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Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte odds, predictions, betting trends for heavyweight title fight
Tyson Fury will make a triumphant homecoming at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Saturday, when he defends his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte.
Fury’s previous five bouts have taken place in the United States, including all three of his thrilling trilogy against Deontay Wilder.
Whyte has endured an arduous and sometimes perilous wait for his shot. He will have been the WBC’s number-one ranked contender for 1,634 days by the time the first bell sounds on April 23rd.
The Londoner’s plans for a shot at the biggest prize were derailed when Russian veteran Alexander Povetkin dealt him a stunning knockout loss in August 2020.
Whyte avenged that defeat emphatically in his most recent outing last March, while Fury’s transition into a front-foot counter-puncher in the celebrated Kronk style under trainer Sugar Hill gave him a thrilling new dimension in the second and third Wilder fights.
It means we seem set for fireworks this weekend. Sporting News has a look at how those might detonate.
When is Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte?
- Date: Saturday, April 23rd
- Main card: 6 p.m. BST
- Main event: 10 p.m. BST (approximately)
Fury and Wilder are due to ringwalk no later than 10 p.m. BST at England’s national stadium, with something extravagant sure to be planned for the record 94,000 crowd. A low-key undercard is set to begin around four hours earlier this Saturday, April 23rd.
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How to watch Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte?
- TV channel: ESPN
- Live stream (PPV): ESPN+, BT Sport Box Office
In the UK, Fury vs. Whyte is available via BT Sport Box Office at a cost of £24.95. You can also stream the fight via the BT Sport app.
The Fury vs. Whyte main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States. It can be live-streamed through ESPN+. Fans in the U.S. can also watch the fight in select theaters.
Odds for Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
The bookmakers have Fury as a clear favourite, with the more aggressive style he displayed in the second and third Wilder fights reflected in the fact a win for the Gypsy King inside the distance is shorter odds for Sky Bet in the UK, DraftKings in the USA and Sports Interaction in Canada than him winning on points.
That probably would not have been the case a few years ago, but Fury’s superior boxing skills are also reflected by the fact any Whyte win on the scorecards is viewed as the biggest longshot for the underdog.
UK (Sky Bet) |
USA (DraftKings) |
Canada (Sports Interaction) |
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Fury win | 1/6 | -550 | 1.14 |
Fury win by KO/TKO | 8/13 | -140 | 1.72 |
Fury win pts | 9/4 | +220 | 2.80 |
Whyte win | 4/1 | +400 | 5.45 |
Whyte win by KO/TKO | 5/1 | +500 | 6.00 |
Whyte win pts | 25/1 | +2200 | 23.00 |
Draw | 33/1 | +2500 | 30.00 |
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Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte prediction
The sense is that, while Whyte winning feels like a stretch, he can certainly make it an uncomfortable evening for Fury and and an exciting one for the fans.
He is nicknamed ‘The Bodysnatcher’ for a reason. Whyte punches hellaciously to the body and, in very simple terms, there is an awful lot of body to hit on the 6ft 9ins Fury.
Much has been made of Fury’s change of style to become a more attacking fighter, but Whyte also showed signs of evolution under trainer Xav Miller in both Povetkin fights, the first of which he was winning comfortably before his foe climbed off the canvas to turn the lights off with a murderous left uppercut.
In the Povetkin rematch, Whyte averaged 33 punches per round, having thrown 40 per round in the initial encounter. That was considerably down on his CompuBox average of 56 and the 70 he threw in each session of his action-packed stoppage defeat to Anthony Joshua in 2015.
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The vulnerability of both men is one of the elements that intrigues. Fury got off the deck four times over the course of the Wilder series, while the likes of Neven Pajkic and Steve Cunningham had him over earlier in his career.
Of course, every time, Fury has got up to avert defeat and generally responded with interest. Whyte has similarly come through heavy weather against Oscar Rivas, Joseph Parker and Dereck Chisora, but those times Joshua and Povetkin rendered him senseless are significant.
We’ve seen there is a level of punishment and velocity of punch that closes the show against Whyte. Fury tends to just keep coming back. Don’t be surprised if this more gung-ho version of the Gypsy King has to get off the floor again to do it, but expect him to overwhelm a brave Whyte as the bout enters the championship rounds.