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Could it really happen this time, or kicked into the long grass by Fury
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DILLIAN WHYTE is set to be officially ordered to fight Tyson Fury after the WBC received 'medical certification' of his shoulder injury.
Whyte has never been the mandatory which is why Wilder was never forced to face him.
Whyte chose harder and more riskier opponents because he was Sky PPV. Whyte chose money and glory over politics of being made mandatory.
The fight between Fury v Whyte should happen next. AJ lost to Usyk so they are tied up for the early part of 2022.
Fury needs a big fight and this is a good domestic match-up that should motivate him to get back in the ring.
If the WBC had anyone else available they would try, as Whyte has not always followed what they have mandated but there is no one else worthy.
Think your right, sad but true... Fury Vs Usyck is the only championship fight out there worth watching, thats why we probably wont see it.Quote:
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John Fury explains why he’s the reason Dillian Whyte withdrew from Otto Wallin fight and tells ‘Bodysnatcher’ to ‘be nice’ to son Tyson
John Fury believes Dillian Whyte pulled out of his fight with Otto Wallin after taking his sage advice.
‘The Bodysnatcher’ was set to headline a stacked card at the 02 Arena on October 30 against the Swedish heavyweight contender, yet pulled out with a shoulder injury.
It leaves Whyte, still with the WBC interim heavyweight championship, in pole position to challenge Fury’s son Tyson for his full heavyweight crown.
The ‘Gypsy King’ knocked out Deontay Wilder in October to retain his position as the best heavyweight on the planet, with Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua locked in for a 2022 rematch.
One of the hardest nights of Fury’s career thus far came against Wallin, when he was left requiring 47 stitches surrounding a cut by his left eye.
Although Fury Sr was not present in Las Vegas to witness that tough test in September 2019, he believes his son struggled for a reason and that Wallin would have presented real danger.
“Dillian Whyte has pulled out from Otto Wallin. You know why? He listened to what I said,” he told BT Sport.
“He’s thought ‘hang on a minute. John knows his stuff, I’m not fighting Wallin. I’m going to get turned over probably, I won’t get my title shot then.’
“It takes them to listen to my videos, it’s all on, and then he hears me talking about Wallin – because Wallin is a danger to anybody. You know, and he thought ‘I’m not having that smoke, I’ll wait, I’ll wait.’ Let’s just see what he’s waiting for.”
Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn have both told talkSPORT they expect Whyte vs Fury to be made, but John Fury suggested the Brixton-native should try a different approach to calling out the heavyweight champ if he wants to be next.
“Tyson is in a different league to these heavyweights,” he added. “Different. But if you want to get a payday, be nice to him.
“Say nice things about him and he might just give you a payday. But if you keen being horrible to him, and trying to big yourself up to be this that and the other to make a fight, Tyson will go the other way and give someone else the opportunity.
“Dillian Whyte, be nice to Tyson, start blowing smoke up his you know what and you might get a shot, kid.”
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Tyson Fury could face Joe Joyce in an alternative heavyweight clash if he cannot agree a bout with WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte.
The 'Gypsy King' is currently pondering his next challenge after dismissing Deontay Wilder in a historic clash to end their trilogy.
And he was set to be ordered to face WBC mandatory challenger Whyte at the organisation's convention, but there will now be a delay with the 'Body Snatcher's' legal dispute with the sanctioning body rumbling on.
But Fury could have an alternative opponent within reach after domestic rival Joyce was declared as the No.2 heavyweight in the WBC rankings.
He was ranked below Fury's three-time rival Wilder and Whyte who is the leading contender as interim champion.
The 'Juggernaut' is currently the mandatory challenger for the WBO belt held by Oleksandr Usyk after cementing his status as a top contender with a stoppage victory over Carlos Takam.
And he rose to world-level with a shock victory over Queensberry Promotions stablemate Daniel Dubois to put a dent in his meteoric rise.
Joyce has frequently spoken about his relationship with Fury having sparred the 'Gypsy King' during various points in his career.
And lineal champion Fury is certainly a fan of Joyce's heavyweight credential, viewing him as his biggest domestic rival ahead of Anthony Joshua, according to his co-promoter Frank Warren.
"Tyson said that he’s [Joyce] the best one out there," Warren told Sky Sports. "That’s what Tyson’s opinion was. Can he go all the way? Yes he can. He’s got a good ticker, a big heart. He’s strong, he walks forwards, he is the ‘Juggernaut.'
"Whoever he’s in there with, you know they will have a problem getting rid of him. He’s a tough guy. He can fight a bit. He can punch."
Fury is uncertain of his next foe after hinting at the possibility of hanging up his gloves with his glistening career reaching its pinnacle last month.
But he had previously agreed to meet domestic rival Joshua before he was forced to arrange his trilogy bout with Wilder, collapsing a deal worth more than £100million.
However that will not be his next task with Joshua set to fight for redemption in a rematch after losing his unified titles to pound-for-pound contender Usyk in September.
And Fury's promoter Bob Arum has admitted that the 'Gypsy King' is more interested in facing the Ukrainian in an undisputed tilt, than he is defending his undefeated status against Whyte.
Arum told Sky Sports : "The alternative is that if Joshua decides not to exercise his rematch against Usyk and decides to step aside, the fight we would like to make is between Usyk and Fury.
"That is a fight to unify the titles once and for all. Then Joshua can fight the winner of the undisputed fight. Whyte can stand in line and fight the winner ultimately.
"That's what Tyson would like. And I represent Tyson. That is his preference. If they want to fight each other, which I believe they do? I would facilitate it."
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Tyson Fury confirms date for next fight and sends message to Dillian Whyte
Tyson Fury insists his next fight will take place within the next five months and doesn’t “give a damn” who he faces.
The most obvious challenger to WBC Heavyweight champion Fury is Dillian Whyte, and the fight should be mandatory, but the WBC has so far delayed its decision to order the fight and the case is currently under arbitration.
That legal process could potentially cause a significant delay and the Gypsy King has no interest in waiting around if Whyte’s situation cannot be resolved post-haste.
