Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora II

Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora II

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Date	18 December 2021
Venue	Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Title(s) on the line	WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Joseph Parker Derek Chisora Nickname "Lupesoliai La'auliolemalietoa" "War" Hometown South Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Finchley, London, UK Pre-fight record 29–2 (21 KOs) 32–11 (23 KOs) Age 29 years, 11 months 37 years, 11 months Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Weight 251 lb (114 kg) 248+1⁄2 lb (113 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBO No. 2 Ranked Heavyweight IBF No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight WBC No. 4 Ranked Heavyweight WBA No. 13 Ranked Heavyweight The Ring No. 5 Ranked Heavyweight TBRB No. 8 Ranked Heavyweight WBC No. 12 Ranked Heavyweight
Result
Parker wins via 12–round unanimous decision (115–110, 115–111, 114–112)

Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora II, was a professional boxing match contested between former heavyweight champion and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight champion, Joseph Parker, and Derek Chisora. The bout took place on 18 December 2021 at the AO Arena, with Parker winning by unanimous decision.

Background

Following the controversial split decision victory in their first in May, both Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora expressed interest in an immediate rematch. On 16 September 2021, it was announced that a rematch on 18 December, again at the Manchester Arena.

Speaking to BBC Sport in the build up Parker would suggest that he might retire if he lost the rematch, saying "I just want to beat him properly this time. If I can't beat Derek then I have to really look at myself and where I go from there."

The fight

Parker would largely dominate the bout, landing many overhand rights and uppercuts that hurt Chisora. A big right uppercut from Parker had Chisora wobbling into the ropes, which the referee Howard Foster ruled a knockdown as the ropes had kept him up. Another uppercut sent Chisora down in the seventh and again in the eight. Chisora was again in trouble in the ninth, it appeared at one point that the referee was on the verge of stepping in and waving it off, but Chisora was able to the survive the round. Chisora appeared to be the fresher in the last two rounds but he was never able to hurt Parker. The bout went the full 12 rounds and the judges all scored the bout for Parker with scores of 115–110, 115–111 and 114–112 giving him a unanimous decision victory.

According to CompuBox, Parker landed 144 punches with 31% accuracy, against Chisora's 122 punches with 26% accuracy.

Aftermath

Speaking in the ring after result, Parker said that "Derek always comes for war, he was one tough guy and never stopped coming forward until the end, we practised and practised that uppercut. What a Christmas present. I felt a lot stronger. It was important to start strong and not be negative from the beginning. You can see there are improvements to be made. Derek Chisora is a credit to the sport of boxing." Promoter Eddie Hearn, speaking to DAZN, said: "Derek Chisora is not human. How that went 12 rounds I'll never know. There was zero quit in him. Both those guys deserve a huge amount of credit."

Attention was drawn to the scorecards which were widely perceived to be overly generous to Chisora: reporters Mike Coppinger opined that "the judges were trying to rob" Parker, while Chris Mannix stated, "These are criminally, criminally, bad scorecards."

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:

Weight Class		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Joseph Parker (c)	def.	Derek Chisora	UD	12/12		Note 1
Super-middleweight	Kévin Sadjo	def.	Jack Cullen	TKO	6/12	1:11	Note 2
Super-featherweight	Zelfa Barrett	def.	Bruno Tarimo	UD	12/12		Note 3
Super-middleweight	Lerrone Richards	def.	Carlos Góngora (c)	SD	12/12		Note 4
Heavyweight	Alen Babić	def.	David Spilmont	KO	6/8	0:53
Cruiserweight	David Nyika	def.	Anthony Carpin	RTD	1/4	3:00
Preliminary bouts
Light-welterweight	Sandy Ryan	def.	Maria Soledad Capriolo	TKO	3/8	1:11
Cruiserweight	Jordan Thompson	def.	Piotr Budziszewski	TKO	1/6	0:53
Lightweight	Rhiannon Dixon	def.	Vaida Masiokaite	PTS	6/6

^Note 1 For WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
^Note 2 For European super-middleweight title
^Note 3 Eliminator for IBF super-featherweight title
^Note 4 For IBO super-middleweight title

Broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
	Stream
Worldwide	DAZN