“Didn’t think I’d be alive”- WBC heavyweight title hopeful Dillian Whyte offers fans insight into his rough history
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Dillian Whyte currently holds the WBC interim heavyweight title and is all set to challange Tyson Fury for the title unification. The 34 year old has 28 professional wins along with 2 losses. In his last bout, Whyte defeated Alexander Povetkin via TKO in the forth round. The fight with Fury will take place at the Wembley Stadium, London on 23 Apr 2022.
The hype around the fight is humongous and it will be interesting to see if Whyte can be the first fighter to stop the undefeated reign of Fury. Moreover, who better than Dillian Whyte to defeat Fury considering the childhood he has had. Here is what he said about his childhood.
Ahead of his championship fight with Fury, Dillian Whyte recently sat down with Steve Bunce from BT Sport Boxing. During the interview, the Brit opened up about his game plan, boxing career, childhood etc.
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Dillian Whyte shares stories about his childhood struggles
While talking about his early life as a kid, Dillian Whyte revealed that he wasn’t sure if he was going to be alive till the age 20. He thought he would probably be inside the prison for crimes such as murder, robbery etc. According to the fighters, the major reason for this was his harsh upbringing and unlucky events that took place when he was a kid.
Whyte also explained that his mother was a working lady and wasn’t there to raise him properly. He was alone but it helped him to learn various life skills such as being tough and strong. After everything that happened during his childhood, he never imagined he would be alive now as a boxer.
“I didn’t think I’d be alive. I’ve passed 20 anyway. I’ll be in prison doing charges for some murders or something crazy…. because of unfortunate circumstances the way I was brought up, the things I was exposed to and obviously the way my life was and other things….I was just abandoned basically but thought me a lot of things learnt to survive, learnt to be tough, learnt to be resilient so I never thought I’d be sitting here,” said Whyte.
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, Whyte is a living example of this saying as the fighter struggled throughput his life and finally made it. Now if he wins against, Fury it will be the biggest achievement of his life.
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