“I thought I was going to be fighting Dillian Whyte. I don’t know what he’s doing with his own private life with the WBC,” Fury told iFL TV.
“He’s got a court case going on, which can be s**** really because I know how long arbitrations go on for. It took 18 months to get mine sorted with Deontay Wilder, so I hope he doesn’t get caught in the long grass, and I hope I don’t have to fight somebody else like a voluntary.
“I’m not interested in waiting for people. I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. I’ll be fighting in February [or] early March at the latest. I’ll be defending my WBC championship, and that’s it.”
The 33-year-old added that his preference would be to fight Ukrainian southpaw Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Anthony Joshua at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September after first moving up the ranks to the heavyweight division in 2019.
“I’ll take the little cruiserweight guy [Usyk] and show how to give a small man a good hiding,” Fury said. “I’ll run him over. He’s too small. I am definitely fighting in February or early March, 1 million percent. There are no ifs, buts, or maybes about it, or I will sack my full promotional outfit, and I’ll promote myself. Gypsy King Promotions.”
Joshua activated a re-match clause in his contract with Usyk in October which means those two are set to face-off again in early 2022, preventing Fury from fighting Usyk unless Joshua willingly steps aside. Fury is desperate to fight, no matter the opponent.
“Who it is, I just don’t give a damn because the outcome will always be the same,” he said. “I will win, and I will knock the mother f***** out because that’s how I do it now.”
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Eddie Hearn explains why Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte deal is "unlikely"
Hearn has admitted a deal could be "unlikely" to be reached for Fury to face Whyte until official splits are ordered by the WBC after reports the champion could be set to demand an 80 percent share of the purse
Eddie Hearn has admitted a deal between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte is unlikely to be completed until purse bids are ordered by the WBC.
Whyte has now been officially declared as mandatory challenger to Fury's WBC heavyweight title after an arbitration between the 'Body Snatcher' and the organisation was finally resolved.
The pair will now look to negotiate a meeting for the early stages of next year with Fury looking to set up an undisputed clash later in 2022.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn has admitted negotiations could hit a snag until the purse bids are officially ordered with Whyte looking to be fairly rewarded.
"I feel like we should be aware of what the split is because that will only become apparent when the purse bid is ordered," Hearn told Behind the Gloves.
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"But how can you negotiate a fight when you don't know what the purse split is for the mandatory? Top Rank want it to be 80-20 whereas we want it to be 55-45 which is the high end of the interim champion.
"We will see where it lands but they will offer us 80-20 and we will be pushing for a split that we think is fairer. So I think it will be very difficult to achieve a deal until those splits are determined.
"It is only then will we start to realise our position. Not saying a deal cannot be reached before but it is very unlikely. We understand Tyson Fury is the A-side and if the offer is fair and Dillian is respected I am sure he will take an offer from Top Rank and ESPN.
"But if he is not we have got a big pot of money that we are ready to invest into that fight where both fighters will probably make more."
Whyte has been waiting for his title shot to be enforced since he first became WBC 'Silver' champion with victory over Robert Helenius in 2017.
He has not been in action since his rematch victory over Alexander Povetkin earlier this year, but is now in pole position to challenge Fury.
Fury has previously hinted at hanging up his gloves in the wake of his trilogy victory against Deontay Wilder earlier this year, but now looks set to demand a three-fight year in 2022.
The 'Gypsy King' has spoken of his desire to face Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed tilt next year offering Anthony Joshua a deal to skip his rematch with the Ukrainian.
However this now appears unlikely with Joshua issuing an ultimatum to face the winner of any step-aside showdown which could be hindered by Whyte's new official challenger status.
Fury is now excited by the possibility of facing Whyte with the pair having exchanged for several years amid plans to face each other in the ring.
And the champion's promoter Bob Arum has warned his charge to remain focussed on preparing for Whyte instead of any last-ditch attempt to meet Usyk.
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Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk could be fought in the Middle East as well as Dillian Whyte’s fight against Tyson Fury, according to Eddie Hearn.
Joshua triggered the rematch clause in his contract after Usyk defeated him in September with the bout thought to be taking place in the spring. And Fury will take on Whyte before a potential unification fight against either Joshua or Usyk.
Hearn, who looks after Joshua and Whyte, has said both fights could either take place in Britain or the Middle East.
“This week we’re getting ready to have discussions in different countries about a few upcoming heavyweight contests,” Hearn told iFL TV at an event in Dubai.
“I found myself in the Middle East - I’m going to be here and then go back to Manchester for a massive end to the year. We have to do our work now across this territory to look at potential site deals for AJ-Usyk and Fury against Whyte and all kinds of different heavyweight fights.
“Obviously Prince Khalid is here as well so that’s the predominant reason for my trip - it was good to see Oleksandr Usyk who’s very chilled and getting ready for talks to progress regarding an Anthony Joshua rematch.”
Fury wanted to see if Joshua would step aside and allow him to have a unification fight against Usyk before the two fought but Hearn added that is looking unlikely.
“The news that the WBC were ordering the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte fight kind of put the end to the step aside discussion,” Hearn continued.
“Unless that evolves over the next week or so, which doesn’t look to be the case. Right now it looks very likely that the two fights will be in play between Whyte and Fury and Joshua and Usyk.
“Obviously on one hand we have a situation where we have Dillian Whyte fighting Tyson Fury, there’s negotiations that have been ordered now and that could go to a purse bid. “Then there’s Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk where we have to work collectively with K2 to ensure that we deliver the best opportunity for the fighters.
“We’ll have meetings here [in Dubai] and other countries in the Middle East to look at the potential for where those fights may take place.”
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Tyson Fury willing to give up world title if he can't reach deal with Dillian Whyte
Tyson Fury would be wiling to give up his world heavyweight title if a deal can't be made for him to defend the belt against Dillian Whyte.
Fury is eager to remain active after being kept out of the ring for close to two years by the coronavirus pandemic and contractual issues that caused his trilogy with Deontay Wilder to be delayed for months.
And his promoter Bob Arum has insisted that he will be fighting by the end of February or start of March, regardless of whether or not Whyte is the opponent.
