Deontay Wilder vs. Derek Chisora | DAZN - 4 April 2026

[mickey1975]

Does anyone think this will sell out or struggle to sell. Maybe the casuals are more interested in fury comeback a week later and go to that instead (if its in London)

If ticket sales are slow, they'll announce a strong undercard. I think it'll be full on the night.

Keith, serious question, what do you think is the % of people who go who even care about the undercard? Unless they stick Johnny Fisher on in a British title fight it will make little impact. I think the fight will do reasonably well anyway. MF are good promoters in hyping the fighters and Del and the former Heavyweight champion of the world are good in that role themselves.

[keithmoonhangover]

Does anyone think this will sell out or struggle to sell. Maybe the casuals are more interested in fury comeback a week later and go to that instead (if its in London)

If ticket sales are slow, they'll announce a strong undercard. I think it'll be full on the night.

Keith, serious question, what do you think is the % of people who go who even care about the undercard? Unless they stick Johnny Fisher on in a British title fight it will make little impact. I think the fight will do reasonably well anyway. MF are good promoters in hyping the fighters and Del and the former Heavyweight champion of the world are good in that role themselves.

I have no idea on the percentage, but ultimately the decision will come down to one thing.... money. By the time you've paid the overheads and the main eventers, how much is left will determine the quality of the undercard.

[mickey1975]

If ticket sales are slow, they'll announce a strong undercard. I think it'll be full on the night.

Keith, serious question, what do you think is the % of people who go who even care about the undercard? Unless they stick Johnny Fisher on in a British title fight it will make little impact. I think the fight will do reasonably well anyway. MF are good promoters in hyping the fighters and Del and the former Heavyweight champion of the world are good in that role themselves.

I have no idea on the percentage, but ultimately the decision will come down to one thing.... money. By the time you've paid the overheads and the main eventers, how much is left will determine the quality of the undercard.

But my point is that is that it doesn't matter who's on the undercard, it won't really affect the attendance. Cacace v Warrington would sell out either Leeds or Belfast arena and I bet it cost a few quid to put on, yet nobody watched it. I was there, it was a more or less empty stadium, and it wasn't even the first fight of the night.

[joshj909]

Keith, serious question, what do you think is the % of people who go who even care about the undercard? Unless they stick Johnny Fisher on in a British title fight it will make little impact. I think the fight will do reasonably well anyway. MF are good promoters in hyping the fighters and Del and the former Heavyweight champion of the world are good in that role themselves.

I have no idea on the percentage, but ultimately the decision will come down to one thing.... money. By the time you've paid the overheads and the main eventers, how much is left will determine the quality of the undercard.

But my point is that is that it doesn't matter who's on the undercard, it won't really affect the attendance. Cacace v Warrington would sell out either Leeds or Belfast arena and I bet it cost a few quid to put on, yet nobody watched it. I was there, it was a more or less empty stadium, and it wasn't even the first fight of the night.

I think it comes down to what people are turning up for and most people are turning up the names in the main event or just for a piss up. The more engaged boxing fans will want a better undercard, especially if they are travelling somewhere and paying a fair bit for it. For most events, especially one that's headlined by someone with a big following, about 20% will care about anything before the co-main.

[530426]

В этом бою буду болеть за Дерека Чисору, он проводит финальный 50-ый бой в карьере и просто хочется, чтобы он победил. Заслуженный мужик джорнименского цеха с потрясающим послужняком.

Если отбросить свои личные хотелки: за Чисорой активность и не смотря на кучу тяжелых боев со всей гвардией супертяжелого веса от него осталось больше, он был активней в последние годы и выступал успешней. Как мне кажется

[keithmoonhangover]

В этом бою буду болеть за Дерека Чисору, он проводит финальный 50-ый бой в карьере и просто хочется, чтобы он победил. Заслуженный мужик джорнименского цеха с потрясающим послужняком.

Если отбросить свои личные хотелки: за Чисорой активность и не смотря на кучу тяжелых боев со всей гвардией супертяжелого веса от него осталось больше, он был активней в последние годы и выступал успешней. Как мне кажется

I agree.

[keithmoonhangover]

Keith, serious question, what do you think is the % of people who go who even care about the undercard? Unless they stick Johnny Fisher on in a British title fight it will make little impact. I think the fight will do reasonably well anyway. MF are good promoters in hyping the fighters and Del and the former Heavyweight champion of the world are good in that role themselves.

