Derek Chisora: All you need to know about Zimbabwean-British professional boxer

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Derek Chisora: All you need to know about Zimbabwean-British professional boxer

Tosin Abayomi 11:01 - 23.05.2024

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

British boxer Derek Chisora has almost 15 years of professional experience, and throughout that period he has accumulated a substantial income.

Chisora has fought the greatest; he is well-respected for never backing down from a fight, and his record shows this fearlessness even if he has lost a lot more often than won.

Derek Chisora background

On December 29, 1983, Derek Chisora was born in Mbare, a suburb of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Chisora's family relocated to Finchley, London, in 1999.

In 2002, he knocked out a victim's teeth during a street fight and was taken into custody for assault.

He spent his early years in Hatfield, Zimbabwe, before his family moved to the United Kingdom in 1999.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Dereck returned to Mbare at the age of fifteen to live with his father.

When economic hardship started to take hold in Zimbabwe, he moved to the UK in 1999 to be with his mother.

Chisora has spent his career courting controversy. British boxing authorities have fined, suspended, and punished him due to his bad-boy persona.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Because of his outbursts prior to and following the Klitschko bout, Chisora's license was revoked by the British Boxing Board of Control in 2012.

Before the bout, he got into an altercation with opponent David Haye, which got him into more problems.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Derek Chisora's Amateur background

At the age of 19, he started boxing training at the Finchley ABC club in North London.

Chisora trained at the Finchley ABC club in Barnet, North London, where Anthony Joshua, the heavyweight champion, frequently frequented.

According to several sources, He is 1.87 m tall and 117 kg in weight.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

The Zimbabwean-born fighter participated in roughly 20 amateur contests, capturing the 2006 ABA super heavyweight title and taking home a gold medal from the Four Nations Championships.

Derek Chisora career

The 38-year-old has 47 professional fights under his belt, with 34 victories.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

He has defeated some of the best boxing names in the last ten years and still has dreams of winning the world title.

Never one to back down from a challenge, he has fought Vitali Klitschko, Carlos Takam, David Haye, Tyson Fury, and Dillian Whyte since 2011 and these high-profile bouts have brought him good fortune.

During those 34 wins Derek has stopped 24 of his opponents, so his current knock-out ratio is 70%.

In his 13 losses, he's been stopped 4 times.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

He's boxed a total of 324 rounds, meaning his professional fights last 6.8 rounds on average.

What is Derek Chisora's net worth?

Chisora has earned his money over the previous few years, and boxing is a big industry.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

The two biggest fight purses of his career to date have been £4.5 million from his trilogy battle with Tyson Fury and £4.4 million from his bout against Oleksandr Usyk.

Chisora's estimated net worth as of summer 2023 is £12 million.

Right now, he gets paid a guaranteed sum of anything from $1.5 to $2 million.

Furthermore, he receives between fifty and sixty percent of the pay-per-view revenue for each match.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Due to his extensive and successful boxing career, the famous person has several sponsorship agreements.

Furthermore, he should be earning a fine income as the proprietor of the "Chisora Warrior" apparel line.

Derek Chisora's private life

Yalda Kontratchy is the ex-girlfriend of Derek Chisora.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

They dated for a while until she ended things due to what she claimed to be an attack. Her birthplace was Iran.

Publications disclosed that when Derek discovered text conversations from another man on her phone in November 2010, he attacked her.

The turmoil and claimed unkind actions were probably the main reasons behind her decision to terminate the dysfunctional relationship.

It is unknown who their mother is, but he has two daughters.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

The boxer doesn't disclose a lot of personal information these days.

He is sometimes seen spending time with the daughters when he has free time.

Derek Chisora is married to his longtime partner Emily Eringer.

The two got together in 2012, but it is not clear when the couple tied the knot, and very little is known about Chisora's wife.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

Derek and Emily are the proud parents of two daughters, Angelina and Harare.

Derek Chisora's cars

Supercars are a hobby for the boxer.

Among the various cars he has are the Bentley Continental, several Mercedes-Benz models, and the Rolls Royce Phantom Series 2.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

He bought the Rolls-Royce and Bentley for more than $500,000.

Derek Chisora upcoming fight

The O2 Arena in London will host a fight between British heavyweights Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora on July 27.

With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.
With over 15 years in boxing, Get to know Zimbabwean-British professional boxer Derek Chisora.

The two have been headed for conflict for a while; in 2019, Joyce called for a battle with Chisora for the first time.

In March, Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs) made his ring comeback following consecutive knockout losses to Zhilei Zhang, which caused him to drop in the heavyweight rankings.

On his comeback, the 2016 Olympic silver medallist defeated Kash Ali via 10th-round knockout, but he didn't appear to be at his best.

Before Zhang's defeats, Joyce had been mentioned for world title bouts following his victories over Daniel Dubois and Carlos Takam, as well as his decision to defeat Joseph Parker via knockout.

The 40-year-old Chisora last competed in August, winning over Gerald Washington in London following a third loss to Tyson Fury.

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