But with Fury's fellow Brit now the official mandatory challenger for the Gypsy King's WBC belt, deciding to take on another opponent would mean he would be stripped of the title.
Talks are ongoing for a UK homecoming to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in March, with issues arising around the purse split.
“If we can’t come to a deal with Dillian Whyte, we’ll do a fight for the Ring Magazine belt and the ‘lineal’ title and we’ll pick another opponent," Arum told TalkSPORT.
“We’ve got to get Tyson back in the ring by the end of March - Frank [Warren] and I are determined to come to him with an opponent that’s acceptable and we’d love to do that fight in Cardiff."
And they are eyeing up potential opponents for that bout, which would be Fury's first in his homeland since 2018, with former world champions Andy Ruiz and Joseph Parker listed as possibilities.
Parker defeated Derek Chisora in a war of attrition at the AO Arena in Manchester last night, while Ruiz, who beat Anthony Joshua for the world titles in 2019, has been nursing an injury after returning against Chris Arreola.
“Andy Ruiz Jr is a possibility," Arum teased. “Joseph Parker I see had a good victory over Derek Chisora – that could be a possibility.
“And we’re looking at a couple of other names that might be appropriate.”
Fury and Whyte have known each other for a number of years, and a fight between the two is still the favoured option.
It had been reported during the week that the pair wouldn't have a rematch clause, which Anthony Joshua did insist upon when he fought Oleksandr Usyk last year.
There had been brief efforts to organise a step aside deal for Joshua to allow Usyk to face Fury, but it wasn't a feasible option given a number of contractual obligations.
Fury has a mandatory challenger in Whyte, so it would be impossible to guarantee Joshua the next shot at the undisputed title.
Joshua is expected to rematch Usyk in the early part of next year, with the winners of both bouts finally able to fight for the undisputed title.
Fury and Joshua had seemed set to finally unify the division with an August fight date, but when Wilder won an arbitration case Fury was forced to give him a trilogy.
But with no rematch clause in place for the Whyte bout, and Usyk and Joshua set for a final meeting, there would be no obligations in the way of finally crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion.
Fury holds the WBC belt, while Usyk is the unified WBA, WBO and IBF world champion, as well as laying claim to the less prestigious IBO belt.
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WHat a history fight could be made if Usyk fights Fury, wins -moves down to CW faces Canelo and wins. Not sure he could make Tyson uncomfortable, let alone win, just considering since I am no fan of Fury-Whyte.
That would be a case for GOAT in 20 fights!
Dillian Whyte could fight Deontay Wilder for world title if Tyson Fury vacates WBC belt
Dillian Whyte could be left to face Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight title - if Tyson Fury vacates the belt in order to face Oleksandr Usyk next year.
Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum has said that the ‘Gypsy King’ has been left frustrated by the delay in setting up the defence of his WBC title against mandatory challenger Whyte.
“If we can’t come to a deal with Dillian Whyte, we’ll do a fight for the Ring Magazine belt and the ‘lineal’ title and we’ll pick another opponent,” Arum told talkSPORT. “We’ve got to get Tyson back in the ring by the end of March.”
Fury was ordered to face WBC interim title holder Whyte after he knocked out Wilder in October to defend his championship and complete the pair’s trilogy.
Whyte has been seeking a title shot for years but has not fought since March, where he avenged his defeat to Alexander Povetkin. He was scheduled to face Otto Wallin but withdrew from the late October bout due to injury.
Wilder, meanwhile, has retained his No. 1 ranking with the WBC despite being knocked out by Fury in each of his last two fights. The American has yet to announce his next fight and has hinted at retirement, but a shot at reclaiming his title could appeal to the 36-year-old.
Fury would be tempted to walk away from his WBC title defence if he had a chance of facing WBA, WBO and IBF champion Usyk next year. The undefeated Ukrainian is set to face Anthony Joshua in a rematch, but ‘AJ’ has revealed that he could step aside to allow Usyk and Fury to meet in an undisputed world title fight.
If Usyk's rematch with Joshua goes ahead as planned, Fury could be left defending his Ring Magazine and lineal titles against the likes of Joseph Parker or Andy Ruiz Jr next March while he waits for his shot.
That could leave Whyte and Wilder free to face each other for the WBC title as the top two ranked contenders in the division.
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Frank Warren reveals there are four possible opponents for Tyson Fury’s next fight – but one of them isn’t Dillian Whyte due to disagreement over split of fight purse
Promoter Frank Warren Tyson Fury’s next fight won’t be against Dillian Whyte due to contention over the split of the fight purse.
The WBC have ordered a fight between Fury and Whyte, however, a number of issues mean that that fight will not happen anytime soon.
This is mainly due to disagreements about the split of the fight purse, with Fury’s camp said to be wanting 80-20 and Whyte and Eddie Hearn pushing for a split closer to 55-45.
Warren does not expect it to be resolved any time soon and is looking to find another opponent for Fury to fight first.
“I’m pretty confident one of those shows [in March] will feature [Fury],” Warren, Fury’s promoter, told iFL TV.
“He won’t be defending his WBC title, there is a problem there, not of his making or our making.
“The WBC and Dillian Whyte are in arbitration and that hearing is not set to be heard until March. We can’t negotiate.
“It’s all very well Eddie Hearn saying this nonsense about negotiating, how can you negotiate when the WBC hasn’t said what the splits are?
“In his mind, he thinks he’s getting 45 percent, in our mind, it’s 20 percent based on the previous purses that were lodged under WBC regulations. They won’t determine what the percentages are until after the arbitration.
“That doesn’t mean the fight will take place in April. We have to negotiate, book a venue, and that could go until June.
“So, Tyson will fight, but not for the WBC title.”
Warren added: “He can’t be inactive because of the problems caused by this arbitration between the WBC and Whyte.”
Warren didn’t name any of the possible opponents who could face Fury, but did say that there are four currently under consideration.
“We have got to sort out an opponent first before we can move further forward,” he continued.
“I‘m not going to go into that because we have got to get things done first.
