British heavyweight legend Derek “War” Chisora (35-23, 23 KOs) will climb into the ring on Saturday at the Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester to face Otto Wallin (27-2, 15 KOs).
There isn’t a ton of top-level boxing happening this weekend, so Chisora-Wallin should take center stage. Here’s how you can watch:
- Date: Saturday, February 8
- Time: 2 PM ET
- Location: Co-Op Live Arena, Manchester
- TV/Stream: DAZN
The fight is being called The Last Dance, referring to Chisora’s career, though it appears the veteran would like to fight once more after the Wallin bout so that he can reach 50 professional scraps.
Beyond the significance to Chisora’s career, the fight has some competitive consequences. The IBF has upgraded the fight to an eliminator, so the winner will see their ranking leap with the governing body. Coming into the fight, Chisora is ranked No. 8 with the IBF, and Wallin is No. 10.
The last time out, the 41-year-old Chisora won a unanimous decision over Joe Joyce in July 2024. Considering his age, it was an impressive performance, and it helped set up the fight with Wallin.
In Wallin’s last fight, he scored a first-round KO win over Onoriode Ehwarieme in July 2024. The win was a needed victory for Wallin, who had been stopped by Anthony Joshua in his previous fight.
From a stylistic standpoint, Chisora will attempt to make the fight a rugged inside battle. Wallin doesn’t normally shy away from that kind of fight, so it’ll be interesting to see if he plays that game with Chisora.
If nothing else, the fight figures to be entertaining, and it’ll tell us if Chisora should be thinking about a 50th fight—and if so, who he should be matched against.
As we look ahead to the rest of the worldwide boxing schedule into the spring, here’s what fight fans can look forward to in the coming months.
Boxing Schedule 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
WBO World Lightweight Championship: (c) Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn Davis
Xander Zayas vs. Slawa Spomer
Vito Mielnicki vs. Connor Coyle
Jared Anderson vs. Marios Kollias
Abdullah Mason vs. Manuel Jaimes
- Location: The Theater at MSG, New York City, US
- Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Jack Catterall vs. Arnold Barboza
- Location: Co-Op Live Arena, Manchester, GB
- Time: Noon (ET)
Oscar Duarte vs. Regis Prograis
- Honda Center, Anaheim, California, US
- Time: 8 PM (ET)
Saturday, February 22, 2025
The Ring, WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF Light Heavyweight Championship: (c) Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
IBF Heavyweight Championship: (c) Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker
WBC Lightweight Championship (c) Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield
WBC Middleweight Championship (c) Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith
Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel
- Location: Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, SA
- Time: Noon (ET)
Monday, February 24, 2025
WBC World Bantamweight Championship: (c) Junto Nakatani vs. David Cuellar Contreras
- Location: Ariake Arena, Tokyo, JP
- Time: 2:00 AM (ET)
Saturday, March 1, 2025
WBA World Lightweight Championship: (c) Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr.
- Location: Barclays Center, New York City, US
- Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
Friday, March 7, 2025
The Ring Welterweight Championship: (c) Natasha Jonas vs. Lauren Price
- Location: Royal Albert Hall, London, GB
- Time: 1:00 PM (ET)
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – 3:00 AM ET
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
- Keith Thurman vs. Brock Jarvis
- Michael Zerafa vs. Erkan Ay
Saturday, March 15, 2025
WBA World Featherweight Championship: (c) Nick Ball vs. TJ Doheny
- Location: M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, GB
- Time: 1:00 PM (ET)
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Callum Walsh vs. Dean Sutherland
- Location: The Theater at MSG, New York City, US
- Time: 9:00 PM (ET)
Saturday, March 29, 2025
WBO World Welterweight Championship: (c) Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan
Bruce “Shoo Shoo” Carrington vs. Enrique Vivas
- Location: Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, US
- Time: 9:00 PM (ET)
Saturday, April 12, 2025
The Ring Welterweight Championship: (c) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis
- Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
- Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn
Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur
Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton
Cheavon Clarke vs. Viddal Riley
- Location: Event at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, GB
- Time: 12:00 PM (ET)