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- Daily Mail
Dillian Whyte FUMES and calls out presenter in x-rated rant after announcer got his nickname terribly WRONG in build-up to Moses Itauma clash
Dillian Whyte was left bristling and bemused after an announcer messed up his boxing nickname - and accidentally described him as an infant abductor. The heavyweight typically goes by the moniker of 'body snatcher' - a reference to his aggressive style of targeting the torso. But at the Grand Arrivals in Riyadh, ahead of his Saturday showdown with Moses Itauma, Whyte suffered the embarrassment of being called the 'baby snatcher'. It's safe to say his new tag didn't go down well, with Whyte later confronting announcer Thomas Schreiber about his mishap, though their encounter was good-natured. 'Who was the announcer? I think it was Thomas Schreiber. Where is he? It's fight week. They're playing games,' he told Secondsout, scanning the room for the announcer before calling him over. 'It's a Queensberry show. They're going to f*** with me. It ain't nothing new. It's crazy that he said that. Thomas Scheiber, I respect him as a professional, but clearly, he's unprofessional. Thomas, come here and speak to me. That's wild. I'll rush him - joking! What was with that, man?' Schreiber came over and was instantly in backtracking mode: 'I apologise. It was a mistake. I wrote it down and the wrong word came out. It was an honest mistake. 'For the rest of the week, it'll be "The Body Snatcher." Unfortunately, I only get one chance at it, and sometimes...' Whyte cheekily quipped: '[Maybe] the booty snatcher, but the baby snatcher is wild, bro.' After letting his dissatisfaction be known, he was gracious towards Schreiber before conducting the rest of his interview. The veteran, 37, is hoping to pull off an upset against his 20-year-old opponent in Riyadh on Saturday night. Whyte, a two-time former WBC interim heavyweight champion, has a record of 31-3 and has won his last three fights. He is bidding to be the first man to stop Itauma, who has had a relentless start to his professional career in the ring with a logbook reading 12-0.
Reuters
3 hours ago
- Reuters
Football-Women's flag competitors see rapid growth as sport returns to World Games
NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Momentum is building for women's flag football as top competitors face off at the World Games for a second time beginning on Thursday in Chengdu, with the sport's Olympic debut three years away. Mexico captain Diana Flores, who led her country to the inaugural flag football gold at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, hopes to retain that title at a pivotal moment for the sport. "It has been amazing to see the growth of flag football in the past, not only three years, but in the past five years, just the amount of opportunities that the sport is opening now for the next generations is insane," Flores, a pioneer in the sport, told reporters. Eight women's teams will face off in the four-day tournament, offering a glimpse of what fans might expect when the sport joins the Olympic programme for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Mexico's win three years ago in Birmingham reflected the global nature of the sport, a non-tackle version of the gridiron game long associated with the United States' NFL that has developed a formidable pool of international talent. "Many people who didn't know about the sport maybe started to pay attention to this, started to be part of the movement, and started to be interested about it, and that alone helped the sport grow," said Flores. The women's game got the benefit of the Super Bowl spotlight in New Orleans this year, as the NFL ramps up its promotion in an effort to attract the next generation into the sport. "In the years since Birmingham has happened, from then to now, (it) has just spiraled in so many opportunities on and off the field," said Vanita Krouch, a 44-year-old U.S. quarterback who will take the field again after helping the Americans to silver in 2022. "We're all chasing the same dream right now."
The Sun
3 hours ago
- The Sun
‘It's a silly thing' – Moses Itauma reveals bizarre reason he has no drawers in training camp house ahead of Whyte fight
MOSES ITAUMA is a win away from being part of the heavyweight world title furniture — just do not put a chest of drawers in front of him! The Kent fighter, 20, faces Dillian Whyte on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia and victory over the world title challenger would catapult him on to boxing's top shelf. 4 Wardrobe-of-a-man Whyte, 37, hit his peak when Itauma was ten years old, has a son older than his baby-faced rival and will throw the kitchen sink at him. But the Body Snatcher' s best chance will be putting in a shift as a removal man — because the only chink in Itauma's armour seems to be a distrust of drawers. Laughing at mention of a DAZN clip showing all his possessions being kept in sport bags, Itauma said: 'It's not that I don't like drawers! But I've been in that camp house for a long time and like to maximise my space. 'It's a silly thing but I keep smashing my phone on stuff, too, and feel drawers are just a waste of space. 'I also don't really have personal belongings at the camp house — my personal belongings are at home. 'I keep my clothes in the wardrobe, my boxers and socks and underwear in one bag and I have another bag with all my bits and pieces that you would usually keep in a drawer. 'If I keep it all in bags, if I ever want to get up and leave one day, I can just grab the bags and go. 'I don't have a fear or phobia of drawers — I do have them at home. But I just like to maximise and utilise my space. 'I'm a big guy and the bedroom in that camp house is small, so I need all the space I can get.' As well as a minimalist approach to his training camp feng shui, Itauma's garden is similarly sparse. Dillian Whyte's incredible body transformation as Body Snatcher works out for Moses Itauma fight But the 'At Home with the Itaumas'-style show also had the 6ft 3in powerhouse using the Harlow garden to air his clean laundry in private. And he admits that the behind-the-scenes access might have painted him in a slightly strange light. 4 Laughing, he explained: 'We have a garden but don't use it to play football or have barbecues. 'We hang the washing out there on a little drying rack but that's about it. 'Now that I think about it, we don't really look OK in that video. I was trying to show a different side to me!' Itauma might be Britain's most mature 20-year-old and despite being the most naturally-gifted boxer we have seen in decades, he is not a fan of all the trash talk and flashy bragging other fighters seem to enjoy. The only thing that he is trying to add to his arsenal is a new hobby . . . to take his time and attention away from the ring. 4 And asked about weekly games with his brother, he added: 'I am rubbish at bowling at the minute. 'I don't know what's going wrong, I think they changed the lanes down at the alley. 'I am trying to get new hobbies but it's hard to find things that excite me.'
