DEONTAY WILDER’S fight with Derek Chisora has finally been confirmed for April 4.
The heavyweight pair will go to battle in a landmark London showdown at the O2 live on DAZN.
Chisora, 42, shared the news online by posting the promo poster to Instagram alongside the caption: “Fight 50. WAR is coming. 02 Arena.”
The news went down a storm on his socials with followers lapping up the prospect of a brutal bout.
One wrote: “This will be a SCRAP!”
Another said: “Can’t wait for this.”
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A further post read: “Absolute bonkers fight, sign me up!”
Fans have been waiting for an official announcement after SunSport told how Chisora claimed to have signed a contract for his 50th fight.
Earlier this month he posted a video of himself on social media signing a four-page document he claimed contained the terms for his milestone showdown.
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Days later Chisora sparked further speculation that a fight with the 40-year-old Bronze Bomber was sealed after appearing to wave what seemed to be a contract around while on a video call to the man himself.
Chisora will go into the spring bout on a three-fight winning streak.
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury is expected to make his return, Conor Benn is closing in on a world title shot and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also need to defend his straps.
Derek Chisora could fight for the 50th and final time and Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Up first we have a massive fight with Stateside superstars Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez meeting later this month in Madison Square Garden.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
January
- Sat 24 – Raymond Muratalla vs Andy Cruz – IBF lightweight title – DAZN
- Sat 31 – Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson – WBO super-lightweight title – DAZN PPV
- Sat 31 – Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Josh Kelly – IBF super-welterweight title – DAZN
- Sat 31 – Francesca Hennessy vs Ellie Bouttell – BBC2
February
- Sat 7 – Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa – WBA featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 21 – Ryan Garcia vs Mario Barrios – WBC welterweight title – DAZN PPV
- Sat 21 – Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington – DAZN
- Sun 22 – Claressa Shields vs Franchon Crews-Dezurn – heavyweight unification – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Emanuel Navarrete vs Eduardo Nunez – super-featherweight unification – DAZN
March
- Sat 14 – Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace – WBA super-featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
That run is made up of victories over Gerald Washington, Joe Joyce and Otto Wallin.
Wilder’s last bout came in June when he knocked Tyrell Herndon out in the seventh round following a year out of the ring.
That came after defeats to Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker.