Deontay Wilder vs Dereck Chisora Preview April 4th, 2026
Former WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder of Tuscaloosa, Alabama returns to the ring on Saturday, April 4th when he takes on Dereck Chisora of Zimbabwe. This will be Wilder’s and Chisora’s 50th pro bouts of their career. It takes place at the O2 Arena in London, England and can be seen live in most nations on DAZN pay-per-view. Wilder’s last fight took place in June when he stopped Tyrell Herndon in the seventh round after dropping him in the second and sixth stanzas. The win snapped a two-fight losing skid as Zhilei Zhang halted Wilder in the fifth-round a year earlier and Joseph Parker beat him by a wide unanimous decision in December, 2023 in a shot at the WBO Inter-Continental and the vacant WBC International Heavyweight Titles. In fact, Wilder’s record is just 4-4-1 in his last nine fights. Chisora’s last contest resulted in a 12-round unanimous decision over Otto Wallin in February, 2025 when he dropped him in the ninth and 12th rounds.
Wilder vs Chisora Betting Odds
Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).
- Deontay Wilder +160
- Dereck Chisora -210
My Pick
The 40-year-old Wilder beat former champ Bermane Stiverne by unanimous decision in January, 2015 to claim the WBC Title and lost it to Tyson Fury in his 11th defence in 2020 when he was stopped in the seventh round. Wilder and Fury had fought to a draw in 2018 and Fury then stopped him in the 11th round in their trilogy match in 2021. Before running into Stiverne, Wilder had stopped all 32 of his opponents including Malik Scott, Owen Beck and Audley Harrison. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ will climb into the ring this weekend with a record of 44-4-1 with 43 Ko’s.
Wilder is a former Olympic bronze medalist who became the first American since Shannon Briggs in 2007 to own a portion of the heavyweight title when he beat Stiverne. Wilder is basically known for two things, which are his size and his power as he stands 6-feet-6-inches tall with an 83-inch reach and has stopped 43 of his opponents. The only men he was unable to stop were Fury in their three contests as well as Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker. However he did manage to drop Fury four times in their trilogy as he decked him in the ninth and 12th rounds during their draw in their first meeting and decked him twice in the fourth round of their third fight.
Therefore, he has dropped every single opponent he’s faced as a pro except Parker and Zhang. Wilder now has 186 rounds of experience under his belt since turning pro in 2008 and 97.7 per cent of his wins have come by stoppage while just seven of his 43 KO victims made it past the fifth round. But before halting Herndon in his last bout, Wilder’s last stoppage victory came in October, 2022 when he dropped Robert Helenius in the first round. In fact, his record in his last nine bouts is four wins a draw and four defeats and he’s been stopped three times himself in those outings, twice by Fury and once by Zhang.
The 42-year-old Chisora, who has resided in England for years, climbs into the ring with a mark of 36-13 with 23 Ko’s. Along with losing a trio of bouts to Tyson Fury (twice by stoppage), he’s been beaten twice by Dillian Whyte, as he was stopped in the 11th round of a slugfest in December, 2018 and dropped a 12-round split decision to him two years earlier. And more recently, he lost for the second time to former heavyweight titleholder Joseph Parker as he dropped a 12-round unanimous decision in December, 2021 after losing a split decision to him seven months earlier.
His other losses came via a fifth-round TKO to David Haye in 2012, a unanimous decision to world champ Vitali Klitschko five months earlier and a 12-round split decision to Robert Helenius three months before that for three straight defeats. Chisora was also beaten by Kubrat Pulev in May, 2017 and by Agit Kabayel via a majority decision in November, 2017 and dropped a unanimous decision to Oleksandr Usyk in October, 2020. However, he avenged the loss to Pulev via a 12-round split decision in 2022 in one of his best career performances.
Chisora stands just over 6-feet-1-inch tall and has a 74-inch wingspan so gives up 4.5 inches in height and nine inches in reach to Wilder. He may be a bit more skilled than people give him credit for as he can throw decent combinations when he’s in a rhythm but often leaves himself exposed to counter shots. His biggest wins have been over Joe Joyce, Pulev, Artur Szpilka, Carlos Takam, Malik Scott, Gerald Washington and Kevin Johnson. He has plenty of experience against top-notch opposition but often falls short when stepping up in class with the exceptions being against Joyce, Takam and Pulev.
Chisora has captured the WBA International and WBO International, WBA Inter-Continental and British Heavyweight Titles as a pro and has boxed 334 rounds since making his debut in 2007. He has pretty good power as 63.9 per cent of he wins have come by stoppage but hasn’t halted anybody since his TKO over David Price in four rounds in 2019. When Chisora’s motivated he can be pretty exciting by giving and taking all night long and can be a handful for anybody on the world stage but he sometimes runs out of steam as the fight goes on.
Prediction…
Wilder used to possess the power to instantly turn a fight around with one punch but that may not be the case anymore. Chisora has enough power of his own to cause damage and Wilder’s punch resistance isn’t what it used to be. Wilder looked a shell of himself against Parker and Zhang and he could be a shot fighter at this point. If that’s the case, Chisora will likely stop him and even if Wilder still has something left in the tank he needs to realize that Chisora can be quite dangerous when he’s hurt. Nothing will surprise me here including a draw as both boxers are at the end of their careers and each has the power to take each other out. If Wilder lets his hands go from the opening bell and uses his height and reach advantages he should have some success but the question is what will happen when he gets nailed on the chin? And the same question can be asked about Chisora. I’m expecting this fight to end in a stoppage and I’m leaning toward Chisora as he seems to have the better chin at this stage of their careers.
Wilder’s punch resistance may be a problem.
Play: Chisora -210 @ BetOnline.ag
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