“But we are working quite hard on it and there are about four in the frame, and we will make a decision on that, subject to their availability too.”
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Tyson Fury's promoter names Andy Ruiz Jr or Robert Helenius as next likely opponent
Tyson Fury is likely to face either Andy Ruiz Jr or Robert Helenius in a non-title bout after his fight with Dillian Whyte fell through.
WBC heavyweight champion Fury was ordered to face Whyte next, but the mandatory challenger's ongoing arbitration case meant the fight was called off.
Fury's promoter Bob Arum has since revealed the WBC will allow Fury to compete in a non-title bout next and keep hold of his belt.
And Arum said if Fury fights Helenius it will take place in the UK, but if Ruiz is his opponent it will take place in the US.
"Frank Warren and I are looking for another opponent to do Fury's fight in Manchester or Las Vegas, depending on who the opponent is," he told iFL TV.
"So we're looking at Andy Ruiz as a possibility, he's available. This big Finnish kid, who looked very good on the Fury vs Wilder 3 card, Helenius.
"Those are the two principal guys. I guess if it's Helenius we do it in the UK and if it was Ruiz, we do the fight in Las Vegas.
"Fury has endured himself so much to the American fanbase, this Christmas I was up in Aspen and everyone was talking about Tyson Fury and what a character is."
Ruiz is mostly known for handing Anthony Joshua a shock loss in 2019 to win the unified heavyweight titles.
'The Destroyer' was unprepared in his rematch with Joshua and lost the titles just six months after winning them.
Six-foot seven-inch giant Helenius impressed on the undercard of Fury's trilogy with Deontay Wilder in October, stopping Adam Kownacki for the second time.
And Arum said the location of Fury's next fight will ultimately be decided by Covid-19 restrictions.
"I'd love to do his next fight in the United States, Frank wants to do a fight for him in the UK and I'm all in with that," he continued.
"Tyson I think prefers to do his next fight in Manchester, but I really think that we're gonna have to take a look at the whole situation, the pandemic is the big actor here.
"If it continues, I know [the UK] has shut down all [boxing] in the month of January, and that continue into February and March.
"If that looks like it's going to happen, I think we're not gonna shut down in the United States, particularly not Nevada which has a big tourist economy.
"We're just pressing everybody to get vaccinated so I'll be talking to Frank and Tyson later this week and we'll figure out what we're gonna be doing."
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WHYTE OFF Tyson Fury told by WBC he IS allowed to skip Dillian Whyte mandatory after ‘greedy’ rival demands £7.5MILLION for fight
TYSON FURY has permission to ditch 'greedy' Dillian Whyte after his rival allegedly demanded £7.5million for their potential showdown.
The 33-year-old Brixton Body Snatcher is the mandatory challenger for the Gypsy King’s WBC heavyweight world title.
But he is locked in arbitration with the Mexico-based sanctioning body over his cut of their potential mega-money purse.
And Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum claims WBC boss Mauricio Sulaiman has told them to forget Whyte for now and focus on two alternative opponents for March 2022.
The Top Rank legend told IFL: “They want $10million (£7.5m) but we want to guarantee them $5.5m (£4.1m) plus a percentage.
“But they said ‘you have to start at eight figures, you have to start at ten million’.
“They are being very greedy, especially in the age of the pandemic where you don’t really know how many fans or what gate you are going to get.
“We spoke to Mauricio Sulaiman at the WBC and he said ‘it breaks my heart but go and find another opponent, fight without the WBC title - we will not take it away from you'.
“Dillian Whyte’s people should come to the table and make the deal to fight Tyson Fury but that is not likely to happen.
“It looks like they are going to play out the arbitration and Frank Warren (Fury’s UK promoter) and I are going to find another opponent".
British fight fans will be gutted at the news, especially after the British Boxing Board of Control took the decision to cancel all January bouts to help beat covid-19.
Whyte fans especially will be floored by the news after he missed out on a 2019 shot at Anthony Joshua’s three world titles over another fight-deal disagreement.
Team AJ insist Whyte refused a £5million offer to face Joshua at Wembley after the undisputed Deontay Wilder decider fell through.
But Whyte reckons it was a dummy offer and the plan was always to go to America to fight Jarrell Miller, whose idiotic doping bust then gifted the chance to Andy Ruiz Jr.
FURY VS HELENIUS MOST LIKELY
Mexican slugger Ruiz is now the man Arum believes Fury will face, if any new UK lockdown rules mean he has to go to Las Vegas to fight again in the Spring.
But, if coronavirus restrictions allow, Warren wants to host a UK homecoming for the 6ft 9in icon, likely against fellow giant Robert Helenius.
SunSport understands Ruiz - backed by US boxing powerhouse Al Haymon and PBC - is unlikely to take the Fury fight without the WBC world title on the line.
Leaving a bout with 37-year-old Finnish Viking Helenius the most likely outcome.
The 6ft 7in veteran will be familiar to English fans after getting a disgraceful home decision over Derek Chisora in Helsinki in 2011 and being outpointed by Whyte in 2017.
But he has rebuilt his reputation and record with three consecutive stoppage wins, the most recent on the undercard of Fury’s magnificent trilogy triumph over Wilder in October.
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Dillian Whyte could be forced to accept just 20 per cent purse split to face Tyson Fury – despite ‘Gypsy King’ wanting to face Andy Ruiz or Robert Helenius
Tyson Fury is set to take home 80% of the purse split against Dillian Whyte if the pair cannot agree to a WBC heavyweight title fight before their set deadline.
Fury failed to tempt rival Anthony Joshua into a step-aside deal which would have seen him face Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed championship in early 2022/
Instead, ‘The Gypsy King’ was mandated to defend his title against Whyte as he enters the final fight of his lucrative Top Rank contract.
Should both parties fail to strike a deal by January 11, the fight will go to purse bids and then it becomes a case of which broadcaster and promotional team are willing to pay the most to put the fight on.
As reported by The Daily Star, Whyte and his team would be encouraged to secure a deal before then as he would be forced to accept just 20% of the split.