I have no idea on the percentage, but ultimately the decision will come down to one thing.... money. By the time you've paid the overheads and the main eventers, how much is left will determine the quality of the undercard.

But my point is that is that it doesn't matter who's on the undercard,

The undercard matters to some fans, and not just the hardcore. Some people wait for the undercard to be announced before purchase. If there's local lads on, it adds bums on seats.

[Glass Joe]

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Riley is on the card.

Against Masternak

[joshj909]

Riley is on the card.

Against Masternak

That's not a bad fight

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Denzel Bentley ‘relieved’ and finally readying for Endry Saavedra

Denzel Bentley has revealed how “relieved” he is that his much delayed WBO interim middleweight title fight with Endry Saavedra has been confirmed for April 4.

He has also described as “mental” the fact that the champion Janibek Alimkhanuly is not being stripped of the full title but instead has been suspended from participating in any WBO-sanctioned bouts for a year after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Bentley, 31, is to finally fight Saavedra at London’s O2 Arena on the undercard of Deontay Wilder-Derek Chisora – 16 months after his British and European middleweight title victory over his fellow Englishman Brad Pauls, and nine after the WBO ordered the eliminator against Saavedra.

He had expected to do so on the undercard of Joseph Parker-Fabio Wardley at the same venue in October before another four months of delays, but after at one point appearing on course to travel to Australia to fight the No Limit-promoted Saavedra, confirmation of his contest with the Venezuelan has since refocused his mind.

Queensberry Promotions’ announcement of Bentley-Saavedra became low key when Floyd Mayweather’s comeback and Conor Benn signing for Zuffa Boxing were announced later on Friday, but Bentley told BS: “I can’t explain how relieved I am I’ve finally got a date. I’m just so happy – it got to the point where I felt like, ‘Forget this eliminator – let me just fight, man.’ I’m on the other side of 30 now so time ain’t particularly on my side – I just want to keep moving. I’ve got to keep my career flowing, and I wanna have as much fun as I can in my career before it’s over. It was just so frustrating – I missed out on a whole year of what could have been a good year. We’ve got this date locked in – I’m grateful, and ready to get cracking in April.

“It was really frustrating. I’d walk into the gym every other week complaining at Martin [Bowers, my trainer] about something, and he’d calm me down and say, ‘Look, man, at the position we’re in.’ It’s a glass half-full, as opposed to half-empty, mentality. ‘Oh my days, I need you to just get angry with me.’ But it’s cool, man – he’s kept my head cool, kept me in the gym working on stuff. I haven’t wasted a year. It felt like I was wasting it but I haven’t – I’ve improved so much being in the gym for a year straight working consistently on things and things are coming off ‘cause I’ve had more time to work on them. I feel good in that sense – I feel the improvements in myself when I’m sparring, so I don’t feel like I’ve wasted a year. It’s been a year of practice and learning.

“The date in October, they agreed a deal with Endry, but they hadn’t signed it, and when it came to signing it they started asking for more money and things in their favour. That might have been a way for them to stall – maybe Endry wasn’t ready. Then I was going to take an in-between fight against [one-time opponent Nathan] Heaney in December on the Magnificent Seven card. That fell through because [Derek] Chisora and Dillian Whyte didn’t happen on that card in Manchester. Then, coming into the new year, because we agreed that fight [with Saavedra], everything else didn’t make sense. Now it’s been officially signed.

“There was a point where they wanted to host the fight in Australia, but they didn’t wanna pay the money that needed to be paid to do that. It was getting long. I had conversations with myself. ‘If I get offered something else I’m just gonna take it.’ I’d been out over a year; I couldn’t care less where it had been; I wasn’t hellbent on it being here. If Australia was going to pay me more, you’d have seen me in Australia.”

Bentley and Saavedra, 34, will have little choice but to continue to wait to fight Janibek.

Janibek outpointed Bentley in 2022, and also holds the title of the IBF, which has yet to rule on his status as their champion.

