Dillian Whyte mocks Ian Lewison’s weight with a cheeky squeeze in build up to British heavyweight title fight
WBC international heavyweight champ Whyte was in mischievous mood ahead of Glasgow showdown with Lewison for vacant British title
DILLIAN WHYTE was in mischievous mood after weighing in at a stone and a half lighter than rival Ian Lewison ahead of their British Heavyweight title bout.
'The Body Snatcher' was seen grabbing Lewison's chest to try to show off the excess flab on his opponent.
The Brixton pair meet in Glasgow to fight for the British Heavyweight Championship vacated by Anthony Joshua in December.
Joshua successfully defended the title the same month in an epic bout with Whyte.
The now-IBF world champ won with a 7th round knockout, but Whyte emerged with huge credit aftrer almost knocking Joshua down in the 2nd.
Whyte and Lewison have traded bitter insults ahead of their fight tomorrow night, but there was a more relaxed feel at the weigh-in.
With Whyte weighing in at 18st 1lb compared to Lewison's 19st 7lbs, he decided he couldn't wait until tomorrow to feel his way into the fight.
Lewison looked less than impressed but there was no repeat of the press conference a week earlier when the pair had to be separated.
Back then, Whyte said: "The fight's going to be a good fight. Me and him are going to go at it. I want to beat him up. I really want to beat him up because he just talks rubbish.
"I've always known in my heart that one day I'd have to fight him. When we used to train back in the day I used to look at him and think: 'One of these days, you fat *****, I'm going to smash your head in.'"
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Lewison replied: "Eddie [Hearn]. Where is the screen with the subtitles? I'm still trying to work out what this man is talking about. This man speaks like he was home-schooled by a goat.
"His problem is that he's mistaken popularity for accomplishments. This man is delusional."