Derek Chisora dons Tyson Fury mask for cringe-inducing final Deontay Wilder face-off

Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder’s final face-off in London embodied all the pieces their pre-fight build-up has been.

Each heavyweights are competing of their fiftieth skilled boxing fights on Saturday night at The O2 Arena in London. Wilder is a legendary former WBC world champion, while Chisora is a fan favorite higher known for his antics outside of the ring than any particularly big ends in it.

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The pair are close friends and have had to attract on outlandish stories, rivalries with other fighters and Chisora’s unique sense of ‘humor’ to sell the event. And it was no different today because the Brit donned a mask of Tyson Fury in an effort to get into his opponent’s head.

Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder share outlandish and lengthy final face-off

After Derek Chisora’s bizarre stunt where he arrived to yesterday’s press conference in a tank with right wing politician Nigel Farage, the stakes were upped again today at York Hall. Misfits Boxing, staging their first big MF Pro pay-per-view arrange a walkway for the weigh-in ‘Cauldron’.

Chisora hit the scales first and got here in only over 266lb after a lengthy walkout that left no expense spared and wouldn’t have been misplaced as a hoop walk. He was followed by Deontay Wilder, who despite being the much taller man was a whopping 40lb lighter at 226lb.

The pair then headed down the walkway to the ‘Cauldron’, where Chisora donned a Tyson Fury mask. Wilder is understood to handle references to his two knockout losses to Fury poorly and Chisora didn’t leave anything to fans’ interpretation as he explicitly stated he was engaging in ‘mind games’.

“I do know he’s got PTSD from Fury,” Chisora joked – despite also having two knockout defeats and a one-sided unanimous decision loss by the hands of the Manchester native.

There was then an incredibly lengthy interview segment where the pair were asked directly in regards to the seemingly still contentious issue with their gloves. Wilder infamously claimed that Fury had tampered together with his gloves of their second bout, so there may be rightful sensitivity across the topic.

They were interviewed for near ten minutes before eventually being allowed to face off. Chisora wore his trademark hat and Union Jack face-mask, while Wilder wore a hat and sunglasses contained in the London venue.