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Dillian Whyte
British
Athlete
Born:
Apr 11
,
1988
Fight
Hard
Me
People
Time
You
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I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always been poor; we have always been at rock bottom. I want to change my family history forever.
Dillian Whyte
Family
History
You
Change
Hungry
Striving
Bottom
Look
Understand
Rock
Always
Still
Been
Forever
Family History
Children
Want
After
Poor
Worked
Hard
Mum
Her
Throw me in deep enough, and I sink or swim. I don't care who I fight.
Dillian Whyte
Me
Fight
Care
Enough
Throw
Sink
Who
Deep
Swim
If you're mentally weak, it can destroy you. Some guys who look talented lose and never come back.
Dillian Whyte
You
Lose
Back
Weak
Destroy
Some
Guys
Mentally
Never
Talented
Come
Look
Who
There's fighters that sit down and wait two years, waiting for the call. I can't do that. Time's ticking.
Dillian Whyte
Time
Waiting
Wait
Sit
Down
Ticking
Call
Years
Fighters
Two
I need to keep working hard, winning fights, and it will happen. I just hope that I don't get sidestepped for too long.
Dillian Whyte
Hope
Will
Long
Too
Winning
Get
Just
Happen
Working
Working Hard
Hard
Fights
Keep
Need
My career needs to progress. Time's ticking.
Dillian Whyte
Time
Needs
Progress
Ticking
Career
I got into a lot of fights. Then I started knocking people out, and they stopped.
Dillian Whyte
People
Out
Knocking
Got
Lot
Stopped
Then
Fights
Started
Sport instils discipline, and it's a distraction.
Dillian Whyte
Discipline
Distraction
Sport
People say they start from the bottom. If you want to see someone who's started from the bottom, go and look at my career. My first 10 fights, I think I paid for them myself. I've fought three times in one month.
Dillian Whyte
Myself
You
People
Three
First
Think
Month
Say
See
People Say
Someone
Bottom
Look
Go
Times
Want
Them
Paid
Fights
Fought
Start
Started
Career
Listen: I'm a fighter. I'm a brawler. I'm a boxer. But I'm a technician as well.
Dillian Whyte
Fighter
Well
Boxer
Listen
Technician
I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.
Dillian Whyte
Game
Remember
Fans
Will
Give
Proper
Fights
I want to fight Joshua. We've got history: this would be the third time. He's won one, I've won one. This would be the decider.
Dillian Whyte
Time
History
Fight
Would
Would-Be
He
Got
Won
Want
Third
If you look at Joshua's six opponents before he fought for the world title, Wilder's six opponents before the world title, Tyson's six opponents. The guys I fought and the guys they fought, it's the difference between night and day.
Dillian Whyte
Day
You
World
Before
Wilder
Tyson
Guys
He
Between
Look
Opponents
Six
Difference
Title
Fought
Night
That works for me, that's fine, but I don't need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can get it.
Dillian Whyte
Me
Fight
Fine
He
Get
Wants
Works
Need
Belt
I have gone from training by myself to having a team of professional people that have been building athletes for years.
Dillian Whyte
Myself
People
Training
Building
Gone
Athletes
Having
Been
Years
Team
Professional
I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.
Dillian Whyte
Waiting
Thought
Just Be
Fighting
Something
Gym
Outside
Knocking
Always
How
Been
Up
Just
Decent
Door
Turn
Enjoyed
Early
I was nobody; I showed up to sparring in a white wife beater and Hawaiian shorts. I had plimsolls; I didn't have boxing shoes. It just shows you don't need to have fancy equipment or experience: you're either a good fighter, or you're not.
Dillian Whyte
Good
You
Experience
Wife
Shoes
White
Fighter
Hawaiian
Had
Nobody
Boxing
Equipment
Up
Just
Either
Fancy
Shorts
Sparring
Shows
Need
Boxing is one fight at a time for me. That's how I've always been, and that's how I was brought up.
Dillian Whyte
Time
Me
Fight
Brought
Boxing
Always
How
Been
Up
I'm chasing belts. I'm highly ranked, and after I beat Chisora, I should be No. 1 with at least four of the governing bodies.
Dillian Whyte
Chasing
Ranked
Beat
Highly
Least
Governing
After
Bodies
Should
Four
Belts
My energy is good; it is directed at training hard.
Dillian Whyte
Good
Training
Energy
Directed
Hard
I have always been a puncher, but I tried to use my other tools and take my time, because in boxing, you need longevity. I can have a dust-up and knock anyone out in the first round, but you need more than that.
Dillian Whyte
Time
You
First
Other
Tools
Out
Tried
More
My Time
Take
Knock
Longevity
Because
Boxing
Always
Been
Than
Anyone
Use
Round
Need
There's no happy time to die, but if I had a choice, I'd die doing the thing I loved.
Dillian Whyte
Time
Happy
Had
Doing
Die
Loved
Choice
Thing
Every sport has dangers, and it's a risk we all take, but that's why people need to give us the credit we deserve.
Dillian Whyte
People
Every
Dangers
Give
Risk
Take
Sport
Us
Deserve
Why
Credit
Need
I came here from Jamaica as a kid and didn't go to school, really, never had a great education. I was a little bit bad on the street, running around, doing this, doing that, and always getting into trouble. I was completely written off, so boxing has definitely saved my life.
Dillian Whyte
Life
Education
Great
School
My Life
Trouble
Saved
Bit
Kid
Definitely
Bad
Running
Never
Had
Written
Around
Boxing
Always
Doing
Came
Go
Off
Getting
Jamaica
Little
Little Bit
Really
Street
Here
I've always had faith in my ability. It was about getting other people to believe in it. Over time, that is what has happened.
Dillian Whyte
Faith
Time
People
Believe
Other
Ability
About
Had
Over
Always
Getting
Happened
I don't look too far ahead. I focus on the next fight.
Dillian Whyte
Fight
Focus
Too
Look
Far
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