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Dereck Chisora gives surprising Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte prediction

Dereck Chisora has given a surprising prediction ahead of Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte, which is expected to happen this April.

The heavyweight has previously fought both Fury and Whyte on two occasions each, facing the Body Snatcher three years ago.

The fight had been hanging in the balance on Tuesday with Whyte leaving it late to sign his contract. But in the early hours of the morning it was confirmed the documents were signed and sent to the WBC ahead of the deadline.

Whyte secured his WBC mandatory title shot after knocking out Alexander Povetkin last March, while Fury retained the belt with an 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder in their trilogy fight in October.

Since his last fight in the USA over three years ago, Fury's stature has grown exponentially. Having defeated Wilder twice, many have put him in the conversation of being the greatest heavyweight of all-time.

Therefore, many have Fury down as the huge favourite against Whyte.

However, Chisora is not so sure. Speaking to Behind the Gloves, he said: "He [Dillian Whyte] wants it, he's hungry. The problem is yeah, when fighters make 20, 30, or 40 million, they're not hungry anymore.

"There's only one fighter who has ever been hungry when he's made £100m and that's Floyd Mayweather. When the rest of the fighters make all this money, they're not hungry anymore, they just do it for the sake of doing it.

"But when someone who is hungry [and] wants it more, like Dillian right now, he's going to come in and die in that ring that day."

Chisora previously fought Fury in 2011 and 2014, losing comfortably on both occasions as a young Gypsy King dominated him.

Fury remains undefeated in his career while Whyte has suffered two defeats - to Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin.

Fury is expected to challenge either Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk should he defeat Whyte at Wembley Stadium on April 23.

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