It effectively brings to an end Fury’s plans to fight either Andy Ruiz Jr or Robert Helenius in a non-title fight, with the 33-year-old prepared to not defend his green and gold strap amid uncertainty around Whyte’s situation.
The ‘Bodysnatcher’ was set to be called by the WBC as mandatory challenger as far back as October, but ongoing legal arbitration had delayed this.
Whyte earned £4million from his victory against Alexander Povetkin in March 2021, with Fury banking £20m from his trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder.
The organisation’s rules state that a mandatory fight will be ordered on a purse split of 55/45 in Fury’s favour although the WBC can use their discretion to alter the percentages.
Whyte may now be forced to accept an offer from Fury’s team who were willing to give him a quarter of the purse and a share of the pay-per-view sales.
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Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte purse bids delayed for second time amid WBC row
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte must wait until Friday to discover who will win the right to stage their world title fight.
Purse bids were due to be held tomorrow for Fury's second defence of his WBC heavyweight crown.
But they will now take place on Friday after they were postponed for a second time, leaving Fury in a race against time to arrange a fight for his targeted date of March 26.
"People keep talking about March dates - that's starting to look unrealistic for a fight of this magnitude," Whyte's promoter Eddie Hearn told the BBC.
"Either March, April, early May potentially. This is the window for the fight. Depends what happens this week.
"There are so many conversations going on behind the scenes right now. Something could turn at any moment."
Fury will earn 80 per cent of any purse, with Whyte contested his award through legal channels. Should a deal not be agreed this week, Fury could be granted permission to seek an alternative opponent.
And his promoter Bob Arum has revealed Manuel Charr has emerged as a possible challenger.
Arum told talkSPORT: “If Dillian Whyte is not gonna fight for whatever reason, obviously we’re not gonna keep Tyson Fury – not gonna make him pay the price of waiting.
“Fury wants to fight and wants to fight sooner rather than later. We can look around, get a good, decent opponent for him to fight if Whyte isn’t available. You’ve got guys like Robert Helenius and Manuel Charr.
“You just look at the rankings and pick a couple of guys from the rankings who would make decent opponents. I think unless an agreement is reached with Dillian Whyte, it [the purse bid] will go ahead sometime in the coming week.
"The WBC has decreed that Whyte will get 20 per cent of the purse bid and if the purse bid goes ahead, we’ll figure out what that 20 per cent comes to.
“I’m always optimistic that a deal gets done before the purse bid. I don’t think a purse bid does anybody any good. I think the parties should sit down, there’s plenty of money involved, and just work out a normal deal…
“Obviously there’s talks to try and settle the matter so it goes ahead without purse bids.”
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Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte: Frank Warren wins purse bid for WBC world title fight
Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions has won the purse bids to stage Tyson Fury's WBC world title defence against Dillian Whyte.
A purse bid was held in Mexico City at the WBC headquarters on Friday after the heavyweights were unable to come to terms, with Fury's co-promoter Warren outbidding Eddie Hearn's Matchroom.
Warren bid £31m while Matchroom offered £24m giving Fury's team control of the all-British heavyweight fight which must happen by 29 April.
The split is set to be 80/20 in the favour of Fury, who will pocket £25m to Whyte's £6m. That split may change if Whyte is successful in his appeal to the WBC for a bigger share.
A statement from Warren said: "Queensberry and Top Rank are delighted that WBC and lineal world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will defend his titles against Dillian Whyte following today's purse bids.
"A venue and date for the fight will be announced in due course."
The purse bids had been delayed three times while Fury negotiated with Anthony Joshua to potentially step aside from his upcoming rematch with unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
But with those talks collapsing on the eve of the purse bids, Fury pushed ahead with plans to fight his mandatory challenger Whyte.
The Principality Stadium in Cardiff is favourite to host the fight, but the Manchester Arena is another option.
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The press conferences will be pretty fun, I think fury will behave a bit more than usual around Whyte though
Tyson Fury calls on ‘silent coward’ Dillian Whyte to ‘come out of hiding’ ahead of heavyweight title clash
Tyson Fury has hit out at Dillian Whyte for “going silent” ahead of the pair’s planned heavyweight title fight this spring.
Fury was recently ordered to face mandatory challenger and interim champion Whyte, with a purse split agreed and an April date expected.
A step-aside deal that would have allowed WBC champion Fury to face WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO title holder Oleksandr Usyk could not be struck.
After Usyk won the belts from Anthony Joshua in September, “AJ” triggered a rematch clause to take on the undefeated Ukrainian again – likely this spring.
While Fury has been calling out Whyte almost daily since their purse split was agreed, his fellow Briton has remained largely silent.
“This is a message for Dillian Whyte – white feathers, coward. Where are you, white feathers?” Fury said in a video on Twitter on Tuesday.
“You wanted your world title shot with [Deontay] Wilder for three years, you never got it. You was [inaudible] with me for three minutes and you got your fight, didn’t you, coward?
“‘Tyson Fury’s a coward, he don’t wanna fight Dillian Whyte,’ but all of a sudden it’s on your toes and you’ve gone silent, you little b***h.
“Come out, come out of hiding, white feathers. Come and get it. You’re gonna get a good hiding.
“You wanted a bit of free money, didn’t you, dosser? But now you’re getting $8million, which is a $7.5m too much for you, you old dosser.
“Come out and say something, bum.”
Undefeated Fury last fought in October, stopping Wilder for the second fight in a row to retain his WBC title in the rivals’ trilogy bout, one month after Usyk outpointed Joshua.
Whyte last fought in March when he finished Alexander Povetkin, seven months after his own knockout loss to the Russian.
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Dillian Whyte appeared to shut down Tyson Fury's demand to respond to their world title fight with a silent post-training video.
Whyte was finally awarded the world heavyweight title shot he's been waiting for when Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions along with Bob Arum's Top Rank made a record-breaking purse bid.
He is now set to fight former sparring partner Fury in a fight that will see both men make millions after a £31million bid from Fury's promoters.
And Whyte has said in an Instagram post today that he is focused on "just work", captioning his selfie video where he can be seen pouring with sweat.
