Fighting is Tyson’s medication

EVEN if you’re not a fan of Tyson Fury you have to give him credit: he is the best of them all, the top dog. I was one of the few who gave Dillian Whyte a chance ahead of Saturday night but Tyson was always a step or two ahead. I spoke to Dillian in the small hours of yesterday morning and he said, ‘It’s one of those things, I tried but Tyson was just too awkward to get to’. That does Tyson a slight disservice, he’s unorthodox but he’s very good at what he does. He looks too tall, too long, too heavy but he moves like a fighter from a division below. The finishing punch was all about timing. Tyson isn’t the most concussive of punchers but he lured Dillian in for that premeditated finish. We warned beforehand how the uppercut was Dillian’s weak spot and so it proved again. It was a perfect, intentional move. Dillian’s best chance had been to rush Tyson, almost Joe Frazier style. I was standing next to Derek Chisora and we both agreed he had shown promising signs, switching and trying the dark arts but then he stood off, got his feet wrong leaving himself square and gave Tyson too much room. Within two or three rounds Tyson had dissected everything Dillian was trying to do. His anticipation made Dillian’s swings look all the worse. Dillian is no pushover but Tyson ensured he didn’t win a round. He outboxed, outthought and outpunched him. For all the post-fight talk I can’t see Tyson walking away just yet. That atmosphere with 94,000 people was special and he’ll want to taste that again against whoever wins between Usyk and Joshua. Fighting keeps him alive, it’s almost his medication as he gets easily bored without it. Besides, that next fight would ensure no one is in any doubt where he stands in this era. For Dillian, he can still fight Joshua again or even Deontay Wilder, he can still become a world champion but his best bet is waiting for Tyson to step aside.