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Tony Bellew sees only one winner in Chisora vs Wilder: “Knife through butter”

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In less than four weeks, Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder will step into the ring for their landmark 50th professional bouts.

Ahead of the fight, Tony Bellew has provided his prediction, where he believes one man will go through the other ‘like a knife through butter’.

A two-time world title challenger, Chisora’s recent string of victories has seen him rise the rankings and and come close to a possible third shot at the heavyweight crown, with belts expected to soon fragment.

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Yet, Chisora has maintained that he will retire after his showdown with ‘The Bronze Bomber’ next month, promising to hang up the gloves after a near two-decade long career.

Although, in an interview with First Round Boxing, Chisora’s good friend and fellow British boxing fan-favourite, Bellew, believes ‘Del Boy’ will not walk away from the sport following his dust-up with Wilder.

“No, I don’t think it is [his last fight]. I don’t think that he will ever retire from boxing. Boxing will retire that lunatic, he won’t retire from boxing, which is sad.”

As for the fight itself, Bellew admitted that he would have been concerned if the fight was made a few years prior, but that he now favours Chisora over the American, due to his superior hunger and will to win.

“If this fight would have been made three or four years ago, it would have probably caused murder.

But, at this stage now, I think that he [Derek] will come through a few dodgy moments in the first couple of rounds and then he will go right through him [Wilder], like a knife through butter, in the second half of the fight.

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“Wilder is always going to have that punch, but I just don’t believe that he actually wants it, the way that Del wants it. I think that has been apparent in his last few fights.”

Wilder-Chisora takes place on Saturday, April 4, at the O2 Arena in London, and will be available to watch live on DAZN PPV.

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Inside Team Australia’s MLB packed squad at World Baseball Classic 2026 ft. Curtis Mead, Jack O’Loughlin

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Team Australia headed into this year’s World Baseball Classic on the back of a breakthrough campaign in 2023, where they qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time.

Australia’s squad for the 2026 World Baseball Classic is headlined by MLB stars Curtis Mead, Jack O’Loughlin and Cleveland Guardians prospect Travis Bazzana. The 2026 WBC kicked off with Australia facing off against Chinese Taipei opener at the Tokyo Dome.

Travis Bazzana featured at second base in the WBC opener with Curtis Mead at third base, Aaron Whitefield in center field, Alex Hall as the designated hitter, Jarryd Dale at shortstop, Rixon Wingrove at first base, Robbie Perkins behind the plate, Chris Burke in left field and Tim Kennelly in right field.

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Former Baltimore Orioles ace Alex Wells started the game for Australia in their WBC opener. Australia claimed a 3-0 win after Perkins hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning and Bazzana added a solo home run in the seventh inning.

Former MLB top picks realising World Baseball Classic dream with Australia

Travis Bazzana, who is yet to make his MLB debut after being selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB draft, admitted that he always dreamt of representing his country. He made his feelings know ahead of his WBC debut this week.

Growing up, I always looked ahead and kind of had a vision of things I wanted to do in this game, and this was a big part of it,” Bazzana saud. “Young me would be dreaming of (this) and now it’s here. Just got to make the most of it.”

Australia will play Czechia on March 6. They will be up against the defending champions, Japan, on March 8, followed by a clash against South Korea on March 9 to conclude their pool games.