Comments Thread For: Dillian Whyte hits lowest weight in a decade for Moses Itauma

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Dillian Whyte has come in at his lowest weight since 2015, hitting the scales at 244.1lbs for his tough task against impressive youngster Moses Itauma.
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[JakeTheBoxer]

Whyte is in a good shape.

[super-x]

Whyte Being that unusually light will reduce the ability to absorb the heavier punches of Itauma imo, moses stoppage inside 4.

[M312]

Fair play to the guy... if it's hard work and effort.

Not sure he can match Itauma for speed, even at this lighter weight, but if he may just be aiming for fitness, Itauma will struggle in the second half of the fight. Championship rounds will be seriously tough work for him... If Dillian can last that long.

Think it's an intriguing fight.

[SUBZER0ED]

Whyte is in a good shape.

I'm surprised that Itauma at 20 years old and after losing 20 lbs, still looks chunky. I wonder how his stamina will be.

[SUBZER0ED]

Fair play to the guy... if it's hard work and effort.

Not sure he can match Itauma for speed, even at this lighter weight, but if he may just be aiming for fitness, Itauma will struggle in the second half of the fight. Championship rounds will be seriously tough work for him... If Dillian can last that long.

Think it's an intriguing fight.

Dillian may just try to take the kid out to deep waters and drown him. But as you suggest, he'll have to survive the early onslaught of Moses.

[PittyPat]

Hoping for a spectacular uppercut KO by Itauma. Povetkin 2020-style.

[Willow The Wisp]

Whyte is older but he's not shot and he's still a Danger Man and in the top dozen.
The weight loss shows that he's in it to win it.

Moses is the future, at 20; even if he gets a setback here.
I'm picking Moses because of his lightning explosiveness; but if he discovers that getting Dillian Whyte out of there quickly is a very different task from laying out Balogun, McKean and a used up Wach, and the rounds are ticking by; this could get very interesting.

We will learn a whole lot Saturday.

[Toffee]

Whyte Being that unusually light will reduce the ability to absorb the heavier punches of Itauma imo, moses stoppage inside 4.

I feel like every time a fighter comes in surprisingly heavy you get people arguing that they'll be better equipped to absorb punches, or they'll hit harder, or be able to lean on their opponent... or claims that they're just wearing a heavy sombrero (Ruiz) or weights in their leather jacket (Fury).
Almost always it just means they're in worse shape and that plays out in the fight.

Better shape is better condition.

Whyte is still a big man and he's still the bigger man in that ring. His conditioning probably just means he's had a good camp, pushed himself, and is in good shape for the fight.

Good on him.

[Toffee]

Whyte is older but he's not shot and he's still a Danger Man and in the top dozen.
The weight loss shows that he's in it to win it.

Moses is the future, at 20; even if he gets a setback here.
I'm picking Moses because of his lightning explosiveness; but if he discovers that getting Dillian Whyte out of there quickly is a very different task from laying out Balogun, McKean and a used up Wach, and the rounds are ticking by; this could get very interesting.

We will learn a whole lot Saturday.

Definitely. I'm finding myself supporting Dillian, but if Moses gets through this then he'll have earned his status and will come away with credit.

It's very obvious that Dillian isn't just there for a payday.

Jonny Fisher might not exactly be on Itauma's level but he found out what can happen when an inexperienced fighter goes in with a seasoned pro. Dillian will definitely be looking to give Itauma the benefit of his experience.