Klitschko’s Chisora fury

Vitali Klitschko has vowed to take revenge on Dereck Chisora tonight after being slapped on the face by the WBC heavyweight title challenger “like a woman” yesterday.

Londoner Chisora assaulted an unsuspecting Klitschko as the two posed for traditional head-to-head photographs after their weigh-in in Munich.

Champion Klitschko, 40, did not retaliate as the two men were pulled apart. But the Ukrainian has vowed to punish the Briton at the Olympiahalle tonight.

“I’ll be hitting him back tomorrow, in the ring,” he warned.

“He’s not all there. Dereck is full of nervousness and I feel he is afraid, otherwise he would not have jumped back like he did. He hit me not like a boxer but like a woman, with an open hand. If he wants to fight properly, he must do that with his fists.”

Chisora, 28, is a rank outsider for the contest and attempted to get under the long-reigning champion’s skin yesterday.

The two men were pulled apart with a furious-looking Klitschko left with a red mark on the left side of his face.