Hearn: Dillian Whyte vs. Francis Ngannou will do COLOSSOL numbers
Fans are interested in seeing heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) take on UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou (15-3) in a boxing match or inside the cage.
Fans are interested in seeing heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) take on UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou (15-3) in a boxing match or inside the cage.
Hearn To Talk With Dana White To Make It Happen
“We have to take this seriously,” Eddie Hearn on a fight between Dillian Whyte and Francis Ngannou.
Dillian Says He’ll Gladly Fight Him Again “If He Beats Usyk And There’s A Belt On The Line”
British heavyweights Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora went to war in thrilling fights twice, and though Whyte won both bouts, the second by brutal KO, Chisora wants a third go at his countryman.
Dillian Whyte has two goals in combat sports – to win the world heavyweight title; in both boxing and MMA. Speaking with sky sports, Whyte said “nobody has ever come close” to achieving such a lofty goal but that he himself feels he can do it.
Like many of us, Dillian Whyte tuned into UFC 249 this past Saturday night, the highly ranked British heavyweight contender no doubt as excited as the rest of us to see some live combat sporting action during these strange, strange times.
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker wants Dillian Whyte to know that he’s ready to fight him if he can’t get an opponent after he faces Alexander Povetkin next.
Dillian Whyte says Deontay Wilder shouldn’t get a third fight with Tyson Fury because he’s already lost to him twice.
Although technically, Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) has only beaten Wilder once, Whyte thinks that Tyson deserved the victory in their first fight in 2018.
To the great surprise of nobody, the two big heavyweight fights that were set for May in the UK – Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin and Dereck Chisora-Oleksandr Usyk – have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus situation.
It’s fair to say, it was never going to be an easy job selling a third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.
Like everyone else involved in the sport of boxing, promoter Eddie Hearn is having to cope with the ongoing coronavirus issue.