By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Dillian Whyte (15-0, 12 KOs) will taking on the well-known American heavyweight Dominick Guinn (35-10-1, 24 KOs) in an Important 10 round bout on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs. Gary Cornish card on September 12th at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
The reason why the Whyte-Guinn fight is so important is because Whyte needs a win over Guinn in order to face the 6’6” Joshua in a big fight on December 12th. Whyte, 27, can write his own ticket if he can beat Guinn and Joshua in back to back fights. That would put Whyte within striking distance of a world title fight against the likes of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in 2016.
Of course, the talented Wilder will need to win his upcoming fights for him to be available to face Whyte next year, but I have a feeling he’s going to have no problems winning those fights to put him in position to face Whyte in 2016.
Whyte and Guinn will be battling for the WBC International Silver heavyweight title. Joshua and Cornish will be fighting for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title. Whyte will be able to go after the Commonwealth and the British heavyweight titles when he faces Joshua on December 12th. Whyte already defeated Joshua in the amateur ranks in 2009, when he used his punching power to drop Joshua twice in their fight.
The 40-year-old Guinn has never been knocked out before during his 15-year pro career, so it would be a big deal if the hard hitting southpaw Whyte were to prove that he can stop him. I mean, there’s no question that Whyte will be able to defeat Guinn. In his last 12 fights, Guinn has lost 6 times in defeats against the likes of Eddie Chambers, Kubrat Pulev, Tomasz Adamek, Denis Boytsov, Robert Hawkins, and Amir Mansour. But what’s impressive about Guinn’s losses is the fact that he’s not been stopped in any of those fights. He’s been able to go the full distance each time. If Whyte can be the one to get a knockout over Guinn, it would be a huge feather in his cap.
While some boxing fans might think it’s bad that Whyte is fighting a guy of Guinn’s class, it really isn’t because Whyte isn’t ranked in the top 15. He’s still a prospect at this point so it’s not a bad thing for him to be taking on a high level journeyman like Guinn.
I hate to say it, but I think Guinn is a better fighter than Gary Cornish, the guy that the 6’6” Joshua will be facing on the same card on September 12th. Guinn has some actual power and talent going for him, and I rate him well above Cornish. Whyte is likely going to get much more from his fight against the experienced Guinn than what Joshua will get in facing the likes of Cornish.
Whyte is coming off of an impressive 1st round stoppage win over Irineu Beato Costa Junior earlier this month on August 1st. Whyte scored a beautiful knockout in dropping Cost Junior twice with a left hooks to the head. There was no way that Costa Junior could survive the second knockdown.
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