Dillian Whyte is a professional boxer from the United Kingdom.
He used to compete in kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
Since March 2021, he has held the WBC interim heavyweight title, which he previously held from 2019 to 2020.
He has held many heavyweight titles at the regional level, including the British crown from 2016 to 2017.
He is the world’s fifth-best active heavyweight according to The Ring magazine, and the fourth-best active heavyweight according to the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec as of October 2021.
Since 2016, he has been among BoxRec’s top 10 heavyweights, achieving a career high of No. 2 at the end of August 2021.
Is Dillian Whyte a Jamaican or British?
Whyte was born on April 11, 1988, in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica.
At the age of 12, Whyte went to the United Kingdom with his family.
Patrick Whyte, his paternal grandpa, was an Irishman who immigrated to Jamaica from Dublin, Ireland.
He has expressed countless times how difficult it was for him to grow up in Jamaica, where he had to dodge bullets and be exposed to situations that no youngster of his age should be exposed to.
Whyte fought at Miguel’s Boxing Gym in Brixton, London, where he grew up.
