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http://boxing-news.com First of all, let’s not lose sight of what should be the main story today: Dereck Chisora put on an outstanding challenge for Vitali Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title in Germany on Saturday night.

Not since his six rounds of mayhem with Lennox Lewis nine years ago has Big Vitali been so thoroughly tested, and by a man ranked only 15th by the WBC going into the fight (and will surely place much higher in the next rankings.)

Chisora set a ferocious pace right from the opening bell, bulling Klitschko around the ring, scoring with clubbing body shots and just missing with looping lefts and rights to the head. He may have been out-boxed and outpunched for large portions of the fight, but he was always competitive, and always looked capable of landing the big shot that would turn the fight around.

Chisora had his successes, and from the fifth to the ninth looked to be taking control of the fight. Too often however, he would only fight for half of a round, starting impressively and then letting the vastly more experienced Ukrainian take the play away from him and finish the round with a flourish.

Neither man was visibly hurt, although Chisora was spitting blood in his corner throughout the latter rounds, while the Brit’s body assault looked to be draining Klitschko near the finish. Indeed, the champion looked a shadow of his former self at the end, and embraced his brother Wladimir at the bell in a manner that was more relief than elation.

The score cards were unanimously one-sided, Klitschko winning eight rounds on each of them. Had the fight been in the US where judges like aggression and had Klitschko been a mere contender rather than a legendary champion, the result may have been different.