{"id":207255,"date":"2025-06-23T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/207255\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:49:09","slug":"derek-chisora-was-kod-by-dillian-whyte-and-now-predicts-moses-itauma-fight-its-the-wrong-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/207255\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora Was KO&#8217;d By Dillian Whyte And Now Predicts Moses Itauma Fight: &#8220;It&#8217;s The Wrong Time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/dereck-chisora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derek Chisora<\/a> has fought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/dillian-whyte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dillian Whyte<\/a> twice and has now made his prediction for \u2018The Body Snatcher\u2019s upcoming fight with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/moses-itauma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moses Itauma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whyte is on the comeback trail after being away from the sport due to a failed doping test that saw him pulled from a 2023 rematch with Anthony Joshua. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/boxing\/boxing-britain-s-whyte-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-uk-anti-doping_sto7566125\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the UK Anti-Doping Agency.<\/a> At 37-years-old, Whyte is looking for one last crack at the top as a former world title challenger who has fought the likes of Tyson Fury, Joseph Parker and Chisora.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma is very much a man on the rise. The 20-year-old is undefeated and has won 10 of his 12 fights so far by stoppage, including against Demsey McKean and Mariusz Wach, both inside the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mW0tJnakhcw&amp;t=298s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking to talkSPORT Boxing,<\/a> Chisora was asked what he made of Whyte \u2013 who he drew with before losing by brutal knockout in their rematch \u2013 versus Itauma.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI even phoned Dillian and said I don\u2019t know why you\u2019re talking this fight, this kid is on fire right now. He\u2019s getting better and better. He\u2019s not going backwards, he\u2019s going forward \u2026 He\u2019s 20? Jesus Christ. Someone needs to call the police and get them done for attempted murder for making that fight happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not the fight to make right now. Moses is on fire, so we need to decide who goes to prison when Dillian gets battered badly. There\u2019s no light at the end of that tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2018Del Boy\u2019 was then asked if he thought WBO number 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/usyk-names-next-heavyweight-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moses would be world champion by the end of next year.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes, yes, cause he\u2019s a good guy, he respects everybody, he loves training, he\u2019s got manners, he\u2019s got manners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13382935\/dillian-whyte-to-face-moses-itauma-in-british-heavyweight-boxing-fight-in-saudi-arabia-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The pair step into the ring on August 16 out in Riyadh<\/a>, with WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball putting his title on the line against Sam Goodman to top the undercard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora has fought Dillian Whyte twice and has now made his prediction for \u2018The Body Snatcher\u2019s upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-207255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114731821509278115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}