DILLIAN WHYTE will shock the world and end Tyson Fury’s reign as WBC heavyweight champ, David Haye has sensationally claimed.
The Brixton Body Snatcher will challenge his former sparring partner for the WBC strap a week on Saturday in front of a sold-out crowd at Wembley Stadium.
Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte next weekend
Whyte goes into the domestic dust-up as a huge underdog
But former WBA heavyweight champ David Haye is tipping Haye to spring an upset
Fury is a huge favourite to retain his belt and move on to an undisputed title fight with unified champ Oleksandr Usyk.
But Haye believes Whyte will upset the applecart, telling Boxing Social: “If I had a pound, I’d put it on Dillian Whyte for the upset.
“Yeah, I’m going with Dillian with the massive, massive upset. We had an upset with Anthony Joshua (against Oleksandr Usyk).
“It happens, crazy stuff happens.
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“And in the heavyweight division, when you think you have things figured out, something crazy happens.
“And someone crazy is Dillian Whyte, and the fact that he’s not interested in doing any promotion, all he wants to do is get in the ring and fight, I think that’s a positive.”
Haye reckons Whyte’s 78inch reach will give the tall and rangy Fury serious problems on fight night.
The former WBA heavyweight champ said: “[Fury] is used to having the longer reach but the advantage will be minimised due to Whyte’s freakishly long arms.”
Arm length aside, Fury believes the aggressive and powerful Whyte is tailormade to get the better of the Gypsy King.
He told talkSPORT: “The type of opponent that you’d need to beat Tyson Fury – Dillian Whyte has all of those attributes.
“I’m gonna go with Whyte, I think Whyte’s gonna pull off the upset.”
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Whyte, 33, finally broke his silence on his long-awaited grudge match with his former training partner on social media this week.
He tweeted: “I’m ready. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on the 23rd of April @wembleystadium. #LetsGooo!!!!”
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