Jarrell Miller withdrew due to a promotional dispute
With Jarrell Miller locked in a dispute with promoter Dmitry Salita, Derek Chisora will instead make his final ring walk against Otto Wallin on February 8th in Manchester.
The bout airs on TNT Sports and Discovery+.
Wallin (27-2, 15 KO) lacks the damage output of “Big Baby” but is arguably the tougher fight. His only career losses came against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and he’s proven consistently effective against slow sluggers like Dominic Breazeale and Murat Gassiev. The 40-year-old Chisora (35-13, 23 KO) needs a donnybrook to win and it’ll prove far harder to drag one out of Wallin than Miller.
The light heavyweight co-feature pits Willy Hutchinson (18-2, 13 KO) against Zach Parker (25-1, 18 KO). Hutchinson is coming off a tough loss to Joshua Buatsi, while Parker is 3-0 since a busted right hand forced him to bow out in a 2022 eliminator against John Ryder that could have earned him a shot at Canelo.
Jack Rafferty (24-0, 15 KO), Masood Abdulah (11-0, 7 KO), and Nathan Heaney (18-1-1, 6 KO) all see action as well.
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