Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev will go head to head once more this weekend, six years after their first meeting and with both fighters nearing the end of their careers. Pulev won the fight six years ago and they will go head to head at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night for another battle.
Pulev, 41, was fighting for world titles as recently as December 2020, as he fought Anthony Joshua for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. This was just the second defeat out of 29 fights in his career, with the first coming against Wladimir Klitschko back in 2014.
Chisora, meanwhile, fought Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title ten years ago and has suffered three successive defeats after losing to Oleksandr Usyk in 2020, before back-to-back losses to Joseph Parker last year made it 12 losses in 44 fights for the Zimbabwe born fighter.
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At the launch press conference last month, Chisora spoke about his hunger to continue fighting despite recent defeats, he explained: “What is the plan? I don’t know. Where is the road leading to? I don’t know. War. What’s the agenda? Where are we going? This guy had a strategy against ‘AJ’ and it didn’t really turn out well did it.
For me, my plan is my fans – that is it. Entertainment. Do you understand? That’s what I like. I’ve lost so many fights, I’ve won a couple of fights. I’ve won things that I wanted to win. I prefer fighting. I wake up every morning and I go training.
I’ve still got the hunger for it. I get these younger guys into the gym to spar me. I see in their eyes the fear they have by the time they get to rounds three or four. I’m still hungry and I still want to fight. I still want to cause damage to people and I still want to entertain.
Here is all of the information you need to follow the action this week:
What is the schedule?
- Wednesday July 6 – CHISORA VS. PULEV 2 + UNDERCARD PUBLIC WORKOUT - 1.30pm start
Thursday July 7 – CHISORA VS. PULEV 2 + UNDERCARD PRESS CONFERENCE – 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start
Friday July 8 – CHISORA VS. PULEV 2 + UNDERCARD PUBLIC WEIGH-IN – 1.00pm on the scales
Saturday July 9 - Friday July 8 – CHISORA VS. PULEV 2 + UNDERCARD - 4:30pm start
Can I buy tickets?
General Sale tickets can be purchased via Stage Front ( www.stagefronttickets.com )
What TV channel is the fight on?
The fight will be broadcast on DAZN, for which a subscription can be purchased for £7.99.
Who is on the undercard?
- Derek Chisora vs. Kubrat Pulev, 12 rounds, heavyweight
- Israil Madrimov vs. Michel Soro, 12 rounds, super welterweight – WBA super welterweight title eliminator
- Fabio Wardley vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweight
- Felix Cash vs. Vaughn Alexander, 10 rounds, middleweight – WBA International middleweight title
- Caoimhin Agyarko vs. Lukasz Maciec, 10 rounds, super welterweight – WBA International welterweight title
- Ramla Ali vs. Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas, 6 rounds, super bantamweight
- Solomon Dacres vs. Kevin Nicolas Espindola, 6 rounds, heavyweight
- Yousuf Ibrahim vs. Fran Rodriguez, 4 rounds, super bantamweight
