Former world champion Carl Frampton predicted a dominant win for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury – and that is precisely what occurred on Saturday night time.
Earlier than a document crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium in London, Fury scored a one-punch knockout of obligatory challenger Dillian Whyte to retain the title.
Fury was coming off a sensational knockout win over Deontay Wilder of their October trilogy conflict. Fury was compelled to beat two knockdowns to cease Wilder within the eleventh spherical.
Whyte had been inactive since March of final 12 months – and was one struggle faraway from a knockout loss by the hands of Alexander Povetkin.
Paradoxically, Fury used the identical punch as Povetkin, a giant uppercut, to ship Whyte down and out within the sixth spherical. Whyte was in a position to beat the rely, however he was out on his toes and stumbled into the ropes, which prompted the referee to shortly wave off the struggle.
“It was a landslide, he received each spherical. Fury’s ultimate shot was a terrific one. He did not actually throw it earlier than. Whyte was very sq. and he landed it candy, sport over. Improbable efficiency,” Frampton mentioned.
“It was only a actually lackluster efficiency from Whyte, however that is right down to Tyson Fury. We have seen Tyson box-and-move earlier than. He can do no matter he needs. It was really easy for [Fury]. Fury’s on his personal degree. Fury appears to be getting higher. SugarHill has introduced one thing new to Fury – he was by no means a puncher earlier than!’
