By Liam Creedon

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora has been spared jail despite being found guilty of submitting his former girlfriend to a "humiliating" assault that took place in May. When he appeared at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court, Chisora, 26-years-old, from Finchley, North London, was given a 12 week prison sentence suspended for two years.

If Chisora had received an immediate jail term he would have missed his world heavyweight title bout against Wladimir Klitschko, scheduled for the IBO/IBF/WBO belts on December 11 in Germany.

Passing sentence, District Judge Quentin Purdy said: "Your behavior on May 28 was disgraceful and downright humiliating. You used violence on this young lady and then to heap ignominy on her you turned her over and slapped her on the bottom repeatedly."