‘Rough him up’ — Dillian Whyte reveals how Tyson Fury can exact revenge on Oleksandr Usyk by emulating old self
Dillian Whyte has told talkSPORT how Tyson Fury can get revenge on Oleksandr Usyk – by emulating his old self. Whyte is set to face Ebenezer Tetteh in Gibraltar on Sunday in his second fight of 2024. Fury KO’d Whyte in six rounds when they met at Wembley in April 2023Queensberry He stopped Christian Hammer in just three rounds of a quickfire comeback victory in March. But the former world heavyweight title challenger has been an outcast from the heavyweight division’s summit since failing a pre-fight drugs test before his proposed rematch with Anthony Joshua in August 2023. Fury and Usyk will contest their rematch on December 21, following a blockbuster first bout in May, when the former suffered his first-ever professional boxing defeat. ‘The Gypsy King’ was knocked down in round nine during their first fight in Saudi Arabia, but 36-year-old Whyte believes the Briton can get his revenge. “I think Fury can [get his revenge]… he’s big enough and smart enough and experienced enough to make the adjustment,” Whyte told Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour on talkSPORT Breakfast. “I personally think he needs to be aggressive and try and rough him up.” ‘The Body Snatcher’ then made a comparison to two of Fury’s previous fights to show what he needs to do in order to get a hard-fought victory over the Ukrainian next weekend. “He needs to fight him like he fought Deontay Wilder the second time and Steve Cunningham,” Whyte added. “When Steve Cunningham put him down, Fury got up and got physical and started pushing him and started manhandling him and started roughing him up. “He might lose a couple of points but who cares, just go in there. He needs to try and circle Oleksandr Usyk and try to rough him up. Fury was floored by Cunningham back in 2013 But wound up finishing his American counterpart in the seventh roundGETTY “Maybe he’ll even hit him with a few borderline punches just to try and throw him off a little bit.” A 24-year-old Fury knocked out Steve Cunningham in 2013 on his debut in the United States after being floored in the second round. He was deducted a point in round five for headbutting the American, who was 12 years his senior, but dropped him with a devastating right hand two rounds later. ‘The Gypsy King’ then picked up wins over the likes of Derek Chisora and Wladimir Klitschko before his famous trilogy with Wilder. Over the course of three outings, Fury and Wilder exchanged nine knockdowns. Fury picked himself up off the canvas twice in their inaugural 2018 encounter to see out a controversial split draw. Fury recovered from two knockdowns against Deontay Wilder in 2018 But floored Wilder twice in the rematch and forced his corner to throw in the towelGetty Images - Getty Before winning again in their trilogy fightFrank Micelotta/FOX However, he returned 18 months later and made sure the judges weren’t needed by knocking down Wilder on two occasions en route to a seventh-round stoppage win. Their third spectacle was even more brutal, with Fury scoring three knockdowns and Wilder delivering two as the Brit capped off their rivalry with a brutal 11th-round KO. ‘The Bronze Bomber’ has never looked the same since his October 2021 trilogy fight with Fury, who has since urged Wilder to retire after watching him get battered by Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang. Whyte also confirmed to talkSPORT on Friday that, although he wants to stay active in 2025, he doesn’t necessarily expect big fights. “I’d love to fight in February or March, the latest, next year,” he added. “I want to be busy next year.There should possibly be three or four fights if I can. “I don’t want to fight the top guys. I’d love to fight the top guys but I understand that it’s a process and these guys have been linked. He’s been linked to fighting him. He’s been linked to fighting him. “They’re [waiting to see who wins] to make the next match because there’s a little bit of a round-robin going on with Turki Alalshikh at the minute. “If there’s no big fights, I want to stay busy and keep fighting because inactivity has killed me the last few years. I just want to be busy. I’d love to fight four times next year if I could. “I want to fight the Fury’s again, AJ again. I’d love to fight Daniel Dubois, Joseph Parker again. “Jarrell Miller, Andy Ruiz. If I can fight all of those guys or at least a few of them, then I’ve fought all the best fighters around for the last ten years. “That’s what I want to do.”
Dillian Whyte has told talkSPORT how Tyson Fury can get revenge on Oleksandr Usyk – by emulating his old self.
Whyte is set to face Ebenezer Tetteh in Gibraltar on Sunday in his second fight of 2024.
He stopped Christian Hammer in just three rounds of a quickfire comeback victory in March.
But the former world heavyweight title challenger has been an outcast from the heavyweight division’s summit since failing a pre-fight drugs test before his proposed rematch with Anthony Joshua in August 2023.
Fury and Usyk will contest their rematch on December 21, following a blockbuster first bout in May, when the former suffered his first-ever professional boxing defeat.
‘The Gypsy King’ was knocked down in round nine during their first fight in Saudi Arabia, but 36-year-old Whyte believes the Briton can get his revenge.
“I think Fury can [get his revenge]… he’s big enough and smart enough and experienced enough to make the adjustment,” Whyte told Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour on talkSPORT Breakfast.
“I personally think he needs to be aggressive and try and rough him up.”
‘The Body Snatcher’ then made a comparison to two of Fury’s previous fights to show what he needs to do in order to get a hard-fought victory over the Ukrainian next weekend.
“He needs to fight him like he fought Deontay Wilder the second time and Steve Cunningham,” Whyte added.
“When Steve Cunningham put him down, Fury got up and got physical and started pushing him and started manhandling him and started roughing him up.
“He might lose a couple of points but who cares, just go in there. He needs to try and circle Oleksandr Usyk and try to rough him up.
“Maybe he’ll even hit him with a few borderline punches just to try and throw him off a little bit.”
A 24-year-old Fury knocked out Steve Cunningham in 2013 on his debut in the United States after being floored in the second round.
He was deducted a point in round five for headbutting the American, who was 12 years his senior, but dropped him with a devastating right hand two rounds later.
‘The Gypsy King’ then picked up wins over the likes of Derek Chisora and Wladimir Klitschko before his famous trilogy with Wilder.
Over the course of three outings, Fury and Wilder exchanged nine knockdowns.
Fury picked himself up off the canvas twice in their inaugural 2018 encounter to see out a controversial split draw.
However, he returned 18 months later and made sure the judges weren’t needed by knocking down Wilder on two occasions en route to a seventh-round stoppage win.
Their third spectacle was even more brutal, with Fury scoring three knockdowns and Wilder delivering two as the Brit capped off their rivalry with a brutal 11th-round KO.
‘The Bronze Bomber’ has never looked the same since his October 2021 trilogy fight with Fury, who has since urged Wilder to retire after watching him get battered by Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
Whyte also confirmed to talkSPORT on Friday that, although he wants to stay active in 2025, he doesn’t necessarily expect big fights.
“I’d love to fight in February or March, the latest, next year,” he added. “I want to be busy next year.There should possibly be three or four fights if I can.
“I don’t want to fight the top guys. I’d love to fight the top guys but I understand that it’s a process and these guys have been linked. He’s been linked to fighting him. He’s been linked to fighting him.
“They’re [waiting to see who wins] to make the next match because there’s a little bit of a round-robin going on with Turki Alalshikh at the minute.
“If there’s no big fights, I want to stay busy and keep fighting because inactivity has killed me the last few years. I just want to be busy. I’d love to fight four times next year if I could.
“I want to fight the Fury’s again, AJ again. I’d love to fight Daniel Dubois, Joseph Parker again.
“Jarrell Miller, Andy Ruiz. If I can fight all of those guys or at least a few of them, then I’ve fought all the best fighters around for the last ten years.
“That’s what I want to do.”
