is a big fight for Anthony, but I will stress again the one fight we want is with [Deontay] Wilder. We\u2019re talking now. People shouldn\u2019t assume the rematch with Fury is happening because the deal won\u2019t be that easy. It never is for a fight of that size. It all depends really on Wilder; if he wants to be undisputed and if that matters to him. He can fight Fury after if he believes he can beat A.J. We don\u2019t get chances very often to have undisputed champions, and that\u2019s what everyone wants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Photo by Jamie McPhilimey\/Matchroom Top-rated heavyweight contenders Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora took part in the final press conference before their highly anticipated rematch Saturday, December 22 live on SHOWTIME at 5:00 p.m. ET\/2:00 p.m. PT from The O2 in London. Whyte (24-1, 17 KOs) and Chisora (29-8, 21 KOs) will run back one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19339],"class_list":["post-77000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-dillian-whyte-derek-chisora-press-conference-goes-wild-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}