Fury has been jabbing at not just Whyte but the entire heavyweight division in recent weeks, and today claimed his rival had gone silent after years of waiting for his title shot and a multi-million pound payday.
"This is a message for Dillian Whyte. Whyte feathers. Coward. Where are you Whyte feathers? You wanted your world-title shot with Wilder for three years," Fury said in a video.
You never got it you were mandatory for me for three minutes and you got your fight didn't you you coward. ' Tyson Fury is a coward he doesn't want to fight Dillian Whyte'.
"Well all of a sudden it is on your toes and you have gone silent you little b****. Come out from hiding Whyte feathers. Come and get it, you are getting a good hiding.
"You wanted a bit of free money didn't you dosser, now you are getting $8m which is $7.5m too much for you, come out and say something, bum."
The heavyweight champion also posted a meme showing Frank Warren looking younger than ever while Eddie Hearn has aged decades implying that was the feeling after purse bids.
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He also joked that when the Matchroom Boxing boss, whose losing bid would still have broken a record for highest amount in history, learns Whyte won't be giving him a cut of his purse, he will age considerably.
Fury has opened as an unbackable 1/7 favourite to beat Whyte, while the underdog is priced at 4/1 to get the upset victory.
The pair have a detailed knowledge of one another's styles having come up through British gyms at the same time.
And they even sparred together on a number of occasions, with Whyte claiming that he put Fury down more than once.
"He's the one that came out and said he beat me up in the gym," Whyte told Sky Sports years before the fight was confirmed.
"I can tell you now, that didn't happen - I don't like telling sparring stories, but people in the game know.
"They know about me - well, me and Tyson Fury sparred and I bashed him about and dropped him on multiple occasions. Simple as that."
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Dillian Whyte’s brother casts doubt over Tyson Fury fight happening
Dillian Whyte’s brother has suggested that Frank Warren may not be the right promoter for the fight between Whyte and Tyson Fury.
Warren out-bid Eddie Hearn to secure the rights to promote the marquee heavyweight match-up, with delayed purse bids eventually going ahead after the collapse of a deal that would have seen Anthony Joshua step aside to allow Fury to take on Oleksandr Usyk.
That means that Warren’s Queensbury Promotions will take a lead role in organising the bout, along with Bob Arum’s Top Rank. The fight is expected to be held in the United Kingdom at a major stadium.
And that, in Dean Whyte’s opinion, may present problems, with relatively limited recent evidence of Warren’s ability to stage such an event, and a boxer in Fury who has not fought on home soil since 2018.
“You’ve got to look at it like, for me, Frank Warren hasn’t done any stadium fights in a very long time,” Dean Whyte said on the Intu Boxing Youtube channel.
“It’s going to be intriguing, as a fan, to see how this all unfolds in terms of production, the show, how it goes on.
“You can see the separation between Matchroom shows and Frank Warren shows, they look totally different, they feel totally different, the fans, it’s just a different atmosphere altogether.
“As a fight, it’s a very good fight, it’s one the public have been demanding to see, so as a fan I could say I’m happy to want to see this fight.
“It’s going to be huge for the UK fans and it’s going to be a stadium fight, that’s how it’s looking.”
As champion, Fury is set to earn 80 per cent of the agreed purse, though Whyte and promoter Hearn remain unhappy with their one-fifth share, and could appeal the WBC’s split.
The Principality Stadium in Cardiff has been suggested as a possible venue with a fight date of April 23 reportedly set to be confirmed.
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Eddie Hearn says he is not disappointed to have lost the purse bid for Tyson Fury’s upcoming heavyweight title defence against Dillian Whyte.
The Matchroom promoter’s £24 million offer was outbid by Frank Warren’s £13m figure, which is a record purse bid amount for a WBC event. The fight is now expected to take place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in April.
Hearn believes Warren has paid over the odds for the fight and said that if he his bid had been successful, the bout may not have even gone ahead.
“We would have lost a lot of money and [Fury] probably wouldn’t have taken the fight [at the price we were willing to pay],” Hearn told The MMA Hour. “We don’t get on all the time; I do have a lot of respect for him but you never know what you’re going to get.
“Of course I’d like to have promoted the fight, but you have to put a number which you’re prepared to lose. The minute you start acting on ego is the minute you make a catastrophic error which could cost you millions of dollars. I don’t play that game.
“I back our guys but to a point where we understand the business. If you start going in with your d*** and you’re bidding £10 million over the number, and you finish the show and look at the bottom line and you’ve done £5-£10 million, well done... that’s great business! If we didn’t turn up they would have saved millions of dollars as the only bidder.”
Contracts have still yet to be signed to ensure the fight take place, but Hearn says Whyte’s approach to facing Fury revolves around keeping his head down and working hard.
“As of this morning, we haven’t received a contract,” Hearn added. “That’s not unusual but we don’t have it.
“It’s a process you go through. Someone said to me I’ve gone quiet but I lost the purse bid, it’s not my fight [to promote]. I’m not out here to hype the fight up, I’m here to support Dillian.
“[Dillian] is just chilled and training. There’s a way to deal with Fury and sometimes going on the quiet side [works]. Do you really want to get in a slanging match with Fury and use all that energy?
“Do your work, do your training and go and try and knock him out. There are no conversations about another direction. This is the only direction. This is the fight.”
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It’s a decent matchup. Fury has quite rightly earned plaudits for his performances against Klitschko and Wilder, but we shouldn’t forget his struggles against Wallin, Cunningham etc. it’s hard to gauge how good he is really so to see him tested against a solid pro like Whyte is a good thing.
Dillian reminds me stylistically of Hasim Rahman - big strong guy with a Listonesque technique and a genuine contender. Can’t help noticing how he was iced by Povetkin and Joshua though!
Anthony Joshua ‘happy’ for ‘enemy’ Dillian Whyte as Tyson Fury fight nears
Anthony Joshua has said he is “low-key happy” for his old rival Dillian Whyte for securing a title fight with Tyson Fury.
