MMA Fighting has live updates all about Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte on Saturday afternoon at Wembley Stadium in London, England on one of the best boxing fights of the year.
The main event begins at approximately 5:00 p.m. ET. Check out our Fury vs Whyte results page for what happened on the undercard. Fury is a -550 favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Fury, who has a career record of 31-0-1, will be making his debut this year. He has KO’d Deontay Wilder in his last two games.
Fury has said this will be the last fight of his career. He is expected to earn around $30 million for the fight.
Dillian Whyte (28-2), who will earn around $8 million for the fight, will also step into the ring for the first time this year. In his last fight, Whyte avenged a previous loss to Alexander Povetkin with a fourth-round TKO on March 27, 2021.
Check out the Fury vs Whyte main event live blog below.
The main event will start shortly.
Wembley rocks while waiting for the competition.
Dillian Whyte tackles the ominous and familiar subject of Jaws first.
Fury goes to American Pie along with a video package of his career featuring an appearance by Don McLean himself.
Correction: That was just the preamble. A second part of the intro has started and Fury still hasn’t entered.
And there he is, accompanied by Juicy from Notorious BIG. But wait, there’s more, it’s apparently a mix of Juicy and Sex on Fire from Kings of Leon!
Fury makes his way to a throne on which he sits amid a tremendous roar from the crowd. Incredible spectacle about what may be the final fight of The Gypsy King. He undresses and finally goes to the ring.
Laura Wright at anthem duties while Wembley sings along with God Save the Queen.
Mark Lyson is the referee for the main event.
Round 1: Whyte in a southpaw position. Direct left to the corpse for Whyte. Whyte pokes around in the corpse. Fury throws a jab. Just tap Whyte’s stomach and chin. Left across the body by Whyte. Whyte hits the body with fast punches. Fast right hand up from Fury. Right hand from Whyte, Fury responds with a right hand. Fury connects with a 1-2.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Fury.
Round 2: Whyte comes out orthodox but now his anger is on the southpaw. Fury sneaks in from the left. Whyte leads Fury to the ground but misses with a right hand loop. Fury works the jab. Both boxers now in orthodox stance. Whyte goes head to body. Jab by Whyte. Fury goes 1-2 to body, jab up. Whyte responds to a jab to the body with a straight punch. Right above the top scores for Fury, Whyte jumps in and pushes Fury to the ropes in response. Fury scores with another right hand. They exchange body punches. Fury finds his reach with the jab. Check Fury’s hook.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Fury. A total of 20-18 rage.
Round 3: Fury left hook. Whyte goes to the body to try to set up his upper hand properly, but it’s not close. There is another check hook from Fury. He catches Whyte with a body shot. Whyte doubles the jab, Fury hits him with a left hook. A right bypasses Whyte’s defense. Fury is leaning against the ropes right now at Whyte. Fury just passes Whyte and whips him with straight punches. Fury uppercut as he comes off the ropes.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Fury. A total of 30-27 rage.
Round 4: Whyte opens Round 3 by really leaning on Fury against the ropes. Lyson has to get physical to separate both boxers. He warns them not to break in on command. There’s some weird business going on there. Whyte catches Fury with a left hook. Good rip to the body from Whyte. Fury supports him with straight punches. Fury now throws right in the middle. Fury creates a right that connects. Step in jab for Whyte. Whyte wants to go to the body but Fury makes him pay with counters. Lyson warns Whyte to be careful how he uses his elbow in the clinch. They wrestle in the corner and Lyson grabs them again to separate them. Someone in that corner who threw water while in the corner? The boxers get a long lecture 30 seconds before the end. Fury with a left hook to the body. Whyte throws a left hook that lands on the body.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Fury. 40-36 Rage total.
Round 5: Jab-jab-jab-jab by Fury. He hits a quick 1-2 to the body. Whyte rips a body shot but eats a jab. Fury’s jab is on point. Fury hits Whyte with his right hand on the side of Whyte’s head. Whyte’s only offense at the moment is bodywork, which doesn’t seem to affect Fury that much. Fury intervenes and he takes Whyte apart. More jabs from Fury. Whyte connects with a nice body shot. Whyte with a jab to the body.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Fury. 50-45 Rage total.
Round 6: Fury controls the ring. He doesn’t let Whyte get a rhythm. Whyte sticks to his plan to go to the corpse. Whyte doubles the jab. Fury hurls a jab between Whyte’s guard. Fury scores with punches from a breakup. Another right lands for Fury. Whyte defends well, doesn’t throw much. Whyte catches Fury with a left hook to the body. Fury fires a body punch with his right hand. Whyte left to the body. Fury’s right uppercut catches Whyte clean and he goes DOWN. He’s on shaky legs, the referee is watching closely and has to catch a stumbling Whyte as he tries to get into a corner. This one is over!
Official Result: Tyson Fury defeated. Dillian Whyte via TKO at 2:59 of Round 6
“Dillian Whyte is a warrior and I think Dillian will be a world champion,” Fury said afterwards. “But tonight he met a great in the sport. I’m one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and unfortunately Dillian Whyte had to face me here tonight. There’s no shame, it’s a tough game, he’s strong as a bull and has the heart of a lion, but you don’t take on a mediocre heavyweight. You took on the best man in the world and you saw what happened.”
Asked about his retirement, Fury thanks his trainer SugarHill Steward for making him “the biggest puncher in boxing”. He calls Steward the best boxing trainer ever.
“I promised my lovely wife Paris at 14 that it would be after the Wilder 3 fight,” Fury said. “And I meant it. It was a great trilogy and I meant it. But I was offered to fight at home at Wembley and I think I deserve it and I owe it to the fans. I owed it to everyone in the UK to come here and fight at Wembley.”
“Now everything is settled and I have to keep my word. I think that’s it. This could be the final curtain for ‘The Gypsy King’.”
Fury takes the mic for a repeat of American Pie.