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Derek Chisora’s fight with former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has been confirmed for the O2 Arena in London on 4 April. <\/b><\/p>\n
The event will be a 50th professional fight for both 42-year-old Chisora and American Wilder, 40. <\/p>\n
Chisora said last year he would retire after a 50th bout which would take place overseas, but the Briton is now set to face Wilder on home soil. <\/p>\n
The pair were due to fight 13 years ago but Wilder withdrew from the bout after an arrest for domestic violence prevented him from travelling to the UK.<\/p>\n
Chisora is on a three-fight winning streak, including points victories over Joe Joyce and Otto Wallin.<\/a><\/p>\n Wilder held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, winning his first 40 fights, and was once considered the division’s most feared puncher. <\/p>\n He drew with Tyson Fury in 2018 in the first bout of their trilogy, then suffered successive defeats by the ‘Gypsy King’ in 2020 and 2021. <\/p>\n Wilder returned in June 2025 after more than a year out with a seventh-round stoppage of little-known Tyrrell Anthony Herndon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n