Dillian Whyte will try and end Tyson Fury’s unbeaten record, which was nearly taken by Otto Wallin with one punch that cut his eye open

Tyson Fury is the king of the heavyweights, sitting at the top of boxing’s glamour division with nobody able to stop him in a glittering career to date.

He has enjoyed three bruising encounters with Deontay Wilder in an epic trilogy for the WBC belt where he was wobbled on a few occasions. However, one could argue the closest he came to losing that unbeaten record was against Otto Wallin, not Wilder, known for his hard hitting knockout power.

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Boxing doesn’t always go to the script and 2019 proves that.

Wallin was a heavy underdog heading into the fight, but after he opened up a cut above Fury’s right eye in the third round, it was a totally different ball game.

After the Swede worked the body with a left hook, he immediately went upstairs and landed a crushing hook over the top of Fury’s eye.

Fury receive needed 47 stitches to sew up his damaged eye having taken 127 punches on the night. Fights have certainly been stopped for less.

To say those numbers are impressive would be an understatement, especially considering CompuBox recorded that Wladimir Klitschko landed just 52 hits in their 2015 bout, and Deontay Wilder produced 105 punches in their first two fights combined.

Fury ended up securing a 116–112, 117–111, and 118–110 victory, but the huge target above his eye gave Wallin something to attack and made for an uncomfortable night’s work for him.

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His cutman on that night was Jorge Capetillo and the Mexican earned every bit of his pay during the rounds of that fight.

Fury is well aware of how much he owes Capetillo for keeping him in the game and he is still taking care of him now.

“He is still very grateful,” Capetillo told Sky Sports.

“When he knew we were locked down because of Covid-19 and my gym was closed, he texted me and said: ‘Is there anything I can do to help?’

“He is still taking care of me. He sent me money.

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“Such generosity for me and my family.

“He is a great man, so humble. He had the time to ask how I was doing with my family during this crisis.”

Wallin felt the fight should have been stopped for such a severe cut. If it had been, Wallin would have most likely took the victory and who knows how Fury’s path would have looked today.

However, ultimately, the Swede knows he should have forced the referee to make the decision.

Wallin is keen for a rematch and clearly feels he was unlucky.

Speaking to talkSPORT in February, he said: “I gave him his toughest fight of his career pretty much, you had [Deontay] Wilder knocking him down a few times [in the fourth round of the third bout] but nobody has been able to match his skills like I did.

“I landed more punches than anybody has done on him, I landed more punches than Wilder in the first fight and Klitschko together.

“So that’s a big statement in itself and of course I can beat him, I know that, and I think he knows that too that’s why he never mentions my name anymore.”

Dillian Whyte will next try and be the first man to beat Fury, with a bout scheduled in for 23 April.

The all-British showdown is set to be explosive and will be live on talkSPORT.