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“That Could Knock Out God!” – Henry Cejudo, Shakur Stevenson, and Others React to Tyson Fury Knocking Out Dillian Whyte
The 94000 people in the Wembley stadium experienced one of the most entertaining fights of 2022. Boxing fans were overwhelmed by every aspect of this fight and couldn’t take off their eyes right from the start to the end of the Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte bout.
It is not surprising that this fight had a lot of attention from the people. Similarly, there were many professionals engaged on their screens watching the fight and in the same vein, they had quirky reactions from the others.
Reaction to The Gypsy King’s entrance
The main event started with a grand entry of ‘The Gypsy King,’ for which the crowd went crazy.
There is 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 like a @Tyson_Fury walkout!
Watch #FuryWhyte | BT Sport Box Office https://t.co/b0uV32kqC3 pic.twitter.com/KdZXIncLR2
— #FuryWhyte | Saturday | BT Sport Box Office (@BTSportBoxing) April 23, 2022
Professionals from other combat sports like Henry Cejudo, the former UFC two-division champion, also appreciated the grand entrance of ‘The Gypsy King.’
In Cejudo’s tweet he quoted, ” If the magnitude, presentation, and aura of this event doesn’t motivate you as a fighter, you should get out of the fight game #FuryWhyte “
If the magnitude, presentation, and aura of this event doesn’t motivate you as a fighter, you should get out of the fight game #FuryWhyte
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) April 23, 2022
Cejudo seems to be mesmerized by this epic entrance of Tyson Fury.
Another expert from the MMA fraternity opened his thoughts on the ring walk. Aaron Bronsteter wrote, “That Fury entrance was like watching a film. I can’t remember any entrance feeling this big in MMA.”
That Fury entrance was like watching a film.
I can’t remember any entrance feeling this big in MMA.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 23, 2022
Frank Warren from Queensberry promotions adored the entry. He wrote, “Nobody does an entrance like @Tyson_Fury! #FuryWhyte | Now | BT Sport Box Office”
Nobody does an entrance like @Tyson_Fury!#FuryWhyte | Now | BT Sport Box Office pic.twitter.com/RajwtbHopl
— Frank Warren (@frankwarren_tv) April 23, 2022
The entrance of ‘The Gypsy King’ flabbergasted the people from other combat sports as well.
Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte: The start
As the fight commenced, there were more views on Twitter by the recognized people from the combat fraternity. Kevin Iole shared his insights about the scoring he would give the fight at the start.
He tweeted, “Not much to choose from, but I give the first 10-9 to Fury. Landed a couple of right hands. Could go either way. #FuryWhyte“
Not much to choose from, but I give the first 10-9 to Fury. Landed a couple of right hands. Could go either way. #FuryWhyte
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) April 23, 2022
Tyson Fury had a slow and composed start, but later all fans know what he did to Dillian Whyte.
Fury’s staggering knockout
Well, it was a sudden end to the fight when Fury landed an uppercut on Dillian Whyte. This is the third time Whyte was knocked out by an uppercut.
Significantly, Micheal Morgan was extremely impressed with Fury’s punching combination. Morgan tweeted, “Tyson Fury delivered an uppercut from hell to Dillian Whyte that could knock out God!#FuryWhyte “
Tyson Fury delivered an uppercut from hell to Dillian Whyte that could knock out God! #FuryWhyte pic.twitter.com/UXhPGAPiVR
— Michael Morgan (@mikewhoatv) April 23, 2022
Subsequently, the former UFC fighter, Henry Cejudo, didn’t stop for a moment and instantly he praised the smooth uppercut landed by Fury.
In excitement, he tweeted, “What an uppercut! The Gypsy King doesn’t mess around. Light work! #FuryWhyte “
What an uppercut! The Gypsy King doesn’t mess around. Light work! #FuryWhyte
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) April 23, 2022
Professionals sharing their views
Even the official account of Top Rank couldn’t resist tweeting its views. Top Rank quoted, ” TYSON FURY JUST DID THE DANG THING #FuryWhyte “
TYSON FURY JUST DID THE DANG THING #FuryWhyte pic.twitter.com/TzcQhlvO5r
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 23, 2022
In addition, Tom Taylor labeled Fury’s uppercut as a ‘rocket’. He wrote, “Holy sh*t. What a goddamn ROCKET! #FuryWhyte “
Holy shit. What a goddamn ROCKET!
#FuryWhyte
— Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) April 23, 2022
Meanwhile, Dan Walker tweeted his view by asking a question. He wrote, “What a punch? Anyone else think that was a tooth that came out? #FuryWhyte “
What a punch? Anyone else think that was a tooth that came out? #FuryWhyte
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) April 23, 2022
Once again, Frank Warren tweeted about the fight. Warren seemed to have high expectations from Fury after the memorable entrance.
Thus, Warren didn’t leave his place while watching the fight. After Fury’s knockout win, he immediately tweeted, “The biggest and most brutal punch of @Tyson_Fury‘s career. That right uppercut #FuryWhyte “
The biggest and most brutal punch of @Tyson_Fury‘s career. That right uppercut #FuryWhyte pic.twitter.com/z3XOPjEJFF
— Frank Warren (@frankwarren_tv) April 23, 2022
Similarly, Brian Campbell was also astonished by Fury’s skill, which he portrayed in the ring against Dillian Whyte.
He wrote, “Replays show Fury followed a lead jab with a lightning quick right uppercut to send Whyte down hard to his back. What an incredible finishing blow. There’s not a HW who survives that type of placement. #FuryWhyte“
Replays show Fury followed a lead jab with a lightning quick right uppercut to send Whyte down hard to his back.
What an incredible finishing blow. There’s not a HW who survives that type of placement. #FuryWhyte
— Brian Campbell (@BCampbell) April 23, 2022
The entire boxing fraternity was impressed with Fury’s knockout punch.
Some more reactions on Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
Significantly, Teddy Atlas, the coach of many world champions, analyzed Fury’s game and praised him for his choice of punch and timing. He wrote, “Perfect choice of proper punch by Fury. Set up perfectly #FuryWhyte “
Perfect choice of proper punch by Fury. Set up perfectly #FuryWhyte
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) April 23, 2022
The former mixed martial artist, Brendan Schaub, shared his opinion on the greatness of Tyson Fury. He wrote, ” How long you guys wanna pretend @Tyson_Fury isn’t the best heavyweight of all time. Jesus what a knock out #TysonFury. “
How long you guys wanna pretend @Tyson_Fury isn’t the best heavyweight of all time. Jesus what a knock out #FuryWhyte #TysonFury
— Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) April 23, 2022
In the same vein, The American professional boxer, Shakur Stevenson, wrote, “ONE OF THE GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHTS OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!”
ONE OF THE GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHTS OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) April 23, 2022
Above all, Fury’s last fight of his career impressed all the people in the boxing fraternity as it was up to its expectations.
What are your views on Fury’s uppercut, which knocked Dillian Whyte in the 6th round? Comment below.
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