Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
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.
No sooner was the time for talking here than it ended. With Dillian Whyte focusing on training in Portugal in the lead up to the biggest night of his career, against Tyson Fury in Wembley this Saturday night, and Fury himself isolating in camp at home in Morecambe, the build-up after the announcement has simmered rather than exploded.
Dillian Whyte wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass without making Mauricio Sulaiman understand how frustrated he remains that he has had to wait this long for his WBC title shot.
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman is backing Tyson Fury to retain his WBC world title in his mandatory showdown with Dillian Whyte. Fury will collide with Whyte before a record crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium in London.