Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury is talking about retirement. But will that affect him as he defends his heavyweight championship vs. Dillian Whyte?

Here’s more info on the Tyson Fury vs. In the end, though, it’ll be Fury by stoppage in the eighth round. While Fury is the solid betting favorite, more people seem to be wagering on Whyte. As of this writing, Fury is a -450 favorite (bet $450 to win $100), while Whyte is the +350 underdog. In the biggest fight of his life, he managed to hurt Anthony Joshua early in their 2015 matchup but then was knocked out in the seventh round. Fury is undefeated at 31-0-1 (22 KOs), and he’d certainly like to retire undefeated (if he, in fact, does retire). Though Fury has one of the most unique set of skills of any heavyweight champion in boxing history, his resume still isn’t that fantastic. He squeaked by Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, and though he probably should have been awarded all three of his fights vs. He’s been a top-five heavyweight for the past several years, but he’s never had the career-changing opportunity he’ll get vs. Either way, here’s everything you need to know about Tyson Fury vs. To coming back and getting back to the top of the world and having three big fights with Deontay Wilder over there in the U.S., and now being back in England after all these years, four years away, and now I’m fighting my old pal Dillian Whyte back at home for all the glory and all the belts. Despite his mental and physical issues, Fury has been a heavyweight champion since he beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic—all of the rest of the stuff—I’m not ashamed of it. He’s game.

Tyson Fury has promised to put on a “real fight” in front of nearly 100000 fans at England's national stadium after weighing in for what he says will be his ...

Reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will defend his title against countryman Dillian Whyte live and exclusive on Stan Event on Sunday, April 24, from 3am (AEST), with the title fight after 7am. “I don’t think we’re friends, or everyone is cool ... tomorrow he might come out and be in a different mindset.” I’m ready to go to war tomorrow.” “I’m so happy to be back here fighting at Wembley Stadium and you people made it happen. We focus more on performance than weight ... but 253 is a good weight for me. Friday’s weigh-in marked the end of the official build-up to one of the biggest events in British boxing history, with lineal champion Fury putting his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles – and his undefeated record – on the line in front of an expected crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium.

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"I've won every single belt there is to win in the sport and I'm getting out healthy, in one piece and undefeated." "I've won every belt in the world that there is to win. "This is a heavyweight boxing fight, anyone can win with one punch," Fury said at the pleasingly respectful press conference. A brawler whose relentless attacks to the body earned him the nickname "body snatcher", Whyte will pressurise Fury throughout, despite giving up 13cm in height and 18cm in reach. The 34-year-old has, according to some estimates, been first in line for a shot at the WBC version of the world title for more than 1,500 days. Whyte didn't even turn up to the first press conference to sell the fight, prompting Fury to brand him "Frillian Whytenickers".

Tyson Fury will make a triumphant homecoming against Dillian Whyte at Wembley on Saturday. Whatever happens, the WBC heavyweight champion's career story ...

The knockdowns salvaged a draw for Wilder on the cards and Fury decided nothing would be left to chance the next time. In his 30s, he reimagined himself as a front-foot counter puncher, sitting down on his shots and looking to do damage. Their third fight brought heightened levels of violence, with Wilder switching effectively to the body early on before being floored again in the third. Those brutal Wilder wars are the main reason Fury, in all his chaos and contradiction, will be cheered to ring by the bulk of a 94,000 crowd at Wembley as the WBC champion. Fury told Rolling Stone of the abuse he received on account of being a traveller and victimisation of his community in general - abhorrent stuff that no human should experience. When these matters have been raised since, as was the case with the Kinahan affair this week, Fury’s approach has been to put up the shutters. During this period, in a 2011 interview with The Guardian, Fury said: “There is a name for what I have, where, one minute I'm happy, and the next minute I'm sad, like commit-suicide-sad. The controversy re-emerged in 2020, with Tyson Fury now the WBC heavyweight champion after his remarkable comeback. One minute I'm over the moon and the next minute I feel like getting in my car and running it into a wall at a hundred miles an hour. He stands alone among British fighters to have crossed the Atlantic and signed up for the biggest fights, insofar as he emerged still undefeated and with his reputation massively enhanced. There were uneven performances, fluctuations in weight and trips to the canvas against smaller men. I said in this camp, I wanted it to be a great camp.

