Dereck Chisora says Dillian Whyte rematch can still happen this year
Monday 3 April 2017 20:44, UK
Dereck Chisora still wants a rematch with Dillian Whyte and told his bitter rival to forget about world titles and focus on producing another memorable fight.
'Del Boy' will next face Robert Helenius for a second time at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, with the WBC 'silver' heavyweight title at stake on May 27.
But Chisora remains eager to trade punches with Whyte again after suffering a close points defeat in December, and believes the return bout can take place later this year.
"The fight will happen," Chisora exclusively told Sky Sports. "If he wins his next fight and then the terms are right for me and him, we'll do the fight."
Whyte is reluctant to take the fight unless it helps his pursuit of a world title, but Chisora says there does not need to be any prizes on the line in a rematch after they created a fight of the year contender in Manchester.
"Everybody always say it has to be a world title eliminator, it has to be this or that," he said. "To be honest with you, if it's a great fight, it doesn't have to be for any title as along as everybody is getting paid."
Chisora hurled a table at Whyte as they clashed at a pre-fight press conference, but there was no repeat of such chaotic scenes when he came face to face with Helenius in front of the watching media.
The Finchley man endured an even more contentious points defeat in his 2011 fight with Helenius and wants to avoid the risk of another cruel decision in the rematch.
"I haven't seen the guy for almost six years. It was good, there was nothing much happening," he said.
"We're not on game time yet, we're just training. I always say to myself, when I get on the plane, when I go to fight in another country - it's war time, it's game time.
I always say to myself, when I get on the plane, when I go to fight in another country - it's war time, it's game time.
"He looked friendly. Last time he was on edge, but this time he was okay."
Asked for a prediction, Chisora said: "We're going in there to have a knockout. We are not trying to get points to be honest with you, because last time we left it to points, we got robbed.
"This time we're going to try and get a knockout."
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