Chisora: “I never said I’m retired. I said last dance year. That was the headline,” said Derek on talkSport Boxing.
Jordan: “You said you were retiring.”
Chisora: “I didn’t give that. That was Frank Warren gave that.”
Jordan: “No, you said it to us. Your last fight. You said you were retiring.”
Chisora: “Am I retired as I’m saying here? Yes, I am retired.”
Jordan: “If you want to go back in again, that’s your business.”
Chisora: “You didn’t call me here to try to put it on me cuz I can just flip the tables easily. So don’t try with that. Don’t try to mug me off.”
The discussion later turned toward a possible rematch with Deontay Wilder, which Chisora admitted is the fight he wants if he decides to return.
Chisora: “I want to have a rematch with Deontay Wilder because I feel like both sides were undone by boxing that day. My trainer jumped in the ring when he was not supposed to jump in the ring. I got pushed out of the ring, and they give me a count for no reason. And then when I knocked him down, they didn’t gave me a count. So, yeah. Certain things, even for him, as well, he wants the rematch, you know. We just want to do it.”
Chisora clearly had no patience for the interrogation regarding his career status. From Jordan’s perspective, the veteran heavyweight failed to give a straight answer about his future and appeared to be walking back previous retirement comments after heavily marketing his last appearance as the final chapter.
Whether Chisora genuinely feels he has unfinished business or simply wants to keep options available, the heated back-and-forth highlighted the difficulty aging fighters face when trying to permanently walk away from the sport.
