Frank Bruno warns Tyson Fury he faces ‘awkward’ fight with Dillian Whyte

Frank Bruno believes Tyson Fury will find his sold-out Wembley showdown with Dillian Whyte “more awkward” than a potential fight against Anthony Joshua.

World heavyweight champion Fury has dubbed Saturday’s clash with mandatory WBC challenger Whyte the biggest British bout since boxing great Bruno was defeated by Lennox Lewis 29 years ago.

Talk of the Gypsy King eventually fighting Joshua continues to rumble on, with the latter currently awaiting a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his WBA, IBF and WBO belts to the Ukrainian in September.

Undefeated Fury is a heavy favourite this weekend but former champion Bruno feels Whyte – who earlier this year was expected to step aside and allow his opponent an undisputed championship encounter with Usyk – is capable of causing an upset.

“You’ve really got to give Whyte credit where credit’s due because I think they wanted to wipe him off and get him out the way,” Bruno told the PA news agency.

“But I think this is one of the awkwardest (sic) out of the lot. It’s going to be more awkward than Anthony Joshua because he’s up for the fight and he can punch with both hands.

“It could go either way. I think Tyson Fury is the favourite but Dillian has got a lot of power – sometimes it’s unnecessary power – of winding him up.

“He doesn’t hit after the bell but he is someone that does anything slightly (to gain an advantage). He has been known to lose his cool and I think that’s what Tyson wants him to do, lose his cool.”

Fury initially claimed he would retire after the St George’s Day fight due to having more money than he will ever need following career earnings in excess of £100million.

However, he has since backtracked and said hanging up his gloves was not on his mind.

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