“I think it’s mental,” Bentley said. “You’re not giving the division a chance to move on and keep rolling. He’s held the belt for three years and he’s actually never defended it against a mandatory opponent – only the IBF has enforced their mandatories. If you’re guilty you should be stripped of that title. Let the division move on. Let there be a new champion – a new face of the division. We’ve got to wait until his suspension is done to fight him, so why are we being punished and losing the opportunity to become a world champion, because he’s being punished? I don’t think it’s fair.”

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Harlem Eubank set for April run-out before Brighton 'big one' in June

Welterweight Harlem Eubank is set to return to the ring on April 4 before a big Brighton homecoming in the summer.
The 32-year-old's last outing was his lopsided points win over Josh Wagner at Brighton Centre on November 11, which got him back to winning ways after a July defeat by Jack Catterall.

Now ranked No. 15 with the IBF, Eubank, the cousin of Chris Jr, is set for a run-out at London's o2 Arena on the undercard of Derek Chisora's clash with Deontay Wilder.

Promoter Kalle Sauerland told The Ring: "We are looking to get Harlem out on that card, probably in an eight-round fight.
"But that is with a view to putting him in a big fight back in Brighton in June."

Sauerland has made no secret of his desire to match Eubank with Regis Prograis but is now looking elsewhere after the news that the two-time junior welterweight world champion will face Conor Benn on April 11 instead.

And he says that could lead them to The Ring's No. 8-rated 140 pounder Arnold Barboza Jr, who is preparing to step up to welterweight in his fight against Kenneth Sims Jr on March 14.

Sauerland added: "I want a name for Harlem, someone who people know.

"Prograis is tied up now, we missed the boat a bit on that but my brother Nisse was talking about Barboza, someone like that. So then when Harlem beats him, it gives him that belief to move onwards and upwards.

"That's the art of matchmaking. Unfortunately it's not like phoning up and ordering a pizza, these can be complicated fights to make but we are working on it.

"But first, let's get April 4 done and dusted, a good performance, then all back down to the seaside in the sun in June."

[tony1234]

Is this on the DAZN Ultimate or a separate PPV ? My subscription is up for renewal soon and I won't bother upgrading it if not

[aidenp25]

It’s apart of the ultimate package 100%

[tony1234]

It’s apart of the ultimate package 100%

Thanks

[gilgamesh]

Is this on the DAZN Ultimate or a separate PPV ? My subscription is up for renewal soon and I won't bother upgrading it if not

It didn't even ask me if I wanted an upgrade. So they just cost themselves money with me because since I wasn't even offered DAZN Ultimate I'm just gonna str3am it all now. They've given no choice.

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When fights are announced. Do they make it clear wha sub you need to watch them?

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Kalle Sauerland wants Derek Chisora vs Deontay Wilder for IBF title

Could Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder end up fighting for a vacant title?

As unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is currently set to defend his WBC belt against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in his next outing, the rest of the heavyweight division is looking for the rest of the dominoes to fall as some anticipate that Usyk’s other belts could be stripped of him.

Promoter Kalle Sauerland, who is putting on the upcoming fight between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder, tells Sky Sports that while he respects all of Usyk’s accomplishments, it’s only right to keep the division active and he would therefore like to see his fight be made with a vacant IBF title on the line as Chisora beat Otto Wallin in an IBF eliminator last year and would like his shot at the title.

“Oleksandr Usyk has not had one single mandatory defence of the IBF in his reign as heavyweight champion, as IBF heavyweight champion.

”Given Chisora’s position at the very top of the heavyweight rankings right now, and Wilder’s position as well, and given the high-profile nature of the fight it would be an amazing addition for them to be able to fight for the belt.”

Meanwhile, Murat Gassiev is also closely following the belt situation as he would like to grab the WBA’s super champion title as Usyk hasn’t made a mandatory defense of that belt since August 2023.

So far there has been no formal announcements from either the IBF nor WBA on how they plan to handle this situation going forward, but you can expect that they won’t be able remain silent indefinitely as the rest of the division jockey’s for position.

[gilgamesh]

When fights are announced. Do they make it clear wha sub you need to watch them?

If it's a fight that matters, it's on DAZN Ultimate basically.

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[tony1234]

When fights are announced. Do they make it clear wha sub you need to watch them?

If it's a fight that matters, it's on DAZN Ultimate basically.

It's on Ultimate, so I've cancelled to see if they offer me a deal to resubscribe for another year

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