The U.K really will be the place to see the big guys rumble this spring. With yesterday’s official confirmation that Oleksandr Usyk and Dereck Chisora will rumble in London on May 23, the U.K
Dillian Whyte had to settle for a fight against Alexander Povetkin for May 2 after former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr.
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Like the rest of us, Dillian Whyte is waiting to see what heavyweight king Tyson Fury does next. Will Fury box a third fight with Deontay Wilder?
Dillian Whyte is stomping mad at recently dethroned IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. turning down the offer made to him by his British promoter, and then saying that he didn’t want “any smoke” in a fight against him.
As fans know, promoter Eddie Hearn is very interested in making a Dillian Whyte vs Andy Ruiz clash; with Whyte also asserting how he is very much up for the fight.
Dillian Whyte, any unbiased fight fan would agree, has already done enough to have earned himself a shot at a world title, yet Whyte keeps on keeping on.
Dillian Whyte, who is in danger of becoming as good a talker as he is a fighter, has an interesting opinion on what can happen to a tall heavyweight who gets knocked out.
Talk about a tough first fight back for a former heavyweight champ. According to a tweet from top boxing scribe Mike Coppinger, promoter Eddie Hearn has offered Andy Ruiz a seven-figure payday to fight Dillian Whyte in either late March or early April, in the UK.
Heavyweight contenders Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) and Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) are still in negotiations for a fight in April or May on DAZN.