Tyson Fury knocked out Dillian Whyte in six rounds to remain the WBC world heavyweight champion in front of a packed Wembley.
And his camp were true to their prediction that he’d finish the fight in six rounds or fewer with an incredible uppercut finishing off Whyte midway through.
The tension was palpable for one of the biggest British boxing fights in years from the minutes-long pause between Jimmy Lennon Jr’s announcement and Whyte’s eventual entry to the Jaws theme into AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’.
After 1,638-days waiting for his chance at a world heavyweight title fight, what difference would another few minutes make?
But he’d be beaten on the intros by Fury’s effort that featured Don McLean himself for American Pie and a throne for the ‘Gypsy King’ to sit on halfway through for a good view of the fireworks on the roof.
Sure that will have gone down well with his opponent, who perplexed Fury and most others by beginning as a southpaw.
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That lasted one round as Whyte looked static and unable to close down the gap with Fury with one particularly failing right hand looking more like something you’d expect from a cricketer. Fury was long gone when the punch crashed into the upper rope.
In truth there was little early on to get a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley off their seats but those in the Gypsy King’s camp will have been happy with how he was controlling the fight.
He was left raging in the fourth when Whyte caught him late on a break with a bit of verbals leading to warnings all round from referee Mark Lyson before a clash of heads led to Whyte getting a cut near his right eye.
Wembley? Some of the antics were suited to outside a nightclub in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
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They were taken to the corners again when it appeared something had been thrown from the crowd and Fury upped the tempo in round five when a few hard shots got through.
Then came the shot in the sixth round Whyte will have feared.
Whyte has been taken out twice by the uppercut in his career and unfortunately for him that remains one of the best punches in Fury’s arsenal.
He never saw the right hand coming and did beat the count – but one look from referee Lyson told him this one was over.
