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Өнгөрсөн наймдугаар сард Эр-Рияд хотноо болсон тулаанд Уайт хоёр хүрэхгүй минутын дотор ялагдал хүлээсэн билээ. Тэрээр тулааны өмнөх бэлтгэлийн үеэр хөлөө хугалсан байсан бөгөөд ринг рүү гарахын өмнөх халаалтын үеэр бэртлээ дахин сэдрээсэн гэдгээ Sky Sports-т өгсөн ярилцлагадаа дурджээ.
Уайтын эмч нар түүнийг тулалдахгүй байхыг зөвлөсөн ч тэрээр Саудын Арабад ирсэн тул тулаанаас татгалзах боломжгүй гэж үзэн рингэнд гарсан байна. Тэрээр Филип Хргович шиг тактик баримталж, өрсөлдөгчөө тулааны хожуу раунд руу оруулан ялалт байгуулна гэдэгтээ итгэлтэй байжээ.
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Former world title challenger, Dilian Whyte, was halted by Moses Itauma inside two minutes of their fight last August. Now, ‘The Body Snatcher’ has revealed that he was carrying a major injury in that bout.
Itauma headlined a card for the first time when he collided with Whyte in Riyadh, but many noted that the Brixton-born veteran looked despondent during his walk to the ring, notably refusing to do his trademarked pre-fight wolf howl as he walked towards the ring.
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Now, in an interview with Sky Sports, Whyte has revealed that he fractured his foot during a sparring session in training camp, ahead of the short-lived pay-per-view clash.
“I was running and I felt it [my foot] and then I went to spar and I was sparring big, agile guys and someone was pressing me, I stepped back the wrong way and then it just fractured clean.”
Whyte then went on to say that he fractured his foot once again during his fight night warm-up, but maintained that he was still confident of springing the upset and defeating Itauma in a similar fashion to how Filip Hrgovic did last month.
“I started warming up, jumped a little bit of rope, and then re-injured the foot. Completely fractured it again.”
“We had to call the doctor who was with me to examine it. He advised me not to fight and I said ‘no’. There’s no way I’m going to come all the way to Saudi and not fight last minute.
“I was confident that I would still be able to drag Moses into the later rounds and stop him as [Filip] Hrgovic recently did.”
Whyte has not fought since that defeat to the youngster, but he is now being linked to a return on a Zuffa Boxing card, where he is targeting a showdown with fellow British heavyweight, Johnny Fisher.
