Jaws theme echoes across Wembley ahead of Fury and Whyte’s boxing showdown

John Williams' iconic theme from Jaws greeted 94,000 boxing fans at Wembley ahead of the heavyweight champion of the world title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte.

It was Whyte who came out to the foreboding sounds of the Oscar-winning  shark theme main title, that is synonymous with building tension and fear.

It then melted into Back In Black by AC/DC, hoping to whip the crowd up into a frenzy.

Jaws is where Whyte's journey ended, taking a massive uppercut in the sixth round. That knockout sees Tyson Fury retain his WBC heavyweight world title. He’s also retained his great taste in suits, which even Mayor Vaughn would be jealous of.

Boxing - of sorts - gets a mention in Jaws by Quint (Robert Shaw) revealing how he lost a tooth on St Paddy's Day.

You could also say that famed Jaws cinematographer Bill Butler spent plenty of time in the ring, as he performed director of photography duties on the Sylvester Stallone boxing drama sequels Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV.

However, Chief Brody actor Roy Scheider was actually a successful amateur boxer in the Diamond Gloves Boxing Tournament in the late 1940s and 1950s ahead of him getting hit by the acting bug, although you can see that the classic boxer pose never left him in this photo from Marathon Man.

Scheider said in a TV interview in the 1980s that he only took up boxing as a means of losing weight and keeping fit, clearly he wasn’t a bad amateur boxer for this vicinity.

The below are listed on IMDB, and perhaps go some way to explaining the shape of Scheider's nose.

1958: Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Ted LaScalza in one round in an amateur boxing match.

1953 (July 20): Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Nick Welling in two rounds of an amateur boxing match in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.

1950 (March 17): Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Earl Garrett in the first round of an amateur boxing match in New Jersey. Scheider suffered a nose injury and drops out of the tournament (Golden Gloves).

1950 (February 14): Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Peter Read in 3-rounds in a New Jersey amateur boxing match.

1950 (February 17): Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Phil Duncan in one round in an amateur boxing match in New Jersey.

1950: Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Myron Greenberg in one round in a New Jersey amateur boxing match.

1948: Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Peter Read in two rounds of an amateur boxing match in New Jersey.

1948: Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Jerry Gould in 33 seconds of round one in an amateur boxing match in New Jersey (Golden Gloves: Novice Division).

1948: Won - Roy Scheider knocked out Alfonse D'Amore in 16 seconds of round one in an amateur boxing match in New Jersey (Golden Gloves: Novice Division).

1947: Lost - Roy Scheider was stopped in two rounds (TKO), when he suffered a nose injury by Myron Greenberg in an amateur boxing match in Orange, New Jersey. Scheider's nose was broken, and he was unable to continue (Golden Gloves Tournament: Novice Division).

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