Emanuel Steward: Dereck Chisora is one of the toughest guys!

Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame trainer to THE RING’s undisputed heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, believes former British heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora is one of the toughest guys out there.

Chisora is set to take on former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye on July 14 at the West Ham Upton Park Stadium in east London, in a fight that is fuelled with bad blood.

Chisora, also known as Del Boy, is not rated among the top ten best boxers of the world. He has lost three out of his last four fights as well and therefore will enter the ring as an underdog against his fellow countryman.

However, Steward reckons Chisora has all the hallmarks of upsetting Haye in the ring. The renowned trainer also feels that a win over Haye will lead Chisora to a long overdue shot at Wladimir, who currently holds the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring world heavyweight championship belts.

While speaking on his inclusion, Steward insisted Haye and Chisora’s fight is something not to be missed.

“If it wasn’t for me being on the Amir Khan (vs. Danny Garcia) fight commentating for HBO, then this is the one fight in the last year or two that I wouldn’t miss for anything,” said the 68-year-old legend on Box Nation TV. “I have a lot of interest in this bout. Not just because it relates to the heavyweight division and, possibly, Wladimir, but as a fight fan. It maybe a negative event with the federation but I think it’s a very exciting fight.”

He added, “I have always told Wladimir that the toughest fight he could have is against Dereck Chisora. Dereck may have been in a few situations but I’ve always felt his style and make-up was going to be more trouble to us than David’s.

Chisora is a tough, tough guy.”

Well, all said and done, Haye has promised a lot of things to his fans but let’s see if Chisora really shock the world by beating him on the fight night.

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