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MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 15: Derek Chisora of Zimbabwe warms up for a public training session at Mercedes Benz show room on February 15, 2012 in Munich, Germany. Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC title against Dereck Chisora of England on February 18, 2012 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 15: Derek Chisora of Zimbabwe warms up for a public training session at Mercedes Benz show room on February 15, 2012 in Munich, Germany. Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC title against Dereck Chisora of England on February 18, 2012 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
The co-main event of Anthony Joshua vs. Robert Helenius just got concluded in favor of Derek Chisora by unanimous decision on the scorecards. Chisora displayed a great performance against Gerald Washington, despite being injured – having a cut on his right eye in the second round itself. At that time, the fight seemed a bit lopsided, as Chisora also fell down during this round. But, it wasn’t deemed a knockout by the referee as it was recognized as a slip.
Post-second round, Chisora didn’t give Washington a chance to take control of the fight. In the further eight rounds, Chisora landed a number of body shots, while Washington also connected effective 1-2 punches combinations from time to time. Overall, the fight was a great spectacle of technical boxing and two titans going the distance against each other.
Fans react to the co-main event of Joshua-Helenius between Derek Chisora and Gerald Washington
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Some fans showed happiness and admiration for the Derek Chisora victory, while others considered the results to be absolutely “rigged“.
One of the fans, Franko, stated that he agreed with the scorecards, but they still believe that the scoring of 97-92 doesn’t seem quite right. Still, they further congratulated the boxer on grabbing the victory.
I did think Chisora deserved the nod, but 97-92 is a bit wide.
Retire on a win, Del. Hold your head high.#JoshuaHelenius— Franko (@FrankoHaggis) August 12, 2023
Another fan, Brian Blake, stated that how somebody called Chisora “a dangerous looking tablecloth“. Then also pointed out that he further went toe-to-toe against Gerald Washington. The fan claimed this to be his “rock bottom“.
First someone called him a dangerous looking tablecloth and then he goes life and death with Gerald Washington.
Chisora has hit rock bottom. pic.twitter.com/BEclrTYc7o
— Brian Blake (@BrianOBlake) August 12, 2023
One fan, Liam, advised ‘War’ to call it a retirement on a win, after watching his performance against Washington.
Really hope Chisora calls it a day now. Bow out on a win #JoshuaHelenius
— Liam (@LiamDoel) August 12, 2023
A fan, Andy Borland, stated that the scoring didn’t make sense in the Chisora fight. So much so that the fan went ahead and called it “batsh*t crazy“.
Scoring on that Chisora fight is officially batshit crazy 😳
— Andy Borland (@AndyBorland4) August 12, 2023
Meanwhile, another fan kieran mcbride couldn’t believe that Chisora had grabbed the win in the co-main event of Anthony Joshua-Robert Helenius fight. They even made a harsh claim about boxing being fake and scripted.
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Boxing is so rigged how tf has chisora won that, lucky if he got 2 rounds😂 #JoshuaHelenius
— kieran mcbride (@kizza1512) August 12, 2023
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The fans had a different opinion about the bout as the results of the fight were announced. Some believed that Washington won the fight, but the scorecards handed the unanimous victory to ‘War’. Who is the winner according to you? Do you think the results were fair and justified? Tell us in the comments section.
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