In one of the best heavyweight slugfests I've witnessed in the last 10 years , WBC #10 heavyweight Dillian Whyte (20-1, 15 KOs) won a razor thin twelve round split decision over WBC #11, Dereck Chisora (26-7, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. Former British, Commonwealth and European champion Chisora started fast, taking the momentum away from the current British champion, pressuring him with perpetual punching.. Whyte regained some control in the middle rounds but was forced to take huge shots from the Finchley fighter.. Whyte began to have success when Chisora started to fade, grabbing rounds through being the slightly more active.. Going into the tenth it looked as if Chisora was ahead, and with both fighters already gassing, Dereck managed to push through and visibly hurt Whyte with clean single shots towards the end of the round.. Chisora allowed Dillian the luxury of the 11th, followed by both men giving a terrific grandstand finish to a highly entertaining fight.. considering the bad blood and high emotions, the fight was surprisingly clean and boxed in good spirits.. I had Chisora winning by a single round, but the scores were 115-114 for Chisora and 115-113, 115-114 for Whyte.
Both fighters embraced in the ring and showed real class by putting previous feelings aside..
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