Fury fight has come at perfect time, says Whyte trainer

Dillian Whyte may have been waiting more than 1,000 days for his mandatory world title shot, but head coach Xavier Miller insists the timing could not be better as his man prepares to face Tyson Fury for the WBC heavyweight championship at Wembley this Saturday.

As fight night edges closer the story of Whyte's media silence has been superseded by the narrative that both men enter following the best training camps of their respective careers.

For Whyte's trainer Miller, that means a culmination of years of technical refinement behind the scenes and vast ring experience in preparation for this very occasion.

"I think it's a case of locking ourselves away for the past couple of years in Portugal, I think it's being involved in three or four different training camps, I think it's speaking to Dillian earlier on when I got appointed as head coach and saying 'we need to improve on certain aspects of your game'," Miller told Sky Sports.

"He's a tremendous fighter, a tremendous fighter.

"His ceiling is a lot higher than where it is right now and that's why I've been working so hard.

"I'm ultra confident, ultra confident."

Whyte recently cited his limited amateur experience as he explained to Sky Sports on a media call the extent of his almost 'learn on the job' development and growth as a boxer in recent years, which he says continues with every fight.

His seventh-round stoppage defeat to Anthony Joshua in 2015 had not only introduced the world to his toughness but would prove something of a catalyst for his emergence as one of the most dangerous threats on the heavyweight circuit.

Since then he has claimed standout victories over the likes of Derek Chisora, Robert Helenius, Lucas Brown and Joseph Parker, before stopping