Even before Saturday's fight at Wembley Stadium in London, the undefeated heavyweight champion was pestered with disruptions.

In October, Fury survived a pair of knockdowns to stop Wilder in the 11th round of their third bout. Fury has not spoken nearly that explicitly about his relationship with Kinahan, whose ties to pro boxing are both obvious and opaque. “They’re going to see a good tear-up,” said Fury, 33, who weighed in at 264 pounds. He can be the tactical boxer who first claimed a world title with a cautious decision over Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015. He has scored 19 knockouts in his 28 wins and has defeated a series of first- and second-tier heavyweight contenders. Fury was repeatedly asked about his relationship with Kinahan at a press event this week but declined to elaborate.

Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte will decide which big-punching Briton can claim to be the heavyweight lineal boxing champion after the pair meet at Wembley ...

Whyte, 34, will attempt to win The Ring belt for the first time when he pursues an underdog 29th victory in 31 fights. When that fight failed to go ahead, Fury, who was recovering from mental health and addiction issues at the time, was stripped of the title. Fury won Klitschko's WBA, IBF, WBO and The Ring titles in Germany, only to vacate them during a pending investigation over anti-doping and medical issues in October 2016. The Ring introduced policy changes during the 1990s and in 2012. Fans and commentators have long criticized the number of titles available in boxing. Some interpret the word lineal to mean an unbroken streak of defenses in this context.

Tyson Fury will make a triumphant homecoming against Dillian Whyte at Wembley on Saturday. Whatever happens, the WBC heavyweight champion's career story ...

The knockdowns salvaged a draw for Wilder on the cards and Fury decided nothing would be left to chance the next time. In his 30s, he reimagined himself as a front-foot counter puncher, sitting down on his shots and looking to do damage. Their third fight brought heightened levels of violence, with Wilder switching effectively to the body early on before being floored again in the third. Those brutal Wilder wars are the main reason Fury, in all his chaos and contradiction, will be cheered to ring by the bulk of a 94,000 crowd at Wembley as the WBC champion. Fury told Rolling Stone of the abuse he received on account of being a traveller and victimisation of his community in general - abhorrent stuff that no human should experience. When these matters have been raised since, as was the case with the Kinahan affair this week, Fury’s approach has been to put up the shutters. During this period, in a 2011 interview with The Guardian, Fury said: “There is a name for what I have, where, one minute I'm happy, and the next minute I'm sad, like commit-suicide-sad. The controversy re-emerged in 2020, with Tyson Fury now the WBC heavyweight champion after his remarkable comeback. One minute I'm over the moon and the next minute I feel like getting in my car and running it into a wall at a hundred miles an hour. He stands alone among British fighters to have crossed the Atlantic and signed up for the biggest fights, insofar as he emerged still undefeated and with his reputation massively enhanced. There were uneven performances, fluctuations in weight and trips to the canvas against smaller men. I said in this camp, I wanted it to be a great camp.

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The Fury vs. Tyson Fury vs. Fury vs. Fury vs. Whyte main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view. Dillian Whyte will take place Saturday, April 23. The winner of this Saturday’s fight could be on a path to a heavyweight unification fight. He won the interim WBC heavyweight title in 2019 against Oscar Rivas but was later suspended and stripped of the belt after a drug test before being reinstated. After fighting Deontay Wilder to a draw, he beat Wilder in a rematch in February 2020 for the WBC title. “The Body Snatcher” lost the belt in August 2020 in dramatic fashion against Alexander Povetkin. Whyte won the title back in March via TKO in what was the final fight of Povetkin’s career. After years of waiting, Dillian Whyte is finally getting his shot at the WBC heavyweight champion. Tyson Fury is more than ready for the challenge.

Both British heavyweights are in confident mood after a tumultuous buildup to their epic Wembley showdown.

