Dereck Chisora back in the ring

Zimbabwe-born British boxer Dereck Chisora.

ZIMBABWEAN born British boxer Dereck ‘Del Boy’ Chisora will this Saturday face Carlos Takam at the O2 Arena.

French boxer,Takam has a pro record of 35-4 but at 37 years old is probably chasing his final world title challenge.

Chisora (34) has a good record at the O2, winning both his bouts at the same venue, but they were not against anyone of the calibre of Takam.

Styles make fights and two heavyweights collide in what should be an action-packed affair. A last throw of the dice at world level for the unpredictable Del Boy and Takam and they both know it. For the winner, there will be another big fight, for the loser it could well be over.

Chisora and Takam will face each other before the main event pitting Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker.

Whyte and Parker are old souls in a modern boxing business where it seems men only fight each other if the sums make sense.

This Saturday they fight without a belt in sight, without the elusive certainty of a grand fee and they are fighting for something that they would probably struggle to identify in a line-up of mixed ambitions.

Whyte and Parker are fighting because they both know that is what boxers from inside the top 10 in the world must do. There is no measurable macho index in boxing, which is a pity because it would brilliantly expose the continued comedy of rankings, boasts and fights that make no sense.

Parker has been world heavyweight champion, tasted that fame and lost in a muted affair to Anthony Joshua in late March. This is the New Zealander’s risky return, his shortcut to something and at the same time it is a fight that could send him crashing down an escape chute and far, far away from a spot in the heavyweight reckoning. Staff reporter/skynews.com