DEREK CHISORA wants Dillian Whyte to beat Moses Itauma on Saturday but reckons he retires if he loses.
The 41-year-old veteran brawler has been in two brutal wars with the 37-year-old Body Snatcher – being robbed on points in the first and robbed of his senses in the second.
Derek Chisora claims Dillian Whyte will retire if he loses to Moses Itauma
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The pair have enjoyed a rollercoaster relationship – with a baffling blend of tables, compliments, glasses and insults famously thrown between them.
But nine years on from their Manchester classic – which Whyte nicked on a split decision – Del Boy hopes his fellow throwback can spin back the clocks to stop the 20-year-old’s hype train running through the division.
And – if he doesn’t – Chisora has heard on the grapevine that his two-fight foe will hang up his gloves.
“I would love to see Dillian win,” Chisora told SunSport’s latest No Gloves Lost show. Because Dillian is from the old school.
“I love Moses but I have shared the ring with Dillian twice and I’ve sparred so many rounds with him.
“There’s a young buck who’s coming in the neighbourhood, who’s just smoking everybody, so I would like to see Dillian win it, it would be amazing.
“I would love to see Dillian win it, but it’s a long shot, because Moses is on the right track now.
“And plus, remember, Dillian apparently said if he gets beat, he’s going to retire, that’s the rumour.”
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One of the biggest fights of the year has arrived
The highly-touted Moses Itauma faces the biggest test of his fledgling career as he steps into the ring with Dillian Whyte on Saturday night.
Itauma, 20, has great expectations on his shoulders – he has been compared to Mike Tyson and is expected by many to dominate boxing’s heavyweight division over the next decade.
But the Slovakian-born star – who sits at 12-0 (10KOs) is yet to face a test anywhere close to what Whyte can offer.
The Body Snatcher is now 37 and has not looked great in his last couple of fights, but the former world title challenger knows an upset win would catapult him right back to the top table.
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Despite Chisora hurling a glass and a table at Whyte before their two epic battles – one controversial decision, one vicious 11th round knockout – the two London giants have seemed like pals in the following years.
Whyte even gave Chisora’s nephew, Jermaine Dhilywaho, a slot on his Gibraltar undercard last year.
But Chisora has recently touched a nerve by commenting on the two doping charges Whyte beat, around the 2019 win over Oscar Rivas and the scrapped 2023 rematch with Anthony Joshua.
UKAD’s case against Whyte was dropped five months after beating Rivas – while “contamination” was determined to have caused his most recent adverse finding.
Whyte went without punishment for both cases in VADA tests and has not faced a ban for either incident.
However Chisora is not letting it go and when asked about a couple of phone calls between the pair, Chisora revealed: “I rang him and he didn’t answer.
“Then he sent me a voice note saying: ‘what are you ringing me for? You’re not my friend, you’re a snake. You’re trying to take food out of my kids’ mouths’.
“Because a couple of months ago I said that I think, if you get caught cheating in boxing, you should get banned for life.
“Why should you have a disadvantage over someone else who is waking up every morning and training hard, but you train less and you inject yourself with something to beat the other guy? That’s not fair.
Remember, Dillian apparently said if he gets beat, he’s going to retire, that’s the rumour
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“That’s my thing. I always tell the Board that if we catch someone cheating in boxing, you should get banned for at least 10 years.”
Whyte was initially slated to fight on the undercard of protege Fabio Wardley’s incredible win over Justis Huni at the start of June and Itauma was supposed to continue his steady trajectory on July 19 at Wembley.
But Saudi boxing kingpin Turki Alalshikh bulldozed those plans and stuck the two powerhouses together – but only after Chisora REJECTED a £2million offer.
On the cusp of his 50th professional fight, Del Boy explained why he turned down the deal.
“They offered it to me,” he confirmed. “But I turned it down because I’m mandatory for the IBF. I told them I will stay in my position for the IBF.”
Despite wisely rejecting the Riyadh Riyals for a sand dune shootout with a man half his age, Chisora says he has the recipe for Whyte – who howls his way into each fight – to spring an upset.
After seeing a new six-pack on the old dog, he purred: “He looks beautiful. He looks in amazing shape.
“I think the big bad wolf is back. My plan would be just to rush him, just go and rush him.
“A lion is always a lion, it doesn’t matter how old it is. If you see a lion in the park, you’re gonna run.”
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