In August 2020, in the midst of lockdown, he fought the old Russian warhorse Alexander Povetkin. The acute loneliness of heavyweight boxing engulfed Whyte after he was knocked out in the fifth round by a sickening uppercut. For all the enduring unpredictability of some heavyweight contests, and the volatile lives of both men, Fury should win again. He fathered a child at the age of 13 and his life has often been tumultuous. Obviously the crowd does play a part and there are going to be 94,000 people there. It says much about Whyte’s nerve, and the fearlessness which Fury recognises, that he demanded a rematch. If it’s written in the stars that I win again, we will have a drink after the fight to a very successful night and career. Fury has had an often difficult fight week and there were occasions when he has been riled by persistent questions about his past working relationship with Daniel Kinahan, the alleged leader of a drug cartel. He remains unbeaten after those 32 fights and Fury really believes he is the best heavyweight in the world by some distance, “I know he thinks he’s the six foot nine inch version of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Mike Tyson rolled into one,” Whyte said, “but he’s only a man. I will be leaving every ounce of strength and energy I have in the ring. I’ve sparred him a lot in the past and he didn’t show any weaknesses. A couple of days later, in the shadow of the huge arena where Fury will defend his WBC title against his British challenger, the world champion and undoubted favourite was just as blunt and respectful. He will receive 20% of the record $41,025,000 fight purse.

Tyson Fury tipped the scales at 264.8 pounds at Friday's weigh-in ahead of Saturday's heavyweight title defense vs. Dillian Whyte, who weighed 253.25 ...

If Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) emerges victorious, he'll earn a career-high $33,640,500 (a $4,102,500 win bonus is on the line.) He's rated No. 1 by ESPN at heavyweight and No. 6 pound-for-pound, yet he insists he'll retire after Saturday's showdown with Whyte. Even after all those grueling rounds, Fury had the energy to belt out a celebratory song in the ring before he partied on stage with DJ Steve Aoki at a Las Vegas nightclub deep into the night. Fantastic support from the British people." "For the last fight, it's no secret, [trainer SugarHill Steward] can tell you, we had about four, five weeks training time for that, and in that time we had to cross the Atlantic to Vegas in a different time zone," Fury told ESPN when asked to explain all the pounds that were shed. The 33-year-old Fury is on top of the game and is guaranteed $29,538,000. We're in shape!"

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He gives you a great fight and then he sings afterwards, it’s incredible. “I boxed against a 6ft 9in guy and I know how hard it is to hit them. I’ve seen him improving over his last few fights so this is the main fight he has to be ready for.

The Sporting News looks into who could be the next line for the WBC heavyweight title if Tyson Fury retires with the belt.

Sulaiman has a lot to think about if Fury is out of the picture. According to the WBC's rankings, Joe Joyce is ranked second and is the WBC Silver heavyweight champion. Wilder is ranked first, but after losing two in a row to Fury, it is unknown if he would be chosen for a title shot. The WBC heavyweight title would be vacated if Fury won and retired. He did a bit of that in the third Wilder fight. In a trilogy fight back in October, Fury beat Wilder via knockout to retain the title.

The WBC heavyweight title is on the line from Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday night.

And if his public workout this week was any indication, in which he worked out from southpaw for the entirety, it's likely "The Gypsy King" has a few wrinkles up his sleeve to keep Whyte guessing. In the end, Whyte pushes the pace consistently enough to where it's either him or you that gets stopped. In many ways, Fury's third fight against Wilder last fall was the perfect prerequisite for the challenge Whyte brings to the table. Instead, the 34-year-old Whyte is expected to bring a sturdy challenge to the 6-foot-9 Fury thanks to his 6-foot-4 frame, durability and punching power. I've had a couple slipups along the way, but I'm here and I'm ready to go. Because of that, Fury will need to properly mix his two styles as both boxer and puncher. Given Fury's pre-fight comments, it's an inevitability he appears to accept, which is why his predictions have consistently been a knockout. The fans are in for a real treat," Fury said. I do not even need to train for him." Can't get enough boxing and MMA? Get the latest in the world of combat sports from two of the best in the business. Whyte has been known for his often cantankerous ways in the past, which have included storming out of press conferences while protesting his purse. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including the top storylines to watch for at Fury vs.

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I'm ready to rock and roll." Otherwise, it has been the same larger-than-life Fury, cracking jokes, telling stories and talking himself up as the greatest heavyweight of his generation. He should have too much for Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), who is stockily built and enjoys turning fights into slugfests with his energy-sapping body punches. The money at stake probably would have been bigger, too, even if the successful purse bid of $57 million for the Whyte fight makes this the richest in boxing history. He's definitely a man that needs a lot of respect and that's what I've given him." "I'm getting out healthy and in one piece.

