HIGH PRESSURE
★★★★★ MAIN EVENT
★★☆☆☆ UNDERCARD
WHEN taken only as a fight, as opposed to the PR disaster it might become, Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte is a brilliant, mouthwatering matchup. So, to preserve my own sanity as much as yours, I’ll try to focus only on the boxing when previewing what should be one of the most anticipated world heavyweight title fights of the current era.
The problem is, when the champion’s former adviser has been outed by the US government as a man wanted for drug crimes, it’s only natural to wonder if Tyson’s concentration will be affected as he heads into his first fight in the UK since 2018. It might well be his last on home soil, too, given the stink radiating from this promotion as we head into fight week.
What Fury likes to do is fight. What he’s not so keen on is answering questions that could be perceived as personal attacks.
It’s not like Fury is fighting on an undercard either, against someone like Sefer Seferi or Francesco Pianeta – the most recent rivals he encountered in the UK. Back then, when Tyson refused to discuss his run-in with the UK Anti-Doping Agency that triggered a two-and-a-half year hiatus, when it was easier to brush off any difficult questions as insults, at least
