A biography for Dereck Chisorahasn’t been written yet.
“People who have never boxed before, never worked hard in boxing, and they are starting to come in and people forget about the real boxers.”
“I don't cry about results, I don't really care.”
“Every fighter goes into the gym to be a world champion.”
“I talk to a shrink. I actually enjoy it, but it costs too much money - it's like £250 a session! It's good though, the whole nation should be on it.”
“I did probation for three years.”
“If you don't have your gameplan right, as a big man against a little man, you are in trouble.”
“I deliver the fans what they want. I create a jolly!”
“I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did try, but I fell short. Rugby is tough, man.”
“I might lose nine or 11 rounds but who knows what's going to happen in the 12th round?”
“I asked for the fight with Pulev to be honest with you. I didn't duck and dive.”
“An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of them.”
“I'm always nervous before a fight, any fighter that says they're not is lying.”
“If I was Mayor of London, I would take the congestion charge off. I'd keep the bike lanes. And buses free on a Thursday.”
“I prefer to not be soft.”
“We do everything for money.”
“As long as I can wake up in the morning and want to train, I will fight.”
“Someone has to take the bad role and as long as people are tuning in and watching the sport that I love, I don't mind.”
“David Price is a big guy but he has not used his advantages, I have known him since the amateurs in the early 2000s and I would always see him in the Boxing News magazine.”
“When you're a dad you get guys who say 'I don't change nappies' but really and truly everyone changes nappies.”
“I'm not rich, I'm not poor.”