Dereck Chisora Slaps Vitali Klitschko At Fight Weigh-In

by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:02 PM EST in Boxing

This weekend may be light on the MMA but it is heavy on the boxing and we have a major heavyweight title on the line when Dereck Chisora challenges for Vitali Klitschko's WBC title. Chisora has been quick with some great quotes in the lead-up to the fight and has insisted that he is coming to battle, not roll over. He tried to make that point very clear at today's weigh-in when he slapped Vitali in the face during the staredown.

Here's video of the encounter:

Bad Left Hook's Coverage of Chisora vs. Klitschko

Klitschko's response (via ESPN):

"I am going to hit back on Saturday," the Ukrainian champion said. "He will get his beating."

...

"I'm really looking forward to teaching this young gentleman a lesson," he said. "He is from Great Britain, but he's lacking appropriate manners."

Since it's going to be a slow weekend and I want to watch grown men punch each other in the face, I'll have coverage of the fight live tomorrow when it goes down at roughly 4:30 p.m. ET.

Update: Chisora was fined $50,000 for the slap.

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Nice Try...

To stir up interest in hopes people will watch. Don’t know who these fighters are.

by evenflow10 on Feb 17, 2012 1:06 PM EST reply actions

You don’t know who Vitali Klitschko is? Man.

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by andrew861 on Feb 17, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

I find it weird that someone wouldn’t know who Vitali Klitschko is.

However, there is huge interest and it will do massive ratings and a huge gate in the area where it is being held (Germany). It’ll be a sellout of Olympiahalle (roughly 14,000 seats).

But way to insist that no one cares because you don’t.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 11 recs

Americans don't really care about the Klitschkos

And I can’t really blame them. They’re not very exciting fighters.

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by discoandherpes on Feb 18, 2012 12:10 AM EST up reply actions

Myth.

Vitali has one of the highest KO % of HW Champions ever.

by YPG on Feb 18, 2012 7:11 AM EST up reply actions

You can have a large amount of stoppages and still be boring

Heavyweight boxing in general isn’t that great. Middleweight and below is where it seems to be at these days.

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by discoandherpes on Feb 18, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

I don't believe that you don't know who Vitali Klitschko is.

You, sir, are lying.

by MichaelDavidSmith on Feb 17, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

it appears evenflow has been living under a rock for the past few years.

by daftshadow on Feb 17, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

you should've said

i dont know who chisora is
and i know who klitschko is, but i also know that hes boring as fuck

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by DK_Monster on Feb 17, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

The Klitschko brothers are almost comically reserved....

…considering they are absolute destroyers.

Great quote…..

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by Luke Nelson on Feb 17, 2012 1:07 PM EST reply actions

First of all, you don’t slap a man. Ok. I mean, even when slapping was fashionable, ya know, they did it in Paris, some guy would come up, “I challenge you to a duel.” They would have a gunfight after that, somebody had to go!

by Maclovio Williams on Feb 17, 2012 1:08 PM EST reply actions 13 recs

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by Thats It For you! on Feb 17, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 11 recs

PPV, showtime, HBO??

by LTJbukem on Feb 17, 2012 1:11 PM EST reply actions

I think the US distributor is EpixHD which is like an online thing (I think they have some cable companies that carry it). It’s obviously a big deal in Europe and is being covered like 10 different ways.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, it's on EpixHD

They’re offering a free 14-day trial right now so if you want to watch the fight online it’ll be easy:
http://www.epixhd.com/freetrial-boxing/

by MichaelDavidSmith on Feb 17, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

Good looking out MDS

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by Tonley on Feb 17, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks mds

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by Chris Hall on Feb 17, 2012 2:16 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

Can we get a GIF?

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by Chris Hall on Feb 17, 2012 2:20 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

Is Chisora going to be punished for this by the boxing commission or does anything go these days?

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by andrew861 on Feb 17, 2012 1:11 PM EST reply actions

As updated, it was a $50,000 fine.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions

I originally read Dereck Chisora as Deepak Chopra

Wow, am I disappointed.

