Eddie Hearn has revealed he is working on making Derek Chisora vs Oleksandr Usyk for March at the Manchester Arena.

After being knocked out by Dillian Whyte at the end of last year, Chisora has bounced back in 2019 with three successive victories over Senad Gashi, Artur Szpilka and David Price.

getty 2 Eddie Hearn wants Chisora to face Usyk in March

Usyk, the former undisputed cruiserweight champion, made his heavyweight debut in October, stopping Chazz Witherspoon in seven rounds.

A fight between the two is not yet certain, as the IBF and WBO need to decide which one of their respective mandatory challengers – Kubrat Pulev and Usyk – will face Anthony Joshua next, with Hearn believing it will be the Bulgarian veteran.

Speaking to iFL TV about what he has lined up for Chisora, Hearn said: “March 7th, Chisora vs. Usyk at the Manchester Arena.

“Derek Chisora, the plan is to fight Usyk. At the moment, the WBO is saying that Usyk is the mandatory for (Anthony) Joshua.

“The IBF is saying Pulev is. I’m saying, ‘guys, there has to be an order here. All I want to know is, ‘Guys, you need to tell us who’s first?’

“My conversation with Usyk is, ‘if we’re told the WBO is first, we will fight you. If we’re not, then the Chisora fight is there, and then you fight the winner of Joshua-Pulev.’”

getty 2 Usyk made his heavyweight debut in October

Back in November, Chisora’s manager David Haye told talkSPORT, ‘WAR’ would be more than ready to take on the unbeaten Ukrainian.

“I like February,” Haye continued, “I spoke to Eddie [Hearn]. Eddie said that Usyk’s people really like the sound of fighting Derek Chisora.

“Derek loves the thought of fighting Oleksandr Usyk. It makes perfect sense. Let’s get that pencilled in for February and we’ve got ourselves a hell of a fight.

“Whether it’s for the title or not, worst ways it’d be for the number one mandatory position, which is a good position to be in.

“Derek’s up for it, yesterday he went to Sheffield and was sparring with Anthony Joshua.

“So that shows, even when he’s not in a training camp, he’s willing to put the head guard on and go out there and trade blows with one of the best.

“He said he sparred great and Anthony Joshua was very thankful for Derek coming there and giving him some good work.

“Hopefully Anthony Joshua can win those titles back off Andy Ruiz Jr and right those wrongs.”