A biography for Dereck Chisorahasn’t been written yet.
“What you fear is embarrassing yourself. Anyone who says they don't fear that is lying.”
“Loads of people wrote me off.”
“I want that rematch with Dillian.”
“For me to stand there and try to pick my punches, I can't do that.”
“Del Boy' is no more, I am not playing, I am not cutting corners or looking for the short cuts, I have realised I need to live the life of a professional if I am to achieve what I know I am capable of.”
“No cares about the Muhammad Ali trophy.”
“Fighters just want to be the best.”
“Boxing needs me.”
“David Haye is a drama queen and I don't know why more attention is being given to a drama queen but the show must go on.”
“I've known Dillian since we were young.”
“I'm open to fighting anyone, whether it's Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder.”
“If you run you are a chicken.”
“I like to go to peoples backyards. I'm a better fight on the road than at home.”
“I can still deliver behind closed doors, we just need to get a recording of the fans singing and shouting in the arena so I can hear them chanting.”
“The people, the fans, the pundits, the people who watch on TV, they are the judges.”
“Some of the fighters I've boxed, I've forgot their names.”
“If you could have had a fighter with David Price's body and my mind, you would have had the Great White Hope the United Kingdom has been waiting for for years. With my will in his body, we would have had this giant Scouser knocking everybody out.”
“Every time I go to the judges, I never get it.”
“You don't want athletes who are as dry as a bone, you don't want to turn your TV on and see someone boring.”
“I'm a rude person. But men are hunters. We look. We like. We approach. Women don't like the fact I do it with a swagger. They don't like me walking into the room like I got a million dollars in my pocket, when I ain't. But as a boxer you need that swagger.”