Derek Chisora tells Usyk to 'shut the f*** up and go stand on the front line at the war'

Chisora, who lost to Usyk in 2020, still called him "a GOAT" on the level of Ali, but does not think he will win back at cruiserweight.

Derek Chisora has told Oleksandr Usyk to "shut the f*** up and go stand on the front line at the war" as Usyk plans a move back down to cruiserweight.

Asked by talkSPORT Boxing at Media Fight Night what he made of Usyk going back down in weight, Chisora told them: "What Oleksandr Usyk needs to do is strap up his boots and go fight the war. He's done everything else. All he needs to do is shut up and go fight the war."

He went further in the same answer. "Just shut the f*** up and go stand on the front line at the war," he said, before adding: "You need to shut the f*** up. And go fight the war in Ukraine now. We had enough of you now."

Chisora still rates the man who beat him on a unanimous decision in October 2020. When the interviewer said a win would put Usyk on the level of Muhammad Ali, he replied: "No, Usyk's already on the level of Ali. He's a GOAT. In my eyes, he's amazing."

He does not think Usyk will win at the lower weight, though. "I don't think he'll win this fight," Chisora said, putting that down to Usyk changing trainers. "This is why his last fight was so sh*t," he added. Usyk's last fight was a late knockout win over kickboxing world champion Rico Verhoeven.

Usyk confirmed on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Christian Mbilli broadcast that he wants to drop back down to fight unified champion David Benavidez, saying: "I cleaned out heavyweight and now I'll go back to my weight." His last cruiserweight bout was an eighth-round knockout of Tony Bellew in November 2018. Benavidez fights Michal Cieslak on 5 December to unify three cruiserweight titles.

In the same interview, Chisora said Deontay Wilder's fight with Jai Opetaia "will not go past 5 rounds" and picked Wilder to win.

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