Tyson Fury has kept hold of his WBC heavyweight title following a stunning one punch knockout over Dillian Whyte.
The Gypsy King controlled the fight from the offset and throughout as his opponent scrambled while trying to close the distance, before a picture perfect right uppercut in the sixth sat down Whyte to see Tyson retain his honour.
Fury set traps by touching the body of Whyte throughout the bout, which forced the challenger to drop his guard opening up an opportunity for the knockout blow - and although Whyte made it up in time for the count, the referee had seen enough as he was still visually wobbled on his feet.
The atmosphere was electric as Fury walked out draped in British colours to Juicy by the Notorious BIG - singing along to every word while bopping and weaving to the ring to meet his opponent - before mixing into Sex on Fire with a dazzling firework display above the stadium began.
Fury was then carried to the ring on a king's chair as the crowd showed their upmost support for the world champion.
As the music came to a close, the tension within the jam packed Wembley Arena could be cut with a knife, just before opera singer Laura Wright bellowed the patriotic UK national anthem on a glorious St George's Day to get punters in attendance in good spirit.
Shortly after, Mark Lyson read the boxers their instructions before the action got underway.
Here's how it went down round by round:
Round 1:
Whyte wasted no time in taking the centre of the ring, probing his opponent with laser quick right jabs from the southpaw stance. However, Fury managed to keep him at bay for the majority of the round with a piston-like jab of his own. It was much ado about nothing for both parties, with each of them looking to feel one another out for the most part.
But Fury caught Whyte slipping at the midway mark, countering with a strong straight right which broke through his guard landing flush with the jaw.
Round 2:
The two both decided to switch stances at the beginning of the round, with Fury switching to southpaw before returning to orthodox 30 seconds later. He continued to dance circles around Whyte as the round went on, carefully picking his shots while keeping his opposition at range with the jab.
Fury landed another solid right hand once again with around a minute to go, while Whyte looked promising rushing forward and pinning the champion against the ropes on two occasions. Commentators talked mainly how Whyte's feet looked slow throughout the second as Fury controlled.
Round 3:
Fury landed a sweet left hook around a minute in to the audience's delight, but Whyte took the brunt of it to the gloves before the champ returned calmly to range. Whyte had some success incorporating a little dirty boxing in the clinch before referee Mark Lyson cause the fighters to break.
Fury smiled away as he fought his fight, but Whyte caught the champion with a decent left hand as the third came to a close.
Still a case of complete domination at range from the defending fighter himself.
Round 4:
Fury caught white with a slick overhand right as the round opened, before Whyte initiated a clinch. Lyson then warned Whyte for a cheap elbow as the two were once again separated, but it was the challenger who came out of the clinch worse for wear with a cut under his right eye due to a clash of heads.
Fury kept Whyte at bay with a combination of jabs and one twos, with Whyte once again initiating the clinch when he looked troubled, and the fight became somewhat gritty as the round came to a close with both men happy to fight at close quarters.
Round 5:
Fury started the round with a beautiful two-piece body combination from the outside before putting Whyte back to bay. And the challenger failed to really step up the gas for the remainder of the round while the Gypsy King bobbed and weaved with some quality head movement.
Fury continued to hit to the body of an unsuspecting Whyte forcing him to drop his guard on several occasions, which allowed the champion to land a stunning shot to his opponents head.
Round 6:
Although Whyte had a little more success in controlling where the fight went throughout the majority of the round, pinning Fury against the ropes on multiple occasions - it took one mere punch with a second left on the clock to see his lights shut out as Tyson walked off victorious.
After setting traps to the body throughout the fight, Fury landed a picture perfect uppercut down the middle to Whyte's head - sitting him down completely.
Although the challenger beat the count back to his feet, he was still visually wobbled and slumped back towards the ropes causing Lyson to call off the contest completely.
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