Dereck Chisora has credited showdown talks with mum Viola and Frank Warren that reduced the veteran promoter to tears for his transformation from bad boy to committed heavyweight contender.
A leaner and happier Chisora has undertaken anger-management lessons and swapped binges on Jaffa Cakes for a carefully-controlled diet in preparation for Saturday's clash with unbeaten American Malik Scott at Wembley Arena.
Four defeats in his last six fights have left the 29-year-old from Finchley facing a pivotal moment in his career and a fifth loss must be avoided if he is to regain credibility.
A meeting with Viola and Warren after he laboured to an awful ninth-round stoppage of cruiserweight journeyman Hector Alfredo Avila in April convinced Chisora that it was time for change.
"One day my mother had had enough and she said 'why can't you just listen to me for once in your life?'," he said.
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A leaner and happier Chisora has undertaken anger-management lessons and swapped binges on Jaffa Cakes for a carefully-controlled diet in preparation for Saturday's clash with unbeaten American Malik Scott at Wembley Arena.
Four defeats in his last six fights have left the 29-year-old from Finchley facing a pivotal moment in his career and a fifth loss must be avoided if he is to regain credibility.
A meeting with Viola and Warren after he laboured to an awful ninth-round stoppage of cruiserweight journeyman Hector Alfredo Avila in April convinced Chisora that it was time for change.
"One day my mother had had enough and she said 'why can't you just listen to me for once in your life?'," he said.
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