Dillian Whyte - What's next?
Posted: 26 Aug 2025, 03:51
Dillian Whyte rules out retirement following knockout loss to Moses Itauma
Dillian Whyte intends to continue his fighting career despite his latest setback.
Dillian Whyte might have turned out to be mere cannon fodder for Moses Itauma when he was absolutely blitzed in under a round earlier this month, but the aging veteran has no plans to bow out on that performance. In a conversation with Sky Sports, Whyte says this will not be the last fight for him as he intends to regroup and rebuild going forward.
“This is not where my story ends,” Whyte declared. “I may have lost this fight, but not the fire that built me…Thank you to everyone who’s been standing by me through the highs and the lows,” Whyte said on Monday. ”I’ll be back.”
The real question may be where Whyte goes from here if he indeed intends on making another run at an eventual world title shot. Whyte had been in talks with both Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua earlier this year but he may need a softer touch than either of those individuals in order to really regain his confidence. He’d probably prefer to make another fight with Derek Chisora as it’d be both winnable and fairly lucrative at the box office, but Chisora hasn’t shown any inclinations going that route once again whenever asked about that in public interviews.
But being that Whyte is a 37-year-old fighter who’s now on the mend — and a fighter who historically never could quite get over the hump — the real play appears to be in staging domestic prizefights if he’s intent on carrying on.
Dillian Whyte intends to continue his fighting career despite his latest setback.
Dillian Whyte might have turned out to be mere cannon fodder for Moses Itauma when he was absolutely blitzed in under a round earlier this month, but the aging veteran has no plans to bow out on that performance. In a conversation with Sky Sports, Whyte says this will not be the last fight for him as he intends to regroup and rebuild going forward.
“This is not where my story ends,” Whyte declared. “I may have lost this fight, but not the fire that built me…Thank you to everyone who’s been standing by me through the highs and the lows,” Whyte said on Monday. ”I’ll be back.”
The real question may be where Whyte goes from here if he indeed intends on making another run at an eventual world title shot. Whyte had been in talks with both Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua earlier this year but he may need a softer touch than either of those individuals in order to really regain his confidence. He’d probably prefer to make another fight with Derek Chisora as it’d be both winnable and fairly lucrative at the box office, but Chisora hasn’t shown any inclinations going that route once again whenever asked about that in public interviews.
But being that Whyte is a 37-year-old fighter who’s now on the mend — and a fighter who historically never could quite get over the hump — the real play appears to be in staging domestic prizefights if he’s intent on carrying on.
