Five months on from his first-round stoppage loss to Moses Itauma, Dillian Whyte has opened up on his opinion of the highly rated youngster, whom many are picking to be the ‘future of the heavyweight division’.
Itauma has halted his last ten opponents inside of two rounds, with his latest victim being two-time world title challenger Whyte, who lasted less than two minutes when tasked with his fellow Brit in Riyadh.
However, speaking to iFL TV, Whyte surprisingly revealed that he expected the 21-year-old to be faster and more explosive, admitting that difficulties in camp played a part in his defeat.
“He is quick, [but] he’s not as fast as what I thought he was. He’s not as quick or as explosive as I thought he was [going to be].”
“I got away, a little bit, from the game plan because we had to make some last-minute adjustments in camp because a few things happened and this and the other. So, I got away from that and then I got caught.”
At 37-years-old, following a disappointing first-round defeat, some fans are now beginning to call for Whyte to hang up the gloves, but the Brixton-born ‘Body Snatcher’ went on to reveal plans to face the likes of Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr before he walks away from the sport.
“There’s a couple guys left from my generation that I haven’t fought. Wilder is one of them, Wilder and Andy Ruiz, those kind of guys. I would love to fight those kind of guys, then I would have fought everyone from my generation.”
Whilst Whyte’s next fight date is unknown, Itauma takes to the ring in three weeks’ time, as he faces Michigan’s Jermaine Franklin Jr at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, topping the bill for a second consecutive occasion.
