It feels like we've been saying Dereck Chisora is in the last chance saloon for years, but here we are again as he takes on JOSEPH PARKER in Manchester on Sky Box Office.

Following his laboured effort when outpointed by Agit Kabayel in late 2017, not even Chisora himself would have believed he would be headlining pay-per-view shows three and a half years later. He has become a bit of a cult hero in his Indian summer but his career at this sort of level must surely be over if he loses here, although the same may be said of his opponent, and that should make for interesting viewing.

They were originally due to meet 18 months ago before a spider bite turned nasty for Parker and ruled him out. Ahead of that first scheduled date, the New Zealander was a very warm favourite but he can be backed at 4/7 now and Chisora is generally around 6/4, which is much shorter than when they first priced this one up.

That may seem strange given that Parker has won both outings since and Chisora lost last time out. However, the Aucklander failed to impress in stopping the overmatched Shawndell Terell Winters and, despite overcoming fellow Kiwi Junior Fa in February, he emerged with little credit in an ugly, stop-start affair with lots of grappling. Chisora on the other hand lost nothing in defeat against the unbeaten Oleksandr Usyk and, without ever looking like winning, gave the pound-for-pound contender plenty to think about in dropping a unanimous decision.

The main talking point in the build-up has been the new trainers brought in by the two men. Chisora has flown over top American coach Buddy McGirt and Parker has teamed up with former middleweight champion Andy Lee, who knows a bit about big heavyweight fights as a key part of Tyson Fury's team in his brilliant win over Deontay Wilder last year.