Tyson Fury will face Dillian Whyte in an all-British heavyweight blockbuster at Wembley on Saturday. Anthony Joshua is left as the odd man out.

Joshua showdown and the boxers’ camps agreed to a two-fight deal in March 2021, with the first of those pencilled in for August. After the final instalment of the Fury vs. Joshua turned his anger in Fury’s direction: "The world now sees you for the fraud you are. "You lied to the fans and led them on. Scores remained to be settled, the public were enraptured and Fury and Wilder were locked in one another’s orbit. "I know the strategy is for him to fight Fury after a three-year layoff," he told Sky News. "He's got a good chance of beating him. At the time, this pleased next to nobody outside of Wilder’s immediate circle. On that much at least, they agree. That remains as close as they have come to sharing a ring competitively because Wilder had an ace up his sleeve. AJ must now rematch Usyk - an entirely different animal to Ruiz, who merely looked like he’d eaten several different animals before their second encounter. A few weeks after a packed MGM Grand in Las Vegas enjoyed Fury’s bravura display, the world changed. Fury’s claims this week that he will retire after facing Whyte means the ship might have sailed for good on the biggest fight in British boxing.

The two heavyweights contest the WBC title on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium.

"You give credit where it's due, when he has gone down he's got up. - Tyson Fury vs. "I think because I spent so long building fighters from scratch, there's a format and that takes time.

Tyson Fury will look to defend his WBC heavyweight title belt against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte on Saturday in front of nearly 100000 fans at ...

They had chances but they didn’t do it.” @Tyson_Furytells talkSPORT he’ll never fight Joshua and is set for retirement. “My mum just looked at me and said, ‘Listen, I really, really don’t want to lose you. He had a boy at 13 years old and was facing a life on the streets before he found combat sports. “He's definitely a fearless guy, I've sparred him a lot in the past and he didn't show any weaknesses at all. “(Whyte is) a decent bloke,” Fury said earlier this week. One thing that stood out to me in taking a look at the odds for Whyte vs. With a combined 81.3% of the votes from our Twitter and YouTube polls, YOUR choice for the— Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) #BestOfPBC2021FIGHT OF THE YEAR by a wide margin is... •3h ago 🏟 In the middle of Wembley stadium,— Frank Warren (@frankwarren_tv) @Tyson_Furyand @DillianWhyteface off. More than 75 percent of the money has been bet on Fury, but the odds keep moving against him which always raises an eyebrow as to what sharp bettors are thinking. “I'm not interested,” Fury said yesterday. You can tell peope are very excited and everybody is talking about the fight.

Tyson Fury takes on Dillian Whyte in the main event to defend his WBC heavyweight title. Follow live.

However, Fury withdrew from the pay-per-view main event against Paul after he was diagnosed with a chest infection. The 22-year-old light heavyweight floored Daniel Bocianski (10-2, 2 KOs) in Round 5 and bloodied the Poland native throughout the six-round bout. "From where I started all those years ago to the ups and downs and being away from boxing and being fat as [392 pounds]. To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic -- all of the rest of the stuff... Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) has been the WBC mandatory challenger for more than four years and is finally getting his shot at a major title. I've had a couple slip-ups along the way, but I'm here and I'm ready to go." "It's a big fight. It's a moment I've been waiting for," Whyte said. And now being back in England after all these years, four years away, and now I'm fighting my old pal Dillian Whyte back at home for all the glory.... Karol Itauma, with a second-round TKO of Michal Ciach, improved to 7-0 (with five knockouts) in the final undercard bout before the ESPN+ PPV begins. Fury (8-0, 4 KOs) was fighting for the first time since August, when he competed on a Paul undercard in a prelude to a December meeting with the social media star. Tommy Fury, the half-brother of Tyson Fury, remains in the hunt for a fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Tyson Fury returns to England to defend his WBC and lineal heavyweight titles against longtime mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte at legendary Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday (ESPN+ PPV, 2 p.m. ET with prelims at 1 p.m. on ESPN+). A U.K. record of 94,000 fans for a boxing event is expected.

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The WBC heavyweight title is on the line from Wembley Stadium in London as 'The Gypsy King' makes his return to the U.K..

