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Derek Chisora has made headlines for the wrong reasons again after he was filmed headbutting a Deliveroo rider outside a restaurant.
'Del Boy' has been known for his controversial moments outside of the ring throughout his career, and added the latest incident to his list this week with the events in Hampstead.
Promoter Frank Warren has claimed the heavyweight was 'defending himself' and that the rider started the altercation, with no arrests made after the police arrived on the scene.
Chisora's heavyweight clash with Joe Joyce on July 27 is still set to go ahead at the O2 Arena in London following the events.
Mail Sport looks at some of the controversial moments outside of the ring throughout the 40-year-old's career.
Derek Chisora has had some chaotic moments outside of the ring during his boxing career
Chisora was seen in a confrontation with a Deliveroo rider outside a restaurant and things turned physical
Frank Warren (centre) leapt to his defence, with the Brit set to take on Joe Joyce (left) this month
Clashing with the Klitschkos - 2012
Chisora had a huge opportunity in front of him when he took on reigning WBC world champion Vitali Klitschko in Munich in 2012 and he did everything he possibly could to get under the Ukrainian's skin in the build up.
As the Brit squared up to his rival at the weigh-in on fight week - with both men pushing their heads up against each other - Chisora took the audacious step of slapping Vitali in the face.
Klitschko remained calm as Chisora's team pulled their fighter back, with a small ruckus ensuing - and the Ukrainian looked more shocked than angry.
Speaking to the media after, he said he would let his fists do the talking when they got inside the ring the following day.
The move was described as 'an absolute disgrace' by WBC chairman Jose Sulaiman and his organisation fined Chisora £31,600. That didn't deter Chisora from further troublemaking, however, as he risked further wrath from the Klitschkos when he stepped inside the ring for the fight - spitting water in the face of Vitali's brother Wladimir after the heavyweight stepped up to him.
Just like Vitali the previous day, Wladimir stayed calm and did not react, and, in the end, the Klitschkos got their revenge as Vitali eased to a unanimous decision win on the night.
Chisora tested the patience of Vitali Klitschko (left) by slapping the Ukrainian at the weigh in before their clash in 2012
He also spat water in the face of Vitali's brother, Wladimir, shortly before the fight began
Throwing a table at Dillian Whyte - 2016
Things were already tense between Chisora and bitter rival Dillian Whyte in 2016 before they went face-to-face in the build-up to their fight.
Only weeks before, the scene had been set when Chisora chucked a glass of water in Whyte's face during their head-to-head meeting on Sky Sports show 'The Gloves Are Off', triggering a huge brawl between the two teams, and the heavyweight then stepped things up a notch.
At their final press conference before their fight on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's world title defence against Eric Molina, it all came to a head during a back-and-forth between the pair, when Chisora hit out at Whyte after accusing him of 'threatening his life'.
Chisora called himself 'the baddest man you will ever f***ing meet' before stunning everyone present at the press conference by banging the table twice with his fists and then standing up, picking up the table and throwing it over his head in the direction of Whyte.
Eddie Hearn found himself in the centre of the events, with Chisora restrained by security guards, who pinned him against a wall to prevent further chaos in scenes that quickly got out of hand. Whyte, however, maintained his cool, and beat his opponent via a split decision in the ring.
Chisora lost his nerve when he launched a table at Dillian Whyte during a press conference
'I'm going to shoot you' - 2012
Chisora and David Haye are close friends these days, but it wasn't always that way.
From 2018 to 2021, Haye was Chisora's manager and guided him through a handful of big fights after Chisora agreed a deal with the Hayemaker Boxing group, which came as a huge shock after the duo's rivalry as fighters.
The rivalry went as far as Chisora claiming he was going to 'shoot' his fellow Brit, with a brawl coming on the back of Chisora's loss against Klitschko.
Haye had visited the arena in Munich as he chased a fight with the Ukrainian, and 'Del Boy' was speaking to the assembled media at the post-fight press conference when Haye appeared at the back of the room and started to exchange words with Vitali's promoter Bernd Bonte - before the German suggested he face Chisora who had 'showed heart' in the fight.
