Fury retains heavyweight title with highlight-reel one-punch knockout of Whyte

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In a one-sided victory that ended in explosive fashion, heavyweight champion Tyson Fury cemented himself once again as the baddest man on the planet with a one-punch, sixth-round knockout of Dillian Whyte on Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London.

The fight, before an exuberant European-boxing record crowd of 94,000, was Fury’s long-awaited homecoming for his first bout in the United Kingdom since 2018 and after five fights in a row in the United States. When he left England, he was anything but beloved, but he became a superstar thanks to his memorable trilogy with Deontay Wilder and returned as a conquering hero.

“I’m overwhelmed with the support,” Fury said. “I cannot believe that my 94,000 countrymen and women have come here tonight to see me perform. I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to every single person who bought a ticket here tonight or stayed up late to watch it on TV.”

In October in Las Vegas, Fury and former titlist Wilder engaged in an all-time great heavyweight championship fight as they finished their historic trilogy in a bout that produced five knockdowns and culminated with Fury’s 11th-round knockout victory in the 2021 fight of the year.

The fight with Whyte did not contain the sort of wild action of the Wilder collision but it was a massive national event and ended in highlight-reel fashion with Fury knocking out WBC interim titlist and mandatory challenger Whyte, who a decade ago trained and sparred with Fury.