Adeleye is a bit of a heavyweight prospect looking to impress. Fairly easy work for Adeleye as he was able to use his jab and right hand to kee Healey from ever really getting on track. https://t.co/2LG1cfzVPm pic.twitter.com/SKtH6FDqrf April 23, 2022 https://t.co/2LG1cfzVPm pic.twitter.com/4qgv8HTPPz April 23, 2022 https://t.co/2LG1cfzVPm pic.twitter.com/pIqI4MN5B1 April 23, 2022 Ball badly rocked Lowe in Round 2 before scoring the first knockdown of the fight. Tyson Fury is home against a fellow Brit in Dillian Whyte, and we’re in for a great heavyweight championship match. The cut is bad, however, and could end the fight if it gets any worse. https://t.co/2LG1cfzVPm pic.twitter.com/nkZL2j8aWF April 23, 2022 Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news. Whyte is 12-1 since the start of 2016, the lone loss coming in a shocking upset knockout against Alexander Povetkin in August 2020. https://t.co/2LG1cfzVPm pic.twitter.com/8H6qhttlkP April 23, 2022

Tyson Fury takes on fellow British fighter Dillian Whyte in front of over 90000 spectators at Wembley stadium in London, with the WBC world heavyweight ...

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Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title in front of a record 94000 crowd at Wembley on Saturday night. Dillian Whyte is making his first bid for ...

6:00 p.m. BST/1:00 p.m. ET: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage from Wembley Stadium of Tyson Fury vs. 8:07 p.m. BST/3:07 p.m. ET: Adeleye got the job done before halfway, so that's 2-0 for Team Fury this evening. 8:27 p.m. BST/3:27 p.m. ET: Four rounds in and Lowe has a serious fight on his hands, having been dropped by a left hook. 9:30 p.m. BST/4:30 p.m. ET: We're into the championship rounds and Essuman is looking comfortable. The Fury vs. 10:00p.m. BST/5:00 p.m. ET: An outsider for most of his career, this is a truly valedictory moment for Fury, as the 90,000-plus crowd lap up a video montage of his ups and downs. In fairness, there is an awful lot of the generously proportioned Healey to shift. Bruno, of course, won the belt Fury and Whyte will contest tonight when he outpointed Oliver McCall at the old Wembley in 1995. 9:48 p.m. BST/4:48 p.m. ET: With an honourable mention the brilliantly livewire Nick Ball, that undercard wasn't any great shakes, but no one cares right now. In short, best to bed in for 12 rounds here. A smattering of boos for the challenger. A few boos here and there for the Bodysnatcher, but hardly a hostile welcome.

Tyson Fury produced a stunning sixth round knockout win over Dillian Whyte in front of a heaving Wembley Stadium in London.

“First of all, I want to say as always, I dedicate this to my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, he gave me the victory again tonight and I give him the glory. This might be the final curtain for the Gypsy King. What a way to go out. A big thank you to the United Kingdom.” I owed it to every person in the United Kingdom to fight at Wembley. Now it’s all done, I have to be a man of my word. A little head clash. He’s as strong as a bull and he’s got a heart of a lion. Fury had not fought in his home country since his remarkable comeback from mental health issues, drug and alcohol addictions, which derailed his initial reign as undisputed champion and drove him to the brink of suicide. Referee having a very firm word. But you’re not messing with a mediocre heavyweight, you’re messing with the best man on the planet and you saw that tonight.” “Dillian Whyte is a warrior and I believe Dillian will be a world champion but tonight he met a great in the sport and one of the greatest heavyweights in the sport and unfortunately for Dillian Whyte he had to face me tonight,” Fury said. “I got offered to fight at Wembley and I thought I owed it to the fans. Fury lands a couple of left jabs on Whyte but the latter comes hard and fast at the end of the round.

Tyson Fury puts his WBC heavyweight title on the line against Dillian Whyte in an all-British blockbuster at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night.

But, where that once would have been a pick ‘em fight, Fury suggested few observers would give AJ much of a chance of victory at this stage. It must be said, Fury made an incredibly compelling case for hanging his gloves up. The rationale for Chisora, over whom Fury has two very comfortable victories, was him being a very good friend and they could make piles of money together. The perfect time for this clash has probably passed but it remains arguably the biggest fight to be made in world boxing. However, it would be one to make the purists drool. This might be the final curtain for the Gypsy King. What a way to go out!"

