Dillian Whyte’s explanation for his first-round defeat to Moses Itauma arrives as he pursues a comeback fight against Johnny Fisher. He says a broken foot hampered him, but the timing raises a question: why reveal it now?
The injury could partly explain Whyte’s lack of mobility against Itauma. It also gives him a way to challenge the retirement calls that followed the defeat, just as another British heavyweight offers him a route back.
Whyte said he fractured his foot during training, then injured it again while warming up in the dressing room before facing Itauma.
“We had to call the doctor who was with me to examine it,” Whyte told...
