We are just a day away from a huge heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, and the pair hit the scales this afternoon ahead of tomorrow night’s blockbuster clash.
The bout sees Fury putting the WBC belt on the line at Wembley Stadium in front of 94,000 fans, in one of the biggest contests in the history of British heavyweight boxing. Whyte (28-2, 19 knockouts) has waited a long time for a shot at world heavyweight glory, and it finally arrives on the grandest stage as the Jamaican-born Londoner looks to become the first man to defeat Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs).
Whyte, 34, last competed in March 2021, knocking out Alexander Povetkin to avenge his own stoppage loss to the Russian from August 2020. As inactive as Whyte has been in the ring since, he has been similarly inactive outside of it, refusing to attend last month’s first pre-fight press conference, electing to stay in Portugal to focus on his training for the bout instead.
The “Bodysnatcher” did attend the press conference on Wednesday of fight week, admitting he was “ready to swing” at Fury if things had got heated, and the pair went face to face again at today’s weigh-in, where Fury hit the scales at 264lbs, 13oz and Whyte came in at 253lbs, 4oz.
Re-live the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte weigh-in, below.
