Johnny Nelson predicts Chisora vs Wilder: “I actually lean towards him”

Next month, Derek Chisora takes on Deontay Wilder in what he promises to be the final outing of his professional boxing career. Ahead of the event, former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson has named who he believes will come out on top.

Loved by British fight fans, Chisora was advised to retire by the vast majority of his supporters when he came up short in a second challenge for world honours, decisively halted by Tyson Fury when they collided back in 2022.

However, Chisora chose to continue in the sport, as he revealed plans to hang up the gloves after reaching the landmark of 50 professional bouts.

A reinvigorated ‘Del Boy’ has remarkably won all three of his fights since losing to Fury and the 42-year-old now sits as high as #2 in the world rankings, but he maintains that his showdown with Wilder will be his last, even if he is victorious.

In an interview with Boxing King Media, Nelson expects Chisora to trump the former WBC heavyweight world champion, believing that Wilder has looked ‘fragile’ in his recent performances.

“Both these fighters, I said a while ago, should jack in, they shouldn’t be boxing anymore. But because of the decline of Wilder and where Derek is now, it’s probably safer now for the fight to happen than it was two or three years ago.

“I’d actually lean towards Derek for this one. Wilder, in the last few fights I’ve seen him in, he’s not looked dangerous; he’s actually looked fragile.”

Wilder-Chisora takes place on Saturday, April 4, at the O2 Arena in London, where Viddal Riley challenges for the EBU European cruiserweight title against Mateusz Masternak in the co-main event.