Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte Prediction, Offers & Odds

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will battle in the biggest British boxing event in a generation and the biggest heavyweight British boxing fight in history. Fury will be putting on the line his lineal world heavyweight crown, The Ring magazine belt, and his WBC title. He comes into this bout as the clear 1/6 favourite, and rightfully so.

Following a third fight with Deontay Wilder, the Brit will be back on home soil for the first time since his finish over Sefer Seferi back in 2018 in his comeback fight after three years out of the ring. Francesco Pianeta came next on a points victory, and then came the controversial draw with Wilder, of which he clearly won. It was, however, the next three years after the first Wilder bout that Fury established himself as the greatest of his generation and as one of the best to ever do it at heavyweight.

Combining an unrivalled fight IQ with the athleticism, movement and speed of a man half his size, the "Gypsy King" really has become the quintessential champion that nobody seems to be able to dethrone. Throw into the equation his 6ft 9" frame, he also towers over almost every man in the division and each competitor in front of him right now.

As proven in the three fights with Wilder, not just will his fight IQ, evasiveness and movement be key to victory here, so will his size and strength. He push, pulled, and threw his much heavier weight on Wilder throughout their fights, tiring the American out and defusing his power in the process. Against a stronger, wider, and much heavier Whyte, this won't be possible. On the other hand, he has a five-inch height advantage over him and boasts a seven-inch reach advantage, and this is likely where Whyte struggles to get into the fight.

Under the leadership of SugarHill Steward from the famous Kronk Gym famed for knockouts, it's now took Fury to the next level. He now enters fights way under EVENS just to get the TKO/KO these days, and he now has 22 of his 31 wins via TKO/KO, and it's unlikely we will see the fight go the distance once more.

Whyte has had to come back from only two losses in his career, and he has done so in spectacular style on both occasions. In his last bout against Alexander Povetkin, he was able to make amends for his stunning KO loss in their first fight, as he dismantled the Russian with a fourth-round TKO win. Whyte has managed to beat the likes of Mariusz Wach, Oscar Rivas, and Joseph Parker via unanimous decisions in the time Fury has returned to the ring the past four years, but this barely needs much analysis, as he won't do this to his opponent here.

"The Body Snatcher" delivered a brutal KO over Dereck Chisora in this time too, with a knockout of the year contender against Lucas Browne coming in 2018 too. It's simple for Whyte: he has to TKO/KO Fury. He isn't going to outwork him, he isn't faster, and the Londoner's fight IQ and speed are also greatly inferior too. All in all, Whyte is not the better boxer, and he is the 4/1 underdog just to win for a reason, and when this is the case in the heavyweight ranks, the knockout has to be the go-to for the fighter less favoured.

The famous left hook that knocked down Parker, and Povetkin and destroyed Browne is where the money is at for Whyte. But, as shown in the Wilder fights, Fury's telepathic-like nature to read the big swings coming his way is where he also excels by picking you off, making you miss, and clipping you with a Kronk Gym-esque flurry.

Whyte's got to set up his shot, bide his time, and he has to make sure he brings the fight right to Fury. The challenger does also have a very underrated gas tank, and his chin is not too bad either. He'll likely get hit in trying to hit Fury, but that all but sums up his time as a professional fighter.