On April 23, 2022, a 34-year-old Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC and The Ring title held by 33-year-old fellow British boxer Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs).
Whyte came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 27 days. Fury was on a 4-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 14 days.
Tyson Fury stopped Dillian Whyte via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles. Fury improves his record to 32-0-1 (23 KOs), while Whyte adds a loss to his record at 28-3.
On August 22, 2020, a 32-year-old Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) and a 40-year-old Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Whyte came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 15 days. Povetkin was on a 0-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 15 days.
Alexander Povetkin stopped Dillian Whyte via TKO in the 5th round. Povetkin improves his record to 36-2-1 (25 KOs), while Whyte adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On December 12, 2015, a 27-year-old Dillian Whyte (16-0, 13 KOs) and a 26-year-old fellow British boxer Anthony Joshua (14-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Whyte came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Joshua was on a 14-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Anthony Joshua stopped Dillian Whyte via TKO in the 7th round. Joshua improves his record to 15-0 (15 KOs), while Whyte adds a loss to his record at 16-1.