Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte was a professional boxing event that featured heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, and WBC interim heavyweight champion, Dillian Whyte.
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The bout took place on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
Fury outshined Dillian Whyte for five full rounds before putting away the challenger in what may have marked the final reign of “The Gypsy King” with a sixth-round TKO.
Tyson Fury in a post-fight interview teased that, he would retire after Saturday’s fight while many critics saw it as attention-drawing.
The incredible Fury disclosed that he had planned to retire after competing in his trilogy with Deontay Wilder, but was coerced to close out the show in front of his fellow Englishmen at Wembley Stadium.
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“You know, I promised my lovely wife that after the Wilder 3 fight, that would be it and I meant it,”. “But I got offered to fight at Wembley at home and I believed I deserved and owed it [to the fans]. Now it’s all done. I have to be a man of my word and I think this is it. This might be the final curtain of the Gypsy King”, Fury said in the post-fight interview.
If Fury indeed brings his career to an end, then he will retire with an undefeated record of 32-0-1.
He captured The Ring, WBC, WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO titles in his 14 years as a pro boxer.
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