The heavyweight grudge match between Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora has been rescheduled for November 22 at London’s ExCel arena.
The two Britons had been due to meet in a rematch in Manchester last month until Chisora fractured his hand and the long-awaited bout had to be postponed.
Promoter Frank Warren had been hoping to set the world title eliminator for October but was troubled by a lack of suitable dates and venues, while also mindful of giving Chisora’s hand enough time to recover.
European champion Chisora, who lost on points to Fury when they met in 2011, said: “The important thing is we have a new date for the fight, it’s on, and Fury and I will finally give the fans what they want to see, a fight.
“What happened with my hand has happened and the timing of the injury was terrible. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
“I just want to fight Fury, get revenge, beat him good and proper, and move on to fight Wladimir Klitschko for the world title.”
Unbeaten Fury, who had been scheduled to fight Alexander Ustinov in Manchester last month following Chisora’s withdrawal but pulled out due to his uncle Hughie being taken ill, said: “Chisora is now going to get a beating twice as bad.
“I’m happy for the fans who will get to see me crush Chisora for second and final time and send him into retirement.”