White: "I didn't think Usyk would be so dominant at heavyweight"

Dmitriy Kel July 29, 2024, 11:15 a.m.

British super featherweight Dillian Whyte admitted that Oleksandr Usyk's success in the "king" division was a big surprise for him.

"When he moved up to super featherweight, I thought there was no way this guy was going to be a serious contender. Look at his fights with Witherspoon and Chisora - he was being forced to back down. I knew Usyk was a good fighter, but I didn't think he would be so dominant," White said in an interview with YouTube channel iFL TV.

Recall that on May 18, Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by split decision and became the absolute champion in the heavyweight division. Later, the Ukrainian left the IBF belt vacant.

Watch this story: Thomas Carty vs Mika Mielonen - Date, Start time, Fight Card, Location

UFC on ESPN 63: Buckley beats Covington and other tournament results

Here are the results of the UFC on ESPN 63 tournament, which took place on ...

UFC On ESPN 63. Colby vs. Buckley: watch online, streaming links

UFC On ESPN 63 will take place in Tampa on the night of December 15, ...

Participants of the UFC on ESPN 63 tournament have passed the weigh-in

Here are the results of weigh-ins for UFC on ESPN 63, which will take place ...

UFC 310: Pantoja finishes Asakura and other tournament results

Here are the results of UFC 310, which took place on the night of December ...

A rematch between Du Plessis and Strickland will headline UFC 312 in Australia

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and former belt holder Shawn Strickland will rematch ...

UFC 310 tournament participants have been through weigh-ins

Las Vegas hosted the official weigh-in procedure for UFC 310, which will take place at ...

Comments

var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []; _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="//mm.magnet.kiev.ua/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.async=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })();