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AJ: Whyte-Chisora fight right
- Updated: December 9, 2016
Anthony Joshua has backed the British Boxing Board of Control decision to allow Dillian Whyte’s fight with Dereck Chisora to go ahead.
The board called an emergency meeting on Thursday after Chisora hurled a table at Whyte at Wednesday’s press conference but decided to allow the heavyweight fight to remain on the undercard of Joshua’s IBF title defence against Eric Molina on Saturday night in Manchester, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Chisora was fined £25,000 and handed a suspended two-year ban for his actions, but Joshua has played down the incident, claiming it will only have a negative impact on both boxers’ fighting.
“It’s wasted energy – I’ve been there with Dillian and we just didn’t get along,” said Joshua. “I wasted a lot of energy and you saw that in the type of fight I fought.
“At the end of the day, this is fighting. Throughout the history of boxing, you have these type of incidents. It doesn’t happen at every press conference, but one out of 100 it may happen.
“This is not tennis, this is a gladiatorial sport. …
