Dillian Whyte vs Beka Lobjanidze 10x3 minute rounds 28th February 2015 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Courtesy of ITV Sport, 28th February 2015
I think a lot of people underestimate Dillian. I have even heard people say he has not improved since his first fight as a amateur. He has a sold defence, anticipates punches well. He has a lot of power, and he goes to the body as well as the head. He moves around the ring well. He's 6'4 250 pounds, and has dominated in all his 14 fights. I can definitely see him being a top contender in the near future.
Dilllian needs to shed another 14lbs at least imo, carrying a bit round his torso. if he comes in say at 16 stone 6lbs then will be more mobile and powerful
Dillian seems like a nice enough lad, but without a shadow of a doubt, AJ would have knocked Lobjanidze clean out in the first round... second at a push. Absolutely no doubt what-so-ever. There's a real gulf in technical ability and power between AJ & Whyte now.
SmoothFlow Boxing Agreed, my mate went to his last fight. He's a dangerous fighter, somewhat unorthodox. With a bit more experience I fancy him to beat David Price.
Casper Schipper Something tells me he'll fare better than both Price and Chisora, and I like his jab, unorthodox is definitely the way to explain his style. He's due to face Gary Cornish (6'7, 20-0) for an eliminator for the British heavyweight title, and he should pass that test.
Dillian has some natural ability let's hope they don't train it out of him as they have with Fury, Chris Eubank Junior and to an extent, Anthony Joshua.
Dillian is known to have a great chin. He has sparred Klitschko and never been down. He has power. He can test AJ's stamina. Lots of predictions for AJ to KO Whyte. I dont see it. Picking Whyte to stop AJ.
Don't see the hype around this guy another heavyweight with poor conditioning. Anthony Joshua is a better prospect and a better role model for British boxing.
This is heavyweight boxing not bodybuilding, all that matters is you have the endurance to go 12 rounds. Ken Norton had a ripped physique, but it didn't stop him getting beat by chubby Ali.
I agree with you, boxing is not a bodybuilding competition but fighters who come in great shape show a dedication to the sport of boxing. Mayweather is a great example he has stayed at the top because he stays in shape, his body must have took countless wear and tear but he is still at the top of the mountain because of his conditioning and his boxing ability.
he's bigger and more powerful than chisora.... how can you say he's limited when he's winning nearly all his learning fights by KO? That's what baffles me. I think AJ is limited, he never seems to be able to land clean accurate single shots that knock people out cold. He overwhelms short bum fighters with flurries and hits them when they're down too.
Rowan Williams he thinks hes a superstar already, and shows no discipline under the threat of someone coming at him, when hes under attack he tries to brush it off instead of looking for a counter punch, he rotates his left arm to much and uses his right arm like a prosthetic limb barely uses it its like a southpaw fighting orthodox, against someone good hed struggle to find out what he himself is capable of.
CharlieThePigeon19 Look at the date of my comment, it was prior to either the Love or Johnson fight. Joshua looked damn impressive against Johnson, but my comment was prior to that. But while we're on this, Zumbano Love was a terrible opponent, stop hyping him up because he went 8 rounds with Eric Molina who himself is mediocre boxer who got KO'd by chris arreola in round 1. Love was poor.
CharlieThePigeon19 I would say his offense is world class because against Johnson who is a proven world class defensive fighter if not much else, he was able to penetrate it no problem. I also was impressed by the smarts he used to land a nice right hand and initially hurt Johnson, provoking his jab and then slipping and countering with the right. It was good. I guess both fighters have been limited because they can't show much, but not limited in their potential. Both need improving to be world class fighters. Whyte is a tough test for AJ.
Look at his body language getting up. He didn't want to continue, did you see him complain when it was stopped??? No. English refs are smarter that's why. Opponent had given up on the fight, to let someone who doesn't want to fight carry on fighting would be stupid of the ref. Of course idiots commentating on RU-vid don't understand the ins and outs.
rorythered that dumb british referee is not smart at all. The ref is totally biased. The same ref was also biased when Malik Scott got up at the count of 9 against Chisora. That kind of biased referees destroy the sport. If the ref was really smart he would ASK the boxer whether the boxer can continue which is a normal thing in boxing - but that ref did not ask the boxer whether he can continue which proves that he is biased.
rorythered WTF do you know about boxing fool??? you are just a dumb british fanboy! in boxing its usual that the referee ASKS the boxer whether he can continue! that biased british referee did not do that! fuck off - you know shít!
