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Heavyweight veterans Derek “WAR” Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) and Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) headline at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday April 4, live on DAZN PPV.
The pairing will come together in each of their 50th professional contests, which will be the last-ever for Briton Chisora. After 346 rounds and over 19 years in the pro ranks, the Finchley fighter is finally ready to call time on his career. Despite never winning a world title, Delboy can be proud to own British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight belts.
Wilder is a former WBC world champion, who was unbeaten until his 44th fight, in 2020, when Tyson Fury steamed into him in their rematch to knock him out in seven brutal one-sided rounds.
Fury knocked him out once again in their trilogy decider in 2021, but this third and final fight was a back-and-forth barnstormer, with both boxers going down multiple times. It was Fury who won the series with an 11th round KO.
Since then, it’s gone from bad to worse for the American, who was once feared as the most powerful puncher on the planet. He has lost four from his last six, and his two wins have come against fringe contenders Robert Helenius and Tyrell Herndon. When facing world-level opposition in Fury, Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang, he has been outmatched and outgunned.
The 40-year-old is not the same fighter he was after his three KO defeats. Many believe that it was his trilogy with Tyson that broke him.
The Alabaman has always divided critics with his questionable technique, but his awkward style is effective, proven by a 97.73% KO ratio.
Fans always know what they are going to get with Derek “WAR” Chisora. He never fails to bring relentless pressure and exciting action to his fights. But Wilder has not been as consistent and it’s become a question as to which version of him will turn up to the ring.
Will Chisora be up against the most destructive puncher on the planet or a shell of a man that’s been broken by savage wars with “The Gypsy King”?
Chisora has reeled off three credible wins in a row, against Otto Wallin, Joe Joyce and Gerald Washington. However, all three of those are aged over 35 and have not been regarded as contenders for some time.
Chisora’s last shot at a world title was against Fury in 2022. He backed Tyson into the corner in the first 20 seconds and threw his trademark overhand right, but that was essentially it for his success. He did land another right bomb in first 20 seconds of the second, but Fury just jabbed him from range, landing huge uppercuts in what was a one-sided onslaught from thereon. He lasted to the 10th round because he’s too tough for his own good.
In this fight, I would like to trust Chisora to bring his usual style, by throwing those big overhand rights and bringing the relentless pressure he has become famed for.
Wilder’s extensive reach could allow him to keep Delboy at range and off his rhythm if he’s able to land his jabs enough, but he doesn’t possess the same skillset and IQ as Tyson, so I don’t believe he can perform in the same way as Fury did. Chisora should find Wilder’s height and reach similar to his fight with Tyson, but it should be easier for him to establish his own style and pace. Fury is skilful and clever, whereas Wilder really isn’t.
Wilder always has that equaliser though, so the chances of him winning by knockout in any fight will always be high. In heavyweight boxing, one punch can change a fight, and when Wilder boxes that saying is more apparent and possible than ever. In his last fight, he appeared to be more patient and willing to box, but his opponent was not of a very high calibre.
I am going to put my faith in Chisora to bring the war, like he always does. If he catches Wilder with those big overhand rights then he could panic “The Bronze Bomber”, like we saw in the Zhilei Zhang fight. He’s not great under pressure, he shells up and has to take time to think, it’s not natural to him to be backed up and under fire. That’s something Chisora can definitely bring to the fight, but Wilder is brave, he wants to go out on his shield and refuses to be stopped.
With those three victories behind him, the home advantage at the O2, and the incentive to finish his career on the biggest of wins, Chisora is going to leave everything in that ring on Saturday night, knowing that they will be the last professional punches he ever throws in his life.
Prediction: Chisora to win
Extra Tip: Chisora to win by knockout
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Many of the big boxing matches are only available via Pay Per View. However, you may be able to find streams of some of the less-popular fights via the Bet365 Live Streaming service. Bet365 provides over 100,000 live streams of sporting events every year and is regarded as one of the best services for streaming sports online without charge.
There are several options when it comes to betting on boxing, and the more you know, the better your chances of success. We will now go into more detail about some of the different betting markets that you will find, and discuss a few potential strategies you could use.
As with most sports, the outright market is probably the simplest, because you’re just betting on who will win the fight. There are no other criteria to consider, other than the fact that with many of the best bookies for boxing, you can also bet on the draw. However, draws in boxing are very rare and not many people tend to back this outcome.
Bear in mind that in many fights, one boxer tends to be a heavy favourite and it’s usually quite easy to pick the winner. There don’t tend to be that many shock results. Therefore, the odds on the favourite are often very low, even if you use the bookie with the best odds as described earlier in the article.
If you’re happy betting at short odds, you can certainly get a good success rate simply by backing short price favourites in boxing. But many people prefer to look for bigger wins. So you may sometimes need to look at some of the other markets to get a better return on your bet.
This market lets you choose not only who will win the fight, but how they will win. Different methods of victory are usually grouped as follows:
So because there are more possible outcomes in this market, the odds are higher than just the outright win market.
The Round Betting market offers the opportunity to get the highest odds. Here you can bet on which fighter will win, and which round he/she will win in.
Options to bet on a fighter to win on points, or to bet on the draw, are both also included in this market. In a 12 round bout, that gives 27 different possible outcomes. Therefore, the odds on each one are naturally going to be much higher. Think of it as the equivalent of the correct score market in football betting.
So the round betting market offers the biggest potential wins when betting on boxing. But of course, it’s harder to predict the outcome. You do have the option to split your stake to cover more than one outcome though. So if you felt that a fighter would win within the first 3 rounds, you could split your stake to back him to win in round 1, round 2 and round 3. The odds would mean you’d get a good profit if any of those outcomes happened.
This is a simple market in which you decide whether the fight will last all 12 rounds or not. Therefore there are only two outcomes to bet on, Yes or No.
It’s possible to get a decent success rate when betting on this market. Check the stats and the history of each boxer and ask yourself the following:
The answers to these key questions should give you a good idea of whether the fight is likely to go the distance or not. There can still be surprises, but you’ll certainly win more bets than you lose.
This market allows you to bet on the total number of rounds the fight will last for. The advantage here is that you do not need to specify who will win, just how long it will last.
For example, let’s consider a market of Over/Under 3.5 Rounds. There are only two options to bet on, either Over 3.5 Rounds or Under 3.5 Rounds. Therefore, you would approach the market as follows:
You will find that similar markets are available for Over/under 4.5, Over/Under 5.5, Over/Under 6.5 etc.
As any professional punter will tell you, the key to making a profit is not knowing who will win every time. Because obviously, that is not possible. The real trick is making sure that when you do win, you get the best possible odds on your bet.
We studied the odds for outright bets on every professional boxing match over a period of three months. We wanted to find the best bookies for boxing odds over a prolonged period of time.
As you would expect, Betfair and Bet365 are better than most of the competition. But the results showed that Betfred have the highest odds overall and came out well in some of the other markets like round betting.
Betfred were consistently best or equal best odds on nearly every outright market we recorded. They blew some of the other online bookies away in terms of the value they offered on boxing, and their user ratings are good too. So if you don’t have an account with them yet, we would definitely recommend joining.
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