Christmas is said to be a time of giving but Britain's leading promoters have given fans on these shores the unwanted gift of two pay-per-view events on the same night this festive period.

Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren stage big shows in London and Manchester respectively on Saturday and the paying public are left with the dilemma of which one to choose, unless they don't mind adding to the Yuletide expense by purchasing both.

The fans are right to feel a bit hard done-by, although the consolation is that it's very hard to see either main event not living up to the hype.

We'll start with the capital where Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora look set to pick up where they left off in their fight of the year contender in this month of 2016.

Bad blood and table-throwing antics filled the headlines in the build-up first time around and they certainly delivered in the ring, as the two knocked lumps out of each other for twelve rounds in a real back-and-forth brawl.

Chisora came out with real intent and got off to a flyer with his trademark hooks and overhand right landing with regularity, before the frantic pace he had set began to take its toll and allowed Whyte to pile on the pressure with big shots aplenty of his own.

The judges were needed and a split decision went the way of Whyte by the narrowest of margins.

The winner has gone from strength to strength since, winning all four outings and is enjoying an excellent 2018.

Firstly, the 'Body Snatcher' dispatched of the previously unbeaten Aussie Lucas Browne in brutal fashion, before earning a unanimous decision over former champ Joseph Parker in July to complete a brace of impressive wins over Antipodean opponents.

Chisora has had mixed results in the last 24 months, with a couple of routine wins sandwiching a lacklustre points defeat to Agit Kabayel in Monte Carlo, before the Finchley man bounced back with a career-best victory over Carlos Takam on the Whyte-Parker undercard.