Overview
- The heavyweights meet at London’s O2 on Saturday, with the DAZN pay-per-view main card listed to start at 2 p.m. ET.
- Derek Chisora, 42, says this will be his 50th and final professional bout as he bows out in his home city.
- Deontay Wilder, 40, arrives under scrutiny after recent defeats to Tyson Fury, Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang as he tries to revive his standing.
- The DAZN PPV card lists Viddal Riley vs Mateusz Masternak for the European cruiserweight title and Denzel Bentley vs Endry Saavedra for the interim WBO middleweight belt, with all bouts subject to change.
- On Wednesday, Wilder escalated the pre-fight narrative with an expletive-laden claim that boxing is rife with corruption, adding edge to a clash already framed by late-career stakes.