Dereck Chisora is a famous English boxing champion who has succeeded in winning major titles in various heavyweight competitions. The boxer is currently the world’s seventh-best running heavyweight boxer in the world, according to the Transformational Boxing Rankings Board. Surprisingly, Derek has drawn a lot of stunts with his extraordinary fighting technique and has fought his way to superstardom. He has battled against top boxing champions; therefore, having 29 wins out of his 38 professional matches. Here is what we know about this super boxer.
Dereck Chisora’s Bio
Dereck Chisora was born on the 29th day of December in 1983 in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe. The boxer was born to his Zimbabwean parents – Paul and his lovely wife, Viola Chisora. As he was growing up, Dereck experienced an unstable childhood as his parents divorced when he was only four years old and was then left under the care of his grandparents – Phyllis Masarakufa and Angelo De Souza. Meantime, Dereck wasn’t a sportsman from his childhood; he worked as a paramedic while in high school, and he later graduated from Churchill Boarding School.
When he was just sixteen years old, Dereck went to be with his mum in England. Upon entry, the youngster lived with his mum in Finchley town, London. There he noticed an opportunity to seek a career in boxing for which he has earned fame. It didn’t take long for the fighter to understand the basic skills and get his amateur boxing profession to a start. He remained unbeaten throughout his amateur career and posted a victory in all his fights.
Professional Career
Turning pro fighter in 2007, Dereck kicked off his professional boxing career in February through a fight against Hungarian boxer Istvan Kecskes. Following beating Istvan by a total knockout, Dereck continued on to win his next three life-changing fights. He further recorded wins against top fighters, including boxer Sam Sexton as well as Shawn Mclean, and also Lee Swaby. He held an 8 – 0 performance in the first two years of his professional work.
Dereck Chisora proceeded to make waves in his profession and went on to defeat the popular boxer Paul Butlin and two more fighters in 2009 before taking up the headline bout against Danny Williams in mid-2010. Dereck beat Williams in May 2010 to become the British Heavyweight champion. His major next fight was facing Sam Sexton, whom he won by a total knockout to secure the Commonwealth heavyweight championship title in September of 2010.
The Zimbabwean-born boxer recorded his very first career loss against in July of 2011. As a result of the loss, Dereck was removed from his British and Commonwealth titles. He likewise competed for the WBA, WBO Inter-Continental, and the European heavyweight titles but ultimately lost to Robert Helenius in December of 2011. He worked for the WBC heavyweight title in February 2012; nevertheless, he lost the fight by unanimous choice. His fourth professional loss came against in July of the same year, and after that defeat, Dereck bounced back while winning his next five consecutive fights.
Amazingly, he also won the WBO International heavyweight championship after he triumphed over Malik Scott in July of 2013. He further won the vacant European heavyweight title by beating Edmund Gerber in September and later defeated Ondrej Pala to add the WBA International heavyweight title to his accomplishments. He was beaten by Tyson Fury in 2014, hence losing his European and WBO International titles.
Dereck moreover won the vacant WBA heavyweight championship title after defeating Carlos Takam in July of 2018. The boxer named David Haye as his manager in October 2018, and his fight against in December 2018 ended in a loss. At the moment, the Zimbabwean fighter has won a total of 29 out of his 38 professional career matches and has lost nine.
Net Worth: How Much is Dereck Chisora’s current Worth?
The boxing superstar has been outstanding since the start of his career and has made a lot of wealth from his boxing career, particularly the pay-per-view bouts. According to some credible online sources, Dereck’s net worth has been determined to be around $25 million. He makes his money from his boxing career, brand endorsements, and other business ventures.
Family Life: Does He Have a Wife or Girlfriend?
Just like we mentioned earlier in the article, Dereck came from a middle-class Zimbabwean family. He was brought up by his grandparents after his parent’s separation when he was just four years old. Before his boxing profession, the star moved to the UK to live with his mother. He hasn’t revealed many details concerning his parents and family, and perhaps he may be their only son. His family has been extremely supportive since the start of his career. Meanwhile, his mother has been performing a significant role as one of Dereck’s managers.
Assuredly, Dereck Chisora has garnered huge popularity through his boxing career; nonetheless, he isn’t so thriving in his love life. He has been in a couple of relationships, but nevermore tied the knot. While he enjoys putting his personal life under the shadows, it is already known that he was previously in a short relationship with an Iranian lady called Yalda. The couple had a rather an unsuccessful relationship which fast came to an end only after seven months.
Their relationship was loaded with abuses, and Dereck was evenly sued for domestic violence after his hitting of Yalda out of anger. As a result, the court ordered him to pay Yalda a compensation of 1500 Euros while getting 150 community service hours. Since the incident, there is no news of Dereck’s succeeding relationships.
