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Dillian Whyte shows off gruesome injury as he delivers first update after withdrawing from Joe Joyce fight
Dillian Whyte has opened up on his nasty finger injury in a first update since pulling out of the Joe Joyce fight. The British heavyweight was due to return to action on April 6 in a showdown with Joe Joyce in Manchester. Whyte showed off the extent of his damage after pulling out of the Joyce fighttalkSPORT But as first reported by talkSPORT.com, Whyte was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury to his finger. A late replacement is being sought for Joyce, but it was a frustrating blow for the ‘Body Snatcher’ who has fought just twice since 2022. Now in an interview on talkSPORT Breakfast, Whyte showed a picture of his finger injury and gave a full update on when he will return and the treatment he is receiving. He said: “I was training as usual and there was a guy next to me in the gym and he dropped his weights and it rolled down. “As I put my weight down, I ended up catching his finger between his dumbell and my dumbell. “I still wanted to fight so I didn’t tell my team, I had a few days off with a chest infection. “But it cut right to the bone although I just thought I could get stitches and put it back in a glove again. “It’s cut down the first joint so it’s hard for me to bend it and I can’t clench my first properly.” Whyte is now hoping to make a full recovery in the coming weeks and will look to reschedule a bout. He revealed: “I’m seeing the specialist later this week just to see. GRAPHIC WARNING Whyte showed off his nasty gash for which he had stitches from a specialistDillian Whyte “I’m getting some feeling back, but I have been getting numbness in my finger. “But my movement is coming back, it is cut to the bone so it could be nerve damage but we will see.” Whyte recently fought Ebenezer Tetteh in a comeback fight in Gibraltar in December, stopping his rival despite a brutal war of attrition. He didn’t look at the peak of his powers, but the former world title challenger insisted he was leaving no stone unturned this time out for the huge fight. He added: “My last fight, I wasn’t in my best condition but this was a big fight. “I’d turned the revs up, I was dieting and training properly. A lot of people wrote me off and thought I’d be the one who fought Ebenezer Tetteh. Joyce will now find a replacement after losing Whyte from the clashGetty “I’d been training three times a day and I was ready to knock Joe Joyce out. I hadn’t done that in years, I felt amazing.” It is now unclear when Whyte will make a comeback again, but it will of course determine how long it takes to recover from the injury. Hopes will be that he can either reschedule the bout or find an alternative opponent of his own. Whyte has spoken regularly about his plan to get his career back on track, but he is visibly frustrated with his latest set back. He has insisted in previous occasions that he wants revenge against the likes of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua before the end of his career in potential sequels. But for now he will face another anxious wait to see at what point he can rekindle his activity again. Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Dillian Whyte has opened up on his nasty finger injury in a first update since pulling out of the Joe Joyce fight.
The British heavyweight was due to return to action on April 6 in a showdown with Joe Joyce in Manchester.
But as first reported by talkSPORT.com, Whyte was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury to his finger.
A late replacement is being sought for Joyce, but it was a frustrating blow for the ‘Body Snatcher’ who has fought just twice since 2022.
Now in an interview on talkSPORT Breakfast, Whyte showed a picture of his finger injury and gave a full update on when he will return and the treatment he is receiving.
He said: “I was training as usual and there was a guy next to me in the gym and he dropped his weights and it rolled down.
“As I put my weight down, I ended up catching his finger between his dumbell and my dumbell.
“I still wanted to fight so I didn’t tell my team, I had a few days off with a chest infection.
“But it cut right to the bone although I just thought I could get stitches and put it back in a glove again.
“It’s cut down the first joint so it’s hard for me to bend it and I can’t clench my first properly.”
Whyte is now hoping to make a full recovery in the coming weeks and will look to reschedule a bout.
He revealed: “I’m seeing the specialist later this week just to see.
GRAPHIC WARNING
“I’m getting some feeling back, but I have been getting numbness in my finger.
“But my movement is coming back, it is cut to the bone so it could be nerve damage but we will see.”
Whyte recently fought Ebenezer Tetteh in a comeback fight in Gibraltar in December, stopping his rival despite a brutal war of attrition.
He didn’t look at the peak of his powers, but the former world title challenger insisted he was leaving no stone unturned this time out for the huge fight.
He added: “My last fight, I wasn’t in my best condition but this was a big fight.
“I’d turned the revs up, I was dieting and training properly. A lot of people wrote me off and thought I’d be the one who fought Ebenezer Tetteh.
“I’d been training three times a day and I was ready to knock Joe Joyce out. I hadn’t done that in years, I felt amazing.”
It is now unclear when Whyte will make a comeback again, but it will of course determine how long it takes to recover from the injury.
Hopes will be that he can either reschedule the bout or find an alternative opponent of his own.
Whyte has spoken regularly about his plan to get his career back on track, but he is visibly frustrated with his latest set back.
He has insisted in previous occasions that he wants revenge against the likes of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua before the end of his career in potential sequels.
But for now he will face another anxious wait to see at what point he can rekindle his activity again.
