“I Used To Fight Older Kids”-Dillian Whyte Explains Why He Started Fighting At A Young Age
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A lesser-known fact about Dillian Whyte is that boxing isn’t the only combat sport he’s fought in professionally.
Dillian Whyte is scheduled to take on Alexander Povetkin this weekend. He sat down with Teddy Atlas prior to his upcoming bout and discussed a lot of things. One thing that came up were his professional careers go beyond the field of boxing.
While on THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas, the host said, “One of the things people might not know is that you were a champion kickboxer and also 1-0 as an MMA fighter.”
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Replying to this, he said, “Kickboxing was the first sport I ever did. I’ve been fighting for a long time. Growing up, I used to fight older kids for younger kids in my neighborhood because they used to bully the guys.”
Whyte continued to say, “The first guy I knocked out was when I was 9 years old and the other guy was 12, I think. Form there I was knocking guys out. A friend of mine took me to a kickboxing gym, and I started early and I’ve been in the gym ever since.
“I’ve had loads of kickboxing fights and I’ve won most of it. I actually had 5 MMA fights and I stood at 5-0. I Won them all!”
Dillian Whyte and his time in Kickboxing
Dillian Whyte detailed his time at kickboxing. He said, “Kickboxing for me was amazing. At a time I was just like ‘you can fight people and get paid to do this?’ I wish I had actually started boxing back then.
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“I was surprised that you can actually get paid for beating someone up. Fell in love with it and just stayed in the gym. At a time I was the youngest ever kickboxing champion.”
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Yes, Dillian Whyte can do it all. From protecting young boys’ lunch to challenging for the WBC title!
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