DEREK CHISORA is scared the only way he can beat Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley Arena on Saturday is with a Halloween knockout.
North London heavyweight Chisora believes his Ukrainian opponent is so popular he will be fighting him, the ref and the judges.
He insisted: “I don’t think I will get the victory without a clean knockout because everyone will be on his side.
“For this fight I’m fighting a few people — Usyk, the ref and the judges. So to get a victory I have to knock him out.
“But it motivates me more, people thinking I don’t have a chance in hell.”
Chisora, 36, believes Usyk’s gap-toothed grin, slick southpaw style and hilarious social media posts have won him thousands of English fans.
The 2012 Olympic golden boy and former undisputed cruiserweight king has more than one million online followers — and Chisora reckons he will be the underdog despite being on home soil.
Chisora, who will weigh in at around 18st, said: “Usyk is a good fighter and is loved by the English fans.
“Everything about him is likeable. The way he boxes and carries himself around since he won an Olympic gold and the Muhammad Ali Trophy — there is nothing to hate about the guy.
“If I come out now and start calling him a douchebag then it makes me look like the one with anger problems and I don’t have them with him. I like him, I am a big fan of his.”
Pound-for-pound superstar Usyk, 33, arrived at the Wembley fight hotel on Monday night and settled in with a game of darts, throwing a bullseye with just his second arrow.
When asked what essentials he will be taking into the hotel, Chisora said: “I love playing old records, like Ray Charles and Motown, so I will bring my own record player in because I have to play it loud.
“I will have my Union Jack flag and probably my massage chair.”
Chisora’s manager, former two-weight world champ David Haye, has backed his man to batter the southpaw trickster.
Haye said: “It’ll be a Halloween fright night with the two going at each other.
“Is Usyk going to be mentally prepared to go to the dark and scary places that Derek is going to bring to the table? I don’t think so.”
Haye took to Twitter last week to offer £1,000 to anyone brave enough to spar Chisora — though SunSport understands only a few oddballs turned up.
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