"Farewell Dance": All of Chisora's Fights at O2 Arena

On the night of July 28, at O2 Arena in London, UK, 40-year-old British veteran Dereck Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs) defeated his 38-year-old compatriot Joe Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) by unanimous decision.

"For me, this is a farewell dance party at O2 Arena. It's a sad day. It's hard to explain how much I love this arena, and now to have a fight with Joyce here. It will be incredible. I won't even sit down; I'll be standing the whole time," Dereck said before the fight.

Chisora debuted at O2 Arena in 2015, and the fight against Joyce marked his tenth appearance there – over 20% of all his fights have taken place at this venue.

Overall Statistics of Chisora's Fights at O2 Arena in London:

– December 12, 2015, TKO 3 – Jakov Gospic (17-19, 12 KOs)

– March 24, 2018, TKO 2 – Zakaria Azzouzi (14-4-2, 10 KOs)

– July 28, 2018, TKO 8 – Carlos Takam (40-8-1, 28 KOs)

– December 22, 2018, KO 11 – Dillian Whyte (30-3, 20 KOs)

– April 20, 2019, UD – Senad Gashi (29-4, 28 KOs)

– July 20, 2019, KO 2 – Artur Szpilka (24-5, 16 KOs)

– October 26, 2019, TKO 4 – David Price (25-7, 20 KOs)

– July 9, 2022, SD – Kubrat Pulev (31-3, 14 KOs)

– August 12, 2023, UD – Gerald Washington (20-6-1, 13 KOs)

– July 27, 2024, UD – Joe Joyce

Overall, the aforementioned venue was very favorable for Chisora – out of 10 fights, he secured 9 victories, 5 of which were by knockout.

After defeating Joe Joyce, Chisora stated that his next stop would be Manchester: "This is not my last fight. This is my last fight at O2 Arena, so now I am heading to Manchester at the end of the year in December."

Manchester Arena has been less welcoming for the Briton, as in three fights there, Dereck did not secure a single victory, losing to Dillian Whyte and twice to Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) by judges' decisions.