Dillian White

Heavyweight boxing might be dominated by two very skilled super heavyweights who use skills, size and their intelligence to control fights, though lets be honest we often prefer to just watch a wild tear-up with two men slugging it out. Yes sure brawls can be ungainly and relatively ugly affairs but they can also be really good fun as both men throw everything they have at each other and make up for a lack of finesse with pure drive and determination, it's this determination that makes British heavyweight prospect Dillian "The Villain" White (4-0, 1) so fun to watch.

White has come to boxing without a great amateur background though has been involved in other fighting sports and is a genuinely tough man who comes to the ring with a fighters mentality. As a result of his background White isn't a well rounded boxer, he doesn't have the piston like jab of the Klitschko's or the intelligent ability to out think opponents though what he does have is the mind of a fighter and the mind to adapt as well as the fact that he's not thinking too far ahead. White knows he's currently a fighter in training and with just 4 fights he isn't yet looking even at British titles though he is slowly but surely making himself a more rounded fighter who is using his experience to mold himself into a better boxer.

Based in London and under the tutelage of former Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Chris Okoh the 26 year old White made his debut in May 2011 when he out pointed tough Bulgarian Tayar Mehmed. After defeating Mehmed over 4 rounds White was given a hard time in the gym and managed to improve his fitness before returning to take on journeyman Remigijus Ziausys. White would again be forced to go the distance with Ziausys who managed to steal a share of a single round. While White wasn't blowing opponents away he was learning a lot in the ring with 2 crafty and tough European journeymen who would almost certainly have helped White advance his skills more than confidence building blow outs over people there merely to collect a pay check.

To end 2011 White scored his stoppage win as he defeated Toni Visic in the 3rd round of a scheduled 4 round affair. Although it was a stoppage victory it didn't little in all honesty to forward White's career against a relative novice who did little to test the promising Brit. It wasn't long however until White would be given another solid work out, this time against British based Zimbabwe born veteran Hastings Rasani. Rasani against forced White to go the full schedule of 4 rounds and whilst White was generally impressive with bullish strength and determination he was shown to still have a number of technical flaws that hopefully will be smoothed off over his coming few fights.

This weekend White is penciled in to face Kristian Kirilov (2-0-1), on paper this is a bout that White should win with out too many issues and hopefully by stoppage just to instill more confidence in the emerging British fighter who adds his name to the growing list of Heavyweight Hopefuls from the UK.