'Pure domination': Fury decimates challenger with 'brutal' KO in final boxing statement.

This is getting sloppy. Fury again landed the better shots and had a nice combo that seemed to slightly wobble Whyte, but again the challenger is throwing little in return. “I cannot believe 94,000 countrymen and women came here to watch me. The fight is starting to get a little ugly and not in a way that’s good. The opening round was a relatively cagey affair, largely down to Whyte beginning the fight in a southpaw stance. Fury opened the second round as a southpaw while Whyte returned to his normal orthodox stance, however the Gypsy King also went back to orthodox not long after in what could have been a cheeky piece of mind games.

Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight title after the referee stopped his fight with Dillian Whyte in the sixth round at Wembley.

While he was furious with the way his cut of the £41,025,000 purse had been reduced to 20%, Whyte hoped to disrupt Fury by refusing to engage with him before the bout. Whyte had tried to unsettle Fury, who is the master of boxing mind-games, by remaining quiet and elusive throughout the protracted fight build-up. Steward and Andy Lee, who is one of the most impressive young trainers in Britain and Ireland, have had a profound impact in Fury’s corner. Each man landed a thudding body punch but the greater precision of Fury’s work, behind his jab and combinations, was obvious. The challenger tried to jab often to Fury’s relatively fleshy body but the difference in class was apparent. It was a devastating punch, reminiscent of the chilling uppercut that Alexander Povetkin used to knock out Whyte in August 2020.

A stunning right uppercut ensured Tyson Fury retained the WBC and lineal heavyweight crown in front of 94000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.

I owed it to every person in the United Kingdom to fight at Wembley,” Fury said. Fury had not fought in his home country since his remarkable comeback from mental health issues, drug and alcohol addictions, which derailed his initial reign as undisputed champion and drove him to the brink of suicide. He’s as strong as a bull and he’s got a heart of a lion.

Fury retained his WBC and lineal heavyweight world championship belts after knocking Whyte out with a crushing uppercut in the sixth round in a fight that had ...

As to exactly what the fight will be, given the two fight in different disciplines, Ngannou confirmed that it is “going to be a hybrid type of fight, with MMA gloves in the ring.” “Well, this is going to be one very special fight like never before in the history of our sport,” Fury said. Tyson Fury has conceded that his decimation of Dillian Whyte “might be the final curtain” in his career, but in a bizarre twist it appeared he is set for a fight with a champion in another combat discipline.

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What a way to top it all off? I’ve got balls like King Kong, the heart of a lion, the mindset of the Wizard of Oz. Wembley has enjoyed some big occasions since it was rebuilt, including two UEFA Champions League finals, the Euro 2020 decider, and even a couple of other heavyweight bouts - but nothing quite as monumental as this. According to CompuBox, Fury landed 76 of his 243 punches to Whyte’s 29 from 171. Sporting red and white gloves in honour of St. George’s day, he was accompanied by, believe it or not, a dozen knights in shining armour. I’ve given everything to you guys, I put it on the line every single time. John Fury has said that “wild horses couldn’t keep Tyson in retirement” if that was to happen. His ring walk, for his first fight in his home country since 2018, was incredible. Fury did say he was open to any and all exhibition fights, and even teased one with UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou in the ring, seconds after sealing his win. I’ve said what I’ve said and I’m happy with my decisions. Now it might be over for good. London: If you come at the Gypsy King, you best not miss.

Tyson Fury produced a stunning sixth round knockout win over Dillian Whyte in front of a heaving Wembley Stadium in London.

“First of all, I want to say as always, I dedicate this to my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, he gave me the victory again tonight and I give him the glory. This might be the final curtain for the Gypsy King. What a way to go out. I owed it to every person in the United Kingdom to fight at Wembley. Now it’s all done, I have to be a man of my word. Fury had not fought in his home country since his remarkable comeback from mental health issues, drug and alcohol addictions, which derailed his initial reign as undisputed champion and drove him to the brink of suicide. He’s as strong as a bull and he’s got a heart of a lion. “Dillian Whyte is a warrior and I believe Dillian will be a world champion but tonight he met a great in the sport and one of the greatest heavyweights in the sport and unfortunately for Dillian Whyte he had to face me tonight,” Fury said.