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Retired former world champion and ESPN boxing analyst Tim Bradley has tipped WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury 31-0-1 (22) to retain his title against Dillian Whyte 28-2 (19) at Wembley Stadium in London, England on Saturday night.
Fury and Whyte met at the final press conference to promote the fight today and both were surprisingly friendly to each other after months of trash talk.
“I see respect for each other and I see history. Even if I didn’t know they had past history, I see it in their eyes,” Bradley said to FightHubTV.
“I think both guys know what they’re up against. They understand what they’re up against. Tyson Fury understands that Dillian Whyte wants what he has, and he’s trained his body and his mind to be prepared for that. The same thing for Dillian Whyte. The same exact thing.
“So, cordial, calm before the storm, on Saturday night we’ll have a hell of a fight. I did [think there would be more confrontation at the presser], I truly did.
“I thought that Fury would dig into Whyte, but I think that it’s a mental game with Fury, to be honest with you. A lot of people have been saying that Dillian Whyte has been avoiding things because he wants to try and affect Tyson Fury mentally.
“The fact that Fury came in with a lot of respect and showed him tons of support, respect and love, I think he’s trying to calm down Dillian Whyte. He doesn’t want him to come out swinging crazy. I think he’s trying to brother-in-law him.
“I think it’s a mental game for Tyson Fury. Yeah, I think so without a doubt. He just needs to be careful. If he pays homage to his defense after he punches, he should be fine.”
The 33-year-old Fury is coming off back-to-back knockout victories over big-punching former world champion Deontay Wilder 42-2-1 (41), who he stopped in the seventh and 11th round.
Whyte, 34, bounced back from a fifth-round knockout loss to Alexander Povetkin 36-3-1 (25) to stop the Russian veteran in the fourth round of their immediate rematch. The punch that knocked him out in their first bout was an uppercut.
Bradley sees the same blow being an effective weapon for Fury against Whyte.
“I think Fury is a better fighter all the way across the board,” Bradley said. “Dillian is a fantastic fighter, he really is, but I think Fury is bigger, longer, and smarter and has more tools to his bag of tricks.
“I’m going to go with Tyson Fury. Yeah, right hand or uppercut.”
The victor will be in the box seat to face the winner of the rematch between WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk 19-0 (13) and former unified champion Anthony Joshua 24-2 (22).
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