Joseph Parker defeated Derek Chisora by a split decision before offering a rematch. Photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing
Joseph Parker claimed the vacant WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight title with a gruelling split decision win over Derek Chisora at the AO Arena in Manchester.
Chisora was making yet another pay-per-view appearance, but was in last chance territory in his ambitions of operating at the elite level.
After a bizarre bust up after the weigh in, where Chisora threatened to walk away from the contest after losing a coin toss as to who would ring walk second, Derek’s mother stepped in to calm her son down, and he eventually saw sense and relented.
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Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan will finally clash this weekend. Photo Credit: Mark Robinson / Matchroom
Whisper it quietly, but after three previously failed attempts, a long awaited Welterweight clash finally tops the bill at the SSE Arena, Wembley this Saturday night.
David Avanesyan (26-3-1, KO14) and Josh Kelly (10-0-1, KO6) will hopefully meet once and for all in London in a contest that has been over two years in the making.
The pair were originally due to meet in December 2018, but Kelly withdrew due to illness on the morning of the fight in Sheffield.
Ever since, Avanesyan’s team have accused Kelly of running scared, something the Sunderland man has obviously strenuously denied, and the pair went their separate ways.