Derek Chisora weighs in at career heaviest as he mocks Deontay Wilder with Tyson Fury mask in face-off

Derek Chisora came in at a record weight as he upped the mind games during his weigh-in with Deontay Wilder.

Wilder and Chisora will square off in a high-stakes heavyweight showdown at London’s O2 Arena tomorrow night.

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Just hours before the ceremonial weigh-ins, a glove dispute had broken out between Wilder and the British Boxing Board of Control.

It was a chaotic build-up on the final day of fight week, with the teams involved forced to thrash out an agreement to ensure the bout went ahead as planned.

And the issue was eventually resolved with Wilder allowed to wear his gloves despite some late jeopardy.

The pair then travelled to York Hall in front of a bumper crowd to step on the scales and make their fight night weights official.

Chisora tipped the scales first at 266.7lbs, his heaviest ever weight coming in more than he did at 261lbs for his 2011 clash with Tyson Fury.

Meanwhile, for Wilder, he came in at 226.4lbs, almost 40lbs less than his opponent on the night.

DAZN and MF Pro had then introduced a new ‘Cauldron’ concept for the fighters to face off, with anticipation high for tomorrow night’s event.

Chisora upped the mind games as they both faced off on the new round stage, wearing a mask of Wilder’s bitter rival, Fury.

Wilder has a fiery history with the ‘Gypsy King’, having fought him three times and lost on two occasions.

He accused the Briton of cheating during their clashes and the pair still trade verbal barbs to this day.

Wilder had even stormed out of a talkSPORT interview with Simon Jordan after being questioned over Fury.

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