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by krcampbell on Feb 17, 2012 1:12 PM EST reply actions 10 recs

Awesome +1

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by ChillMike on Feb 17, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t know why this made me laugh so much. Thank you.

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by Patrick Tenney on Feb 17, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions

The polite way of putting it is that neither of these guys has a future in pro wrestling. The most blatantly ‘worked’ stunt i’ve seen for ages. Klitschko didn’t even bother doing the ‘hold me back’ routine.

by sheikybaby on Feb 17, 2012 1:12 PM EST reply actions

I don’t doubt it was part media stunt. But I honestly don’t think Vitali is the kind of guy who would engage in a weigh-in brawl.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

It looked to me like he was so surprised he held back but was like in shock then when they show him looking at Chisora he's got like moment of realization and anger building up

Boxing is a sport Chisora just made it a brawl

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by Papercut Elbow on Feb 17, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

Further proof that real life looks nothing like Pro Wrestling.

by Shaun32887 on Feb 17, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

This was my favorite thing from the presser back in january

“It is time for the new king, and that will be me come February 18. I have everyone around the world on my side. Most of Europe, fans in America, people in south Africa, even those in the north…”

Having remained motionless throughout, Klitschko suddenly felt obliged to intervene at this point and ask whether he could count on the support of China too?

“They may not have heard of me in China but, after I whoop your ass, then they will, " Chisora responded.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Most of Europe, Fans in America, people in south africa........

who is he talking about when he mentions “people up north”……santa?

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by justsomehawkeyefan on Feb 17, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

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by DSAhawker on Feb 17, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions

Winterfell duh

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by kellly on Feb 18, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Nah man,

everything under The Wall is south.

There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?

by ElliotMatheny on Feb 18, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions

Is this Chisora guy any good?

I’ve never seen him fight.

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by Dave Strummer on Feb 17, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

No.

by YPG on Feb 18, 2012 7:13 AM EST up reply actions

I really like the Klitschko brothers.

Maybe it’s because i’m not a boxing fan, and i don’t have to watch their boring (so i hear) fights. Really, all i’ve seen is this and that faceoff thing between Haye and Wladimir. I really like the way they carry themselves though.

by Magaca on Feb 17, 2012 1:20 PM EST reply actions

I don't know how they're boring

When they knock everybody out.

by WheelieMonkey on Feb 17, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

Sorta like how GSP shattered Koschecks face in the most boring way possible.

by Shaun32887 on Feb 17, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions

Another part of Vitali's response

He hit me not like a boxer but like a woman, with an open hand. If he wants to fight properly, he must do that with his fists.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:21 PM EST reply actions 7 recs

Oh damn

Chisora is going to ~~die~~ get jabbed a lot.

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by menckenstein on Feb 17, 2012 1:24 PM EST reply actions 5 recs

You ever been jabbed by a 243 lb professional boxer?

Shit hurts.

by MS_Dos_Santos on Feb 17, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

Vitali is also the “mean” brother. He’s going to put a hurt on Chisora.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 17, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

I'm sure it is painful but saying "Chisora is going to be painfully pelted with numerous jabs for however long this fight goes. Maybe 8-10 rounds" is not as funny.

by menckenstein on Feb 17, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

Have you?

’cause, me? I woulda just ran.

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by skeebop on Feb 17, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

I assume you've never seen Vitali fight?

Guy’s a beast.

There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?

by ElliotMatheny on Feb 17, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions

40 KO's out of 43 wins

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by ElliotMatheny on Feb 17, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

Wow, is this the better brother? How is this guy boring, does he just jab for 10 round then one punch KO’s the guy in the 11th when tired?

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by Kefka on Feb 17, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions

He's really not boring

There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?

by ElliotMatheny on Feb 18, 2012 1:52 AM EST up reply actions

Didn't say he was going to get decisioned to death in a hug match.

by menckenstein on Feb 17, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

GSP is exposed

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by The Lethal Haze on Feb 17, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions

I doubt he'll only be eating jabs.