Whyte is set to challenge fellow Briton Fury for the WBC heavyweight belt, likely in April, as Joshua gears up for a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua, 32, dropped the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles to Usyk in September, when he was outpointed by the undefeated Ukrainian in north London. One month later, Fury stopped Deontay Wilder for the second time in a row in the rivals’ trilogy bout.
Prior to those match-ups, Joshua looked set to take on Fury in an all-British unification bout, but his defeat by Usyk left the Ukrainian better positioned to unify the belts with the “Gypsy King”.
However, “AJ”’s demands over a step-aside deal reportedly ended the chances of Fury vs Usyk materialising this spring, with Fury now due to defend against interim champion and mandatory challenger Whyte.
“Even though Dillian Whyte is an enemy of mine, I’m low-key happy for him,” said Joshua – who has triggered a rematch clause to face Usyk again – via talkSPORT.
Joshua knocked out Whyte in December 2015, six years after suffering an amateur defeat by the “Bodysnatcher”.
Whyte’s last bout came in March last year, when he finished Alexander Povetkin to avenge his own stoppage loss to the Russian from August 2020.
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Wembley has emerged as favourite to host Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight title defence against Dillian Whyte.
The date of Fury’s first outing in the ring since defeating Deontay Wilder in the pair’s third and final meeting back in October is expected to be announced next week, with April 23 now seen as the preferred option.
And it is believed both camps are keen on Wembley hosting, just a week after the two FA Cup semi-finals at the same venue.
Talks are still ongoing with other locations, notably West Ham’s London Stadium and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. A potential bout in Manchester, an initial option for Fury’s first fight on home soil since 2018, is no longer believed to be in the reckoning.
Whyte has long been the mandatory WBC challenger but had been given a multi-million pound offer to step aside – along with Anthony Joshua - to pave the way for Fury to instead set up a heavyweight unification fight against Oleksandr Usyk. But no deal could be brokered, leading to a springtime meeting between Fury and Whyte.
The winner of Fury-Whyte is likely to take on the victor of the rematch between Joshua and Usyk, who stunned Joshua back in September, in a massive undisputed showdown.
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When you've got the prospect of Fury vs Usyk to crown a true heavyweight champ, or even a monster UK clash between Fury & AJ, even an explosive AJ vs Wilder firefight, all as potential match ups, this one doesn't really excite me.
That's not to say Whyte doesn't deserve his shot. He's been waiting for a long time. White vs Wilder is more exciting as a match up, but alas Fury swooped in and stole that WBC title!
I don't see Fury-Whyte being all that competitive. Dillian has the usual punchers chance, but Fury is better in every department.
Dillian Whyte is now ready to sign the contract to face heavyweight rival Tyson Fury in a title challenge this year.
The 'Body Snatcher' has been largely silent since Frank Warren won purse bids to stage the title clash with Fury after submitting a bumper £31million offer.
Whyte has been unhappy at the financial structure of the deal after the WBC declared Fury would receive a split of 80 percent for the mandatory defence.
However according to promoter Hearn, the contract is currently being reviewed by Whyte's legal team after being received at the weekend with the fight close to becoming a formality.
“At the weekend, yeah," Hearn told talkSPORT when asked if the contract had now been received.
“So it’s being reviewed now by Dillian’s lawyers. I’ve got a meeting with him tomorrow. In purse bids, it’s a simple bout agreement, so it depends what comes with the contract that’s been sent.
“I don’t envisage many problems. “I’ve got no involvement. I lost the purse bids. I work fight-by-fight with Dillian, he’s a close friend of mine.
“I guess [my involvement is] whatever he wants me to do in the fight. We talk to his team virtually every day, we have done for the entire last two months. But Frank won’t really want me involved in the promotion which is no problem, I’ve got enough on my plate if they don’t want me to help in the promotion.
“So I’ll sit down with Dillian and say, ‘What do you want me to do?’ We’ve got a lot of fights going on, but I’ll always back him and I want him to win the fight. We’ll just chat and say, ‘This is our involvement.'”
Whyte is locked in arbitration with the organisation over the purse split which initially prevented purse bids from taking place.
This opened the door for negotiations in the direction of Whyte and Joshua stepping aside to allow Fury to pursue an undisputed clash against Oleksandr Usyk, but talks quickly collapsed.
Whyte promptly discovered he would be fighting on a show staged by Fury's co-promoter Warren after Hearn's bid was trumped.
The interim champion will r eportedly earn a guaranteed £6 million with the potential to earn up to £10 million by earning another ten percent if he can secure victory.
He has been waiting for the shot since 2017 when he first became interim champion and has not fought since rematch victory over Alexander Povetkin last March.
Fury's co-promoter Bob Arum believes his charge's rival could provide a more stern test than Deontay Wilder did during their recent trilogy.
"Whyte has a great chance because he's a big, big puncher," Arum told iFL TV.
"He's a very rugged heavyweight, a very experienced heavyweight. If anything, he poses a bigger danger to Tyson than even Deontay Wilder did."
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Frank Warren has hit out at Eddie Hearn and broadcaster DAZN, telling him to focus on his "app" rather than addressing Tyson Fury's clash with Dillian Whyte.
Warren recently won purse bids for the heavyweight clash between Fury and Whyte, submitting a £31million offer to trump Hearn and DAZN's record-breaking previous bid.
Hearn has worked with Whyte for several years on a fight-by-fight basis and has continued to address questions when asked about the domestic showdown.
His rival promoter has hit out at him for getting "involved with everything" and is focused on dealing with Whyte's lawyers to stage the fight.
“Hearn has his hands full now," Warren told talkSPORT. "He’s got that fight to get on and why does he keep banging on about what we’re doing for?
“Our fight is going to be on BT Box Office, it’s going to be a great fight to watch. Afterwards, they can go and watch all those shows Eddie [Hearn] is putting on his app.
“If he [Hearn] had his way, he’d be involved in everything. He’d have your job as well. What he had going for him is that he put in the highest ever purse bid, he held the record for putting in the highest ever purse bid… for 10 seconds.
“He should be delighted with that and move on. He says more about the fight than I do and I put the winning bit in. We are dealing with Dillian’s lawyer. It’s up to him if he wants to talk, I have no control over him.
