Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte - news: Latest build-up to heavyweight title fight
The pair face off in a long-awaited, all-British clash at Wembley Stadium this Saturday
We are just three days away from a huge heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, with the pair set to main event at Wembley Stadium with the WBC belt on the line.
The all-British bout, one of the biggest in the nation’s history in the sport, marks Fury’s second defence of the title that he won from Deontay Wilder in the rivals’ second in-ring meeting. By stopping the American in the 11th round last October, Fury retained the belt, and former sparring partner Whyte is his next challenger. Whyte, 34, last competed in March 2021, knocking out Alexander Povetkin to avenge his own stoppage loss to the Russian from August 2020.
As inactive as Whyte has been in the ring since, he has been similarly inactive outside of it, refusing to attend last month’s pre-fight press conference. The “Bodysnatcher” finally broke his silence this week, however, playing down the mind games of Fury, 33, by saying: “He can’t get in my head. Even if he gets in my head, he’s only gonna find a lot of disturbance in there.” Open workouts took place today, and we’ll bring you all the latest news and previews ahead of the fight.
Follow all the build-up to Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte, below.
Fury vs Whyte
John Fury:
“I’m his dad, I know him better than anyone. It won’t be his last fight, no.
“He’s got Usyk, he’s got Joshua, the winner of that fight.”
Fury vs Whyte
Fury vs Whyte
No game of musical chairs, still not sure why there were three seats in the ring...
Fury loosens up a bit before getting his gloves on and hitting some pads – from a southpaw stance at the moment – with coach Sugarhill Steward.
Fury vs Whyte
Tyson Fury is in the ring!
There are three chairs – nobody seems to know entirely what they’re all for...
Fury is sat in one, changing into his boxing boots.
“You could have got us a bigger f***ing ring!” he shouts. “It’s tiny in here!”
Fury vs Whyte
Fury vs Whyte
John Fury on his son Tommy:
“I see shades of [Gennady] Golovkin in there as a younger man.”
Fury vs Whyte
Frank Warren on Tommy Fury:
“It’s [about picking] fights that he has to learn from.
“Being in Tyson’s training camp is great for him. Him and Jake Paul are the same level in my opinion, that’s why it’s a great fight.”
Fury vs Whyte
“There is no other sport built on such great contradictions as boxing, where unimaginable bravery leads to indefensible brutality; where the spirit displayed in the centre of the ring has always been corrupted by those who profit from the shadows beyond it. It is a conflict without an end or answer that has appealed to audiences for as long as morals have rejected it, leaving it in a compelling grey area where it is impossible to reconcile the right from the wrong.
“It can make boxing hard to justify at the best of times, when every great act of triumph or tragedy is open to caveat. At other junctures in its history, it has regularly reduced the sport to something verging on irredeemable.
“Another one of those eruptions occurred last week when Daniel Kinahan, by now an ubiquitous influence at boxing’s highest echelons, was sanctioned by the US Treasury for being the alleged leader of a cartel responsible for “smuggling deadly narcotics to Europe”.
Here’s Tom Kershaw’s reaction to the latest news around Kinahan:
Only boxing could make a hero out of Daniel Kinahan
Allegations against Daniel Kinahan were no secret as he gained influence and won the loyalty of a large group of fighters. That he managed to do so reveals as much about modern boxing as the man himself
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