Dillian Whyte seemed like a brand new man at in the present day’s weigh-in, coming in at a trim 244 1/2 kilos for his 12-round battle in opposition to Moses Itauma on Saturday, August sixteenth in Riyadh. Whyte’s weight is the lightest for him in a decade since 2015, and his physique appears solely completely different than it has in years.
Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) seemed greater than Whyte (31-23, 21 KOs) through the face-off, however got here in lighter at 235 1/2 lbs.
Official Weigh-in Outcomes
Moses Itauma 235 1/2 vs. Dillian Whyte 244 1/2
Filip Hrgovic 242 vs. David Adeleye 240 1/2
Nick Ball 126 vs. Sam Goodman 125
Raymond Ford 130¼ vs. Abraham Nova 129
The battle that many followers are all in favour of is the heavyweight conflict between Filip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) and David Adeleye (14-1, 13 KOs). Hrgovic predicted that he’s going to “destroy” Adeleye.
“I feel it’s a very disastrous fashion match-up for Dillian. Firstly, you’ve obtained a southpaw,” stated Eddie Hearn to Boxing King Media. “Age matchup, unhealthy for Dillian. Exercise matchup, unhealthy for Dillian, however he’s a tricky man, and he’s an excellent heavyweight.
“I simply hope that he can ask a number of the questions that we wish to ask of Moses. How’s his chin, and what’s he like when it will get powerful? Perhaps he’s the man to do it. I feel the primary three or 4 rounds are going to be actually powerful for Dillian. If he can get by these, get near his chest, and put on him down, it would get attention-grabbing.
“He appears tiny compared. After I sat subsequent to him yesterday, he’s half the dimensions he was,” stated Hearn about Whyte. “And even within the head-to-head, Moses seemed a lot greater than him, which is one thing you hardly ever see in face-offs with Dillian Whyte. Perhaps he’s tailored his coaching. Perhaps he felt the should be sharper with faster ft in opposition to a light-weight man. We’ll see if that’s an excellent or unhealthy factor tomorrow,” stated Hearn.
