Klitschko vs Chisora: Victory for Vitali All but Assured vs. British Challenger

It's no accident that Vitali Klitschko is heavily favored to add Dereck Chisora to the long list of heavyweight challengers that he's vanquished over a highly-decorated career that's lasted for more than 15 years.

And it's for those reasons—Klitschko's skill on the scorecards, his strength, his massive advantage in height and reach, his tremendous intelligence—that Dr. Ironfist will emerge victorious against Del Boy in Munich on Saturday.

Chisora's case certainly isn't helped by the two losses he's suffered in his last three bouts, the first negative outcomes of his professional career, though the big Brit remains a legitimate top 10 contender. Klitschko, on the other hand, has won each of his last 11 fights going all the way back to 2003 and would be undefeated if not for injuries suffered in the ring against Lennox Lewis and Chris Byrd.

He was winning handily on the judges' scorecards at the time those two fights were called.

In fact, the number of rounds that Klitschko has given away over the course of his 45 career fights still sits in the single digits.

That's not to say that Del Boy doesn't have any reason to believe he can compete. After all, Chisora is 12 years Klitschko's junior and is much more mobile, if only because he's seven inches shorter than the big Ukrainian.

But with that shorter stature comes a six-inch disadvantage in reach to Klitschko, not to mention that Dr. Ironfist, the first and only world champion to have a Ph.D to his name, is as smart a boxer as you'll ever find.

Chisora is no tomato can, but next to Klitschko, he's still something far less than a true threat to the throne.

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