The 10 fights that define Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight journey so significantly – Boxing News
1 Tyson Fury (April 2022)
As extended-awaited as it was, it is hard to deny that when Whyte’s possibility to combat Fury for the earth heavyweight title came alongside, he didn’t perform as he would have preferred. Stopped in six, he laid scarcely a glove on Fury up to that issue.
2 Alexander Povetkin II (March 2021)
Keen to avenge his 2020 defeat to Povetkin, Whyte, the next 12 months, managed to finish the Russian faster than he had finished him, acquiring the work finished within four rounds.
3 Derek Chisora II (December 2018)
Still a further rematch success, in this 1 Whyte eradicated all the question that lingered adhering to his 2017 struggle with Chisora by knocking out his fellow Londoner in the 11th spherical with as high-quality a left hook as he has ever thrown as a professional.
4 Alexander Povetkin I (August 2020)
Seemingly on his way to a globe title shot, Whyte’s route was dramatically improved when Povetkin, owning been dropped two times in the fourth round, made a magnificent left uppercut in the fifth to go away Dillian out chilly on the canvas.
5 Joseph Parker (July 2018)
An entertaining, again-and-forth battle with a great deal of ebb and stream, Whyte was capable to outlast Parker and defeat him on points, even though experienced to drag himself up off the flooring in the closing round to do so. Ahead of that, he had dropped Parker 2 times after in the second round, and the moment in the ninth.
6 Anthony Joshua (December 2015)
Whyte’s initially professional reduction arrived again in December 2015 when he unsuccessful to capitalise on hurting Joshua in the second spherical and then uncovered himself knocked out in the seventh next a Joshua barrage.
8 Oscar Rivas (July 2019)
A battle marred by submit-combat controversy, Whyte’s determination acquire around Rivas, an unbeaten Colombian, was yet a excellent 1 at the time, in particular offered he had to rise from a ninth-round knockdown to protected it.
7 Derek Chisora I (December 2016)
Whyte’s initially fight with Chisora was the begin of a good rivalry concerning the pair and was so shut and controversial it established up a rematch – which took destinations two years later on – really beautifully. The final result of battle just one may well have split belief but the combat by itself had anyone entertained.
9 Lucas Browne (March 2018)
Unbeaten in 25 fights at the time, Australia’s Browne travelled to the British isles in 2018 with a wonderful deal of self-confidence but was to shortly be put in his position by Whyte’s remaining hook, which finished Browne’s problem in round six.
10 Robert Helenius (Oct 2017)
Far from classic Whyte, this wrestle with Helenius was a person that highlighted both equally his flaws as a fighter and also his means to grind out victory even when most likely not at his greatest.
1 Tyson Fury (April 2022)
As extended-awaited as it was, it is hard to deny that when Whyte’s possibility to combat Fury for the earth heavyweight title came alongside, he didn’t perform as he would have preferred. Stopped in six, he laid scarcely a glove on Fury up to that issue.
2 Alexander Povetkin II (March 2021)
Keen to avenge his 2020 defeat to Povetkin, Whyte, the next 12 months, managed to finish the Russian faster than he had finished him, acquiring the work finished within four rounds.
3 Derek Chisora II (December 2018)
Still a further rematch success, in this 1 Whyte eradicated all the question that lingered adhering to his 2017 struggle with Chisora by knocking out his fellow Londoner in the 11th spherical with as high-quality a left hook as he has ever thrown as a professional.
4 Alexander Povetkin I (August 2020)
Seemingly on his way to a globe title shot, Whyte’s route was dramatically improved when Povetkin, owning been dropped two times in the fourth round, made a magnificent left uppercut in the fifth to go away Dillian out chilly on the canvas.
5 Joseph Parker (July 2018)
An entertaining, again-and-forth battle with a great deal of ebb and stream, Whyte was capable to outlast Parker and defeat him on points, even though experienced to drag himself up off the flooring in the closing round to do so. Ahead of that, he had dropped Parker 2 times after in the second round, and the moment in the ninth.
6 Anthony Joshua (December 2015)
Whyte’s initially professional reduction arrived again in December 2015 when he unsuccessful to capitalise on hurting Joshua in the second spherical and then uncovered himself knocked out in the seventh next a Joshua barrage.
8 Oscar Rivas (July 2019)
A battle marred by submit-combat controversy, Whyte’s determination acquire around Rivas, an unbeaten Colombian, was yet a excellent 1 at the time, in particular offered he had to rise from a ninth-round knockdown to protected it.
7 Derek Chisora I (December 2016)
Whyte’s initially fight with Chisora was the begin of a good rivalry concerning the pair and was so shut and controversial it established up a rematch – which took destinations two years later on – really beautifully. The final result of battle just one may well have split belief but the combat by itself had anyone entertained.
9 Lucas Browne (March 2018)
Unbeaten in 25 fights at the time, Australia’s Browne travelled to the British isles in 2018 with a wonderful deal of self-confidence but was to shortly be put in his position by Whyte’s remaining hook, which finished Browne’s problem in round six.
10 Robert Helenius (Oct 2017)
Far from classic Whyte, this wrestle with Helenius was a person that highlighted both equally his flaws as a fighter and also his means to grind out victory even when most likely not at his greatest.
