Boxing results: Whyte shows his age in TKO win over Tetteh

Journeyman Dillian Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) scored a seventh-round stoppage of Ebenezer Tetteh (23-2, 20 KOs) on Sunday night at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar. The referee stopped the fight after the seventh round because the 36-year-old Tetteh was heavily punished.

Dillian sported a big gut and looked like he worked out at a burger joint. He didn’t look good, working to stop a fighter who destroyed Daniel Dubois in one round in 2019. Tonight’s fight showed Whyte is a shell of the fighter he once was.

The painfully slow and wild Tetteh took the fight to Whyte in the first, riding back against the ropes and landing some nice shots. For a moment there, it looked like the lanky 261-lb Whyte was in trouble, but he dodged enough of Tetteh’s shots to escape without going down.

After the first round, Tetteh was exhausted and fought in short bursts for the rest of the match. In the fourth, Whyte bloodied Tetteh’s nose, which woke Ghana up. He went on the attack and had a decent round. It was the last hurrah for Tetteh, and he rarely threw any punches after the fourth.

In the seventh Whyte unloaded with a flurry of shots and tried to knock but failed. He fell to the canvas after throwing a wild right hand.

Whyte used plenty of jabs, low punches and forearms to rough Tetteh up throughout the contest, but the referee chose not to penalize him. It’s pretty ugly with the offense at times, since it was such a mismatch, and there was no real need for that tactic.

“I needed the laps. I’ve been out for a long time. I was angry and wanted to kill. Anyone who comes from a third world country is trying to change their life. He gave me the rounds I needed. I’m happy,” said Dillian Whyte after his win over journeyman Ebenezer Tetteh.

“Everyone fights everyone. Turki does a good job of making the guys fight each other. I want to fight in March. Inactivity killed my career. I would love to be in a Riyadh season map. People pay their hard earned money to come out and see me.

It’s hard to imagine Turki including Alalshikh Whyte on any of his Riyadh season cards because he looks very, very old and slow at 36. It wouldn’t be good to include him. There are plenty of talented younger heavyweights who deserve more to be on the Riyadh season cards than Whyte.