Derek Chisora arrives in tank with Nigel Farage for Deontay Wilder press conference

Derek Chisora made an unusual, eye-catching entrance ahead of his press conference with Deontay Wilder on Thursday, arriving in a tank with Nigel Farage . Chisora has been a vocal supporter of the Reform UK politician in recent years, and the pair seemed in a joyous mood together on Thursday. The polarising Farage waved a Union Jack flag from atop a tank stylised in DAZN branding – the broadcast platform that will stream Saturday’s fight – while Chisora sported his trademark Union Jack balaclava.

“This is something different,” Farage said as he climbed onto the tank. Chisora was then filmed riding the tank’s cannon in a provocative manner before giving a salute to onlookers as they set off, bound for York Hall. Derek Chisora (left) arrived to his press conference with Nigel Farage on a tank (Adam Davy/PA Wire) Chisora straddles the tank's cannon before heading for York Hall (Adam Davy/PA Wire) This is Farage’s latest foray into the sports world after his controversial visit to Ipswich Town last week, posing for photos at Portman Road before a rally in the town later the same day.

In a recent encounter, Farage said of Chisora, “I shall be there at his next fight, his last professional fight,” to which the boxer replied: “I might hire a tank and then you roll up in it. ” Farage, 61, said in turn: “Someone suggested this. ” Chisora also defended Farage’s party against allegations that some of its politics are rooted in racism, saying: “You’re always going to find people trying to fight for what’s theirs.

I don’t call it racism, I call it politics. If people support [US president Donald] Trump, they’re told: ‘Oh, you’re a racist. ’ Nigel's come up with his party and now it’s, ‘He was a racist.