Dillian Whyte’s weight cuts and the wounded animal attitude for Moses Itauma Fight

Dillian Whyte has shown that he sacrificed a lot in training by coming to 244.5 pounds at today’s weigh-in for his 12-round against the no. 1-ranked WBO heavyweight contender for Moses Itauma on Saturday, August 16 in Riyadh. The weight for Whyte was the lowest in ten years since 2015.

Sacrifice and serious training

“With the weight it shows that he has sacrificed a lot and trained hard,” coach Andy Lee said Dazn boxTalk about the 244 1/2 pound that Dillian Whyte weighed against Moses Itauma today in the light of his head liner. “He took this battle very seriously.

Whyte came in £ 17 for this fight than the 261 he weighed last December for his last match against Ebenezer Tetteh. He knows that he could not afford to enter this competition against Itauma Heavy as he did for his last four fights.

Whyte’s underdog strategy

“I like the way he approached the fight, put himself down and enjoyed the underdog role. I don’t buy in it. I don’t believe it. I think he’s coming to fight, ‘Lee said about Whyte. “He admitted himself that he was not in the best form for his last fight. He did not train. ‘ I just fought the fight. ”

Dillian did not want to put pressure on himself by talking a lot of trash against Itauma, because he would look stupid if he did not match all the things he said. Fans would have taken whye seriously if he boasted about himself because he did not look good in a long time. His last impressive performance was in his re -broadcast four years ago with Alexander Povetkin in 2021.

“He needs no more motivation than the challenge he has before him. It’s a chance to put himself in a title shot again if he wins tomorrow night, ‘Lee says about Whyte.

‘Wounded animal’ is dangerous

If Dillian beats #1 WBO Itauma, he can take his place in the rankings and enable himself to challenge a world title against Oleksandr Ulsyk.

“He’s coming to win. He’s coming more than that, “commentator Ade Oladipo said about Dillian.

“He is with someone who, as he describes it, is a ‘wounded animal’. A wounded animal is dangerous, ”said promoter Frank Warren about Whyte.