Vitali has a mean right hand

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by ElliotMatheny on Feb 17, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions

I'm surprised he didn't retaliate

Either he doesn’t want to ruin things by fighting before the event or he got a little stirred up.
If i was a specimen like Vitali i probably would’ve decked him. But hell, he has 12 rounds to punish him come tomorrow. And if then all he does is win a decision by jabbing his way to victory i’ll be disappointed.

by MaximumWatermelon on Feb 17, 2012 1:30 PM EST reply actions

I think he was too shocked to respond.

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by Tim Burke on Feb 17, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

He Did, he said

by higgledy-piggledy on Feb 17, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

He'll retaliate.

He put Shannon Briggs in the ICU for two weeks with a skull that was beaten to powder and Shannon Briggs was respectful.

This is going to turn into a snuff film. Watch it tomorrow because the only other way you’ll see it is on a VHS tape from behind the counter at your local smut shop.

by Steve W on Feb 17, 2012 2:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Well, he's been fined $50,000

Smart move, Del boy

by Holls Hoyce on Feb 17, 2012 1:33 PM EST reply actions

It could be worth the hype, I assume he is making millions?

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by Kefka on Feb 17, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions

Loves this quote from Vitali

“I’m really looking forward to teaching this young gentleman a lesson,” he said. "He is from Great Britain, but he’s lacking appropriate manners

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by PhinsAllDay on Feb 17, 2012 1:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

This fight is on for free if you live in Canada! (Sportsnet)

Will be the first time I’ve watched a Klitschko fight live since Wladimir got rope-a-doped by Lamon Brewster. Good times.

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by TorQus on Feb 17, 2012 3:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

i hate the Klit brothers, il pass

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by justsomehawkeyefan on Feb 17, 2012 1:51 PM EST reply actions

I think Vitali might be tempted to "carry" him

for some extra punishment, like Ali did to Patterson.

by Dootch on Feb 17, 2012 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Ali was good for that. He did it to Ernie Terrell too for calling him clay after he changed his name.

by Duffman on Feb 17, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions

god, I love the Klitschkos

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by mollcutpurse on Feb 17, 2012 2:04 PM EST reply actions 6 recs

:-)

by Snake_Pliskan on Feb 17, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions

hahaha

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by Holls Hoyce on Feb 17, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions

Vitali will stop Chisora

The klitachkos have some of the highest ko ratios in the history of heavyweight championship boxing.

by bert44 on Feb 17, 2012 2:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions

This slap

Is no where as big a deal as the fact that Rios vs Gamboa was made official yesterday.

by bert44 on Feb 17, 2012 2:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions

That's a fucking fight right there

Gamboa is to small but his speed and quickness might be able to make the difference.

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by potato623 on Feb 17, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

The Klitchkos seem pretty hard to hate.

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That was a terrible idea on your part.

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by menckenstein on Feb 17, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

I guess you can take a boxer out the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto.....

Dis foo is gonna get murdarh’d, cuz

by Roland Martin on Feb 17, 2012 3:13 PM EST reply actions

I don't follow boxing much,

but what are Chisora’s odds at winning tommorrow?

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by Dustin Luff on Feb 17, 2012 4:52 PM EST reply actions

not alot he is european level at best he was getting murdered before the slap afterwards god knows what happens.chisora is also mad so he could do something stupid in the ring, he has already been in trouble for kissing,biting and other dumb things in the ring

by pong102 on Feb 17, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions

Hopefully it will be a good fight.

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by KGW on Feb 17, 2012 4:56 PM EST reply actions

Didn’t Chisora get beat by Tyson Fury not long ago? So how the hell does he get a title fight from that?

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by Rob Young on Feb 17, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

he want on to fight the european hw champ and be robbed of a win that plus he will do it on the cheap plus hw not being flush of fighters got him the gig.

by pong102 on Feb 17, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions

He beat the next great thing Robert Helenius

Well not technically as he got robbed. In the Fury fight he was way overweight as he was sick prior to the fight and couldn’t train properly. Everybody from his camp wanted he cancels the fight, but he still fought and paid the price. Chisora is a very good fighter, top 10 material and Im pretty sure he would beat Fury in a rematch. I wouldn’t be surprised if Vitali gets old overnight and we get an upset.

by OzzDee on Feb 17, 2012 7:32 PM EST up reply actions