Chisora then waded into the conversation and started to goad Haye, telling him to 'be quiet' and called him 'an embarrassment' - talking up a fight between them back in London.
A brawl eventually broke out, with screams heard among the members of the press as the two swung huge hooks at each other, with security forced to desperately hold them apart before Chisora cried out with accusations that he was 'glassed' by Haye.
After the fracas, he was heard yelling: 'David, I'm gonna shoot you. I swear to God, David, I'm going to f***ing shoot you. I'm going to shoot you.'
Chisora was arrested after the altercation and held for seven hours before he was released the following day and still kept under investigation over assault charges, later apologising for his actions.
Haye would knock him out in the first half of their fight in the ring a few months later.
Chisora confronted Haye and told him to 'say it to my face' before they unloaded at each other
Chisora threatened to shoot Haye after the brawl, before he was arrested following the heated incident
'A bit of a weird analogy' - 2018
After Whyte beat Chisora in the pair's first bout, they agreed a rematch two years later for the WBC silver and WBO International heavyweight titles.
The face-off on this occasion was a little less spicy than their previous meeting. On Sky Sports' 'The Gloves Are Off', Chisora gave trash talking a shot, and the rest, as they say, is history.
If you're a social media user, you likely will have heard or seen Whyte's 'a bit of a weird analogy' meme at some point. That came from Chisora's attempt at getting in his opponent's head back in 2018.
'Have you ever taken those pills, the laxatives?' Chisora asked host Johnny Nelson. 'You know the ones you take, you pop and you wait for 20 minutes and then you go to the toilet and they go through you? I'm going to go through this man.'
'Everyone knew exactly what I was talking about,' Chisora later said after Whyte had questioned the trash talk. 'I'm going to go through this guy.'
It was Whyte who would actually go through Chisora - cleaning out his rival with a stunning 11th round knockout to pull off a second win over him and earn the bragging rights in their rivalry.
Whyte was left puzzled when Chisora said he would 'go through' him like 'laxatives' pre-fight
Whyte, however, beat his fellow Brit for a second time, knocking him out in the 11th round
Kissing Carl Baker - 2010
Rather than throwing hands on this occasion, Chisora opted to try and show affection and planted a kiss on Carl Baker during the weigh-in for their 2010 fight.
'I'm going to make you my girlfriend,' he told his rival, then kissing him as they got in each other's faces.
Baker then shoved his opponent away as security separated the pair.
In the ring, the then-undefeated Chisora would stop Baker in the second round via TKO.
Assaulting his ex-girlfriend - 2010
In November 2010, Chisora was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend Yalda Kontratchy after he found text messages from another man on her phone and narrowly avoided being sent to prison.
Kontratchy said of the incident: 'I thought he was going to kill me. He slapped me across the face, then put me face-down on the bed and started slapping all over my back and my bum.'
Chisora received a 12-week sentence suspended for two years and was ordered to pay £1,500 in compensation and £500 in costs, while he also had to complete 150 hours of community work.
The court also heard of previous convictions for public order offences, which were assaulting a police officer and possesing an offensive weapon.
Chisora (pictured with Nigel Farage) has also kissed an opponent in his career, while he was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend in 2010
Headbutting a Deliveroo rider - 2024
And then we have the latest incident. Chisora had been having a meal with his two daughters on a London street when the incident occurred.
Mail Sport understands Chisora asked the rider to dismount after they entered the narrow street, suggesting children and dogs could be hit.
An argument ensued after the cyclist refused, with Chisora allegedly having been provoked first before retaliating to the rider. Police were reportedly called to the scene, but no arrests were made following the incident.
Warren later told talkSPORT of the incident: 'He was very disappointed it all happened. Apparently, they were eating and the guy caused a little bit of an issue. The police were called and that was the end of it. Nothing happened.'
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