Overview
- The 12-round bout, which ended Saturday at London’s O2 Arena, went to Deontay Wilder by split decision on DAZN pay-per-view after a main card that included European and interim title fights.
- Wilder scored knockdowns in the fourth and eighth rounds in a scrappy fight marked by heavy clinching, repeated stumbles and clear fatigue from both men.
- Derek Chisora, who weighed in at 266.7 pounds to Wilder’s 226.4, had said this would be his final fight and now appears set to retire.
- Promoters resolved a dispute over gloves that erupted at Friday’s weigh-in, and the main event proceeded without delay.
- The result renews talk of higher-profile bouts for Wilder, with speculation centering on Anthony Joshua.