Boxing: Chisora set for comeback fight
“I’m glad that this whole episode is finally behind me and I can carry on with my boxing career,” says Chisora.
LONDON:
British heavyweight Dereck Chisora, involved in a well-publicised brawl with former world champion David Haye last year, is set for a return to the ring after being reissued with a boxing licence. The Londoner was stripped of his right to fight following the incident at a news conference after he unsuccessfully challenged Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight title in Munich in early 2012. But the British Boxing Board of Control has now reinstated the Zimbabwean-born fighter and he is lined up for a comeback fight against an unnamed opponent on April 20. “I’m glad that this whole episode is finally behind me and I can carry on with my boxing career,” said the 29-year-old. “I would like to thank everyone who has kept faith with me over the troubled months and I look forward to repaying their loyalty with my performances in the ring.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2013.
British heavyweight Dereck Chisora, involved in a well-publicised brawl with former world champion David Haye last year, is set for a return to the ring after being reissued with a boxing licence. The Londoner was stripped of his right to fight following the incident at a news conference after he unsuccessfully challenged Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight title in Munich in early 2012. But the British Boxing Board of Control has now reinstated the Zimbabwean-born fighter and he is lined up for a comeback fight against an unnamed opponent on April 20. “I’m glad that this whole episode is finally behind me and I can carry on with my boxing career,” said the 29-year-old. “I would like to thank everyone who has kept faith with me over the troubled months and I look forward to repaying their loyalty with my performances in the ring.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2013.