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Tyson Fury averaged 41 punches thrown and 13 punches landed per round against Dillian Whyte. His 100th power punch thrown and 47th power punch landed that ended the fight in the sixth round.
By Jake Donovan - Tyson Fury landed the best punch of his career to defend the sport’s most treasured prize. The defending lineal/WBC champion from Manchester, England remained unbeaten and still king of the heavyweight division following a sixth-round knockout of countryman and mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. A perfectly placed right uppercut put Whyte down and—upon rising from the canvas—unable to steady himself, prompting referee Mark Lyson to stop the contest at 2:59 of round six Saturday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 94,000 at the famed Wembley Stadium in London.
Fury, Whyte Scorecard BoxingScene Live - ESPN+ PPV will present the world heavyweight championship from London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday, April 23, when two Britons meet - WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and WBC interim titleholder Dillian Whyte.
Dillian Whyte just wants Tyson Fury to make it make sense. In a recent interview, the Jamaican-born, London-based Whyte called out Fury for being inconsistent with his words, saying that by constantly belittling him, the Manchester native is diminishing his own achievements.
Josh Taylor is open to staying at super-lightweight for a rematch with Jack Catterall, according to his trainer, Ben Davison. Taylor, the undisputed world super lightweight champion, claimed a hugely controversial split decision over Catterall in Glasgow in February but afterwards scotched any hopes of a rematch for the belts by saying he would move up in weight.
Tyson Fury assured skeptics Wednesday that retirement talk didn’t have a negative impact on how he trained for his fight against Dillian Whyte.
Dillian Whyte is making up for lost promotional time. The Jamaican-born, London resident has stayed mum for nearly the entire build-up toward his showdown with Tyson Fury for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title that takes place this Saturday, April 23, at Wembley Stadium in London, but has recently come out of his shell.
Lennox Lewis believes the current period of heavyweight boxing will someday be synonymous with Tyson Fury's name. The British heavyweight great knows something about being remembered fondly. Lewis was arguably the top heavyweight in the world in the 90s and early 2000s and a household name, a position that Fury presumably finds himself in today.
Not many people might believe him, but Tyson Fury continues to insist that he plans to retire after his fight with Dillian Whyte at Wembley. Fury has retired before and it seems odd to walk away when a fight for the undisputed world title against Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua could be next, but Fury says he has no interest in getting hold of the WBA, WBO and IBF belts that he held in his first reign as world champion.
There is an easy argument to be made that Dillian Whyte is the best heavyweight in the world to have never fought for a full version of a divisional title.