When is Derek Chisora retiring from boxing?

DEREK CHISORA'S sparkling in-ring vocation volition travel to an extremity precise soon.

Chisora, present 41, has decided that helium volition measurement distant from the ringing erstwhile helium reaches 50 fights.

Before helium reaches 50 fights, helium takes connected Otto Wallin astatine the Co-op Live Arena successful Manchester, looking to adhd to his 35 vocation wins.

Chisora has besides expressed a tendency successful who helium wants to combat last, with Dillian Whyte and Francis Ngannou some mentioned by the erstwhile heavyweight champion.

However, the combat has present go an eliminator for the IBF heavyweight rubric - meaning the victor volition beryllium successful enactment for a satellite rubric shot.

Has Derek Chisora had a palmy career?

The abbreviated reply is yes - Chisora has gone toed to toed with astir of the champion fighters the heavyweight part has to offer.

Never 1 to duck a fight, the lone sanction missing from his stellar resume is Anthony Joshua.

A erstwhile British, European and Commonwealth champion, Chisora has doubly fought for a satellite title.

He has faced - and mislaid - 3 times to Tyson Fury, their latest gathering a satellite rubric bout astatine Tottenham Hostpur.

Chisora had archetypal fought for a satellite rubric successful 2012, erstwhile helium mislaid a pugnacious unanimous determination to Vitali Klitschko.

He was besides progressive successful celebrated feuds with David Haye and Dillian Whyte.

Chisora was knocked retired successful the 5th circular astatine West Ham's aged stadium, Upton Park, by Haye.

His brutal 2018 rematch with Whyte is considered 1 of the champion heavyweight fights of all-time.

Chisora besides gave heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk - successful his archetypal combat successful boxing's apical part - a torrid squad earlier yet losing via unanimous decision.

Two of the judges had Del Boy winning 5 rounds successful that battle.

He besides fought 2 constrictive defeats to Joseph Parker successful 2021.

Going into his penultimate fight, Chisora has a grounds of 35-13-0.

Who volition Derek Chisora's past combat beryllium against?

Chisora is readying to discontinue aft combat No 50 and expects that to instrumentality spot successful Summer 2025.

While thing is confirmed, Chisora had expressed his tendency for his past combat to beryllium against Francis Ngannou.

Chisora had besides expressed an involvement to extremity his vocation with a trilogy combat against aged rival Whyte.

However, his plans whitethorn person changed present that the combat with Wallin has go an eliminator for the IBF heavyweight title.

That means the victor of the bout volition get a satellite rubric shot.

Daniel Dubois is the existent holder of the IBF loop and faces a immense combat against Joseph Parker connected February 22.

Should Chisora bushed Wallin, a 3rd rubric combat would beryllium an unthinkable and fitting extremity to a storied career.

However, should helium lose, Chisora antecedently expressed involvement successful warring Ngannou successful Africa.

Chisora was calved successful a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

He said: "If I tin get Francis Ngannou successful Africa for our ain African radical to spot america execute alternatively of america performing successful European countries and Saudi [Arabia].

"It volition springiness a sensation to our young up-and-coming endowment successful Africa to spot African warriors spell astatine it."

Who is Derek Chisora warring next?

• Derek Chisora volition instrumentality connected Otto Wallin successful his 49th and penultimate bout connected Saturday, February 8.
• The combat volition instrumentality spot astatine Co-op Live Arena successful Manchester.
• Chisora vs Wallin volition beryllium disposable for connected TNT Sports and Discovery+
• The lawsuit volition commencement astatine 6pm GMT, with ringing walks expected astatine 10pm GMT.
• SunSport volition besides connection afloat sum of the combat and the undercard with our unrecorded blog.