By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Dillian Whyte (16-1, 13 KOs) now yet another replacement opponent that he’ll be fighting this Saturday night on June 25 in journeyman Ivica Bacurin (24-9-1, 14 KOs) in a six-round fight on the undercard of the title fight between IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Dominic Breazeale at the O2 Arena in London, UK. I don’t expect Bacurin to last more than a round or two against Whyte. The only way this fight goes past the 2nd round is if Whyte wants it to.
Whyte was originally supposed to be fighting Cyril Leonet, but then he couldn’t take the fight and was replaced by 39-year-old American journeyman Danny Batchelder. That fight now isn’t happening either, so the 33-year-old Bacurin gets the call for the fight.