"For whatever reason, if he wants to bring Hearn on board, I don’t know why he would, but that’s his choice."
The heavyweight clash will be staged by Warren and his promotional label Queensberry Promotions in the UK securing Fury a return to home soil.
Hearn wanted to stage the fight on new broadcasting platform DAZN who planned to launch a pay-per-view service.
Warren and Hearn have clashed throughout their promotional careers and have struggled to work together to stage bouts.
Whyte has largely remained silent over a clash despite his rival's demands to speak out, which Hearn has explained is largely due to his "disbelief" remaining that a fight will not take place.
But the Matchroom Boxing kingpin has now confirmed a contract has been received and he will continue to "back" his charge if required.
“I don’t envisage many problems," Hearn told talkSPORT. "I’ve got no involvement. I lost the purse bids. I work fight-by-fight with Dillian, he’s a close friend of mine.
“I guess [my involvement is] whatever he wants me to do in the fight. We talk to his team virtually every day, we have done for the entire last two months.
"But Frank won’t really want me involved in the promotion which is no problem, I’ve got enough on my plate if they don’t want me to help in the promotion."
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DILL OR NO DEAL ‘He’s won the Lottery’ – Tyson Fury gives ‘little s***’ Dillian Whyte warning over signing deal for £30m showdown
TYSON FURY wants Dillian Whyte to speak-up, put-up or shut-up over their £30million potential Wembley showdown.
The 33-year-old WBC heavyweight king will face his long-waiting mandatory challenger this spring, as long as the Brixton Body Snatcher returns the contract by February 19.
English football’s home is the frontrunner to host an 80,000 barnbuner but Fury is getting impatient that Whyte, 33, is yet to sign the deal and is refusing to do interviews to help flog the pay-per-views and tickets.
Whyte will earn £6million just for showing up and a potential £9m for winning and Fury - who went to Germany to dethrone Wladimir Klitschko for three world titles in 2015 - says he should count himself lottery-winner lucky.
The giant roared: “I don’t hate Dillian Whyte and he doesn't hate me, I am going to make him a lot of money, more than he could have made in a million lifetimes.
“He should admire me and I have respect for him as my WBC mandatory challenger.
“I think not talking is pathetic, we are here to talk-up and sell one of the biggest fights in British boxing history and he needs to play his part.
“They keep going about the money and percentages but this little s*** is getting eight times more than I got when I beat Wladimir - and I was 20 times more popular than him for that fight, undefeated, mandatory with both the WBO and the WBA, and had won three world title eliminators.
“He would be very sensible to take his money before he loses it. It is like this idiot has won the Euro Lottery.
“And if it is Wembley Stadium, it would be a very special moment for me, very special.”
Fury visited London to meet with the British press to start flogging the mouthwatering bout and - if he’s frustrated with Whyte’s stoic silence - made up for it by taking aim at the rest of the division.
He blames AJ and Whyte for the convoluted stepaside deal to let Fury face WBA, IBF and WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk collapsing over money.
And he insists he will punish them physically for their fiscal fascinations and labels them serpents destined for the bottom of the sea.
He growled: “These men are cowards. Dillian Whyte has been waiting 1200 days for his title shot but was then licking his lips for step-aside money.
“Joshua is a coward too because he wanted that £15m to step aside and then he came back and asked for another £5m. Whyte is a coward but Joshua is a greedy coward.
“I don’t care what they say because Joshua and Hearn are just vipers, snakes in the grass, reptilians.
“I have cost them all that money and I take pride in it as well, thank you very much.
“They know not to cross me anymore, because I am driving this ship and it’s full of sharks out there.”
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Tyson Fury's promoter Bob Arum believes Dillian Whyte is behaving like 'a damn fool'
Dillian Whyte has been accused by Bob Arum of behaving like ‘a damn fool’ for demanding more money to promote his fight with Tyson Fury.
Fury’s UK-based promoter Frank Warren paid a record £30.6million to win the purse bid – £24.5million of which will go to the Gypsy King – for the fight.
Whyte, 34, will reportedly earn a career-best £6million plus another £4million if he somehow manages to beats Fury for the WBC heavyweight title, despite being a huge underdog.
But the Body Snatcher has so far refused to sign his contract as he wants a bigger slice of the pie that’s currently on offer.
However Arum, who co-promotes Fury with Warren, is apparently fed-up with the latest attempt to try to get more money out of him.
Arum told Warren’s Queensberry Promotions‘ YouTube channel: “He’s trying to get more money. Simple as that. He’s trying to hold us up.
“One thing when you win a purse bid, it says that the fighters will help in ways to promote.
“Well that’s sort of ambiguous. And most fighters, because they’re professional they will promote.
“Now he’s saying, ‘I want extra money to promote, because you’re stuck paying me what the purse bids said which is 7.3 million dollars and I want some more money from you to get out there and promote.'”
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Arum continued: “And our position is, well we’re not going to give it to you. Now, if the fight does enormously well, yeah we’ll give you a taste at the backend where everybody has made money.
“But we’re not going to be put in a position where you’re threatening us, that you’re not going to participate in the promotion. If he doesn’t, he’s a damn fool.
“Because again, there’s always tomorrow and even if he loses the fight, which he figures to do, by participating in the promotion he builds his own image and his own career.
“And secondly and even more important, he really needs the exposure from this big fight and his threat is, that he’s not going to avail himself to that exposure.”
Arum also played down Whyte’s chances of beating Fury and becoming world champion but admitted he is a ‘dangerous’ opponent.
He added: “Yeah, it is a dangerous fight, you know that.
“Whyte is a good puncher, he’s very competitive, but I’ve said to everybody that Tyson Fury is the best heavyweight out there, by far and wide.
“That doesn’t mean that he can’t be beat, because any man can be beat, but I don’t think he’ll be beat.
“But is Whyte dangerous? Yeah, but again, so was Wilder. Very, very dangerous, and Fury three times did his business with Wilder.
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TICK TOCK Tyson Fury says Dillian Whyte has just three days left to sign contract for world heