Tyson Fury speaks on Whyte v Povetkin
When Dillian “The Body Snatcher” Whyte (27-2, 18 KO’s) was brutally knocked out by Alexander “Russian Vityaz” Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KO’s), it was far more than an embarrassing loss. Whyte was both the WBC #1 ranked heavyweight and the official mandatory challenger to WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury’s (30-0-1, 21 KO’s) title.
The Body Snatcher had previously pursued a bout with the former champion, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (42-1-1, 41, KO’s) for years. Once Wilder was dethroned by Fury however, Whyte turned his attention and aggression toward Tyson Fury. Like the Bronze Bomber, Whyte would tell anyone who would listen that Fury was scared of him. He would even insist that he floored the WBC champ in a past sparring session.
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
So when Povetkin landed that picture-perfect left uppercut on Whyte, The Body Snatcher’s dreams of a title shot went up in smoke. At least for the time being that is. In the aftermath of the detrimental setback, Tyson Fury supplied his two cents on the matter via his Twitter account. The Gypsy King did take a few digs at Whyte. However, for the better part of it, he was fairly respectful of Whyte’s loss.
“So I don’t blame Dillian Whyte for it, it’s a boxing match. He obviously wants to fight the best out there. So he was going on banging his drum about fighting me but heavyweight boxing is a very dangerous sport. And it can all be over for you in one click of a second as we seen last night. It was what it was.”
“All these boxers, like the [Anthony] Joshua’s, the Whyte’s, the Chisora’s, the Povtkin’s, all them people are just about on a similar level. I see them as 4’s, 5’s and 6’s all mixed in together and at any given time they can take each other out. As you seen with Chisora and Whyte and Takam and Baby Miller, all these guys are the same kind of thing. And on any given night, they can all have victory’s over each other and that’s heavyweight boxing.”
“As for Dillian Whyte getting knocked out, it is what it is; regroup, back to the drawing board. It just shows you what level we are on! Povetkin is forty years old, fit and an inspiration for men at that age. It was a good fight, I enjoyed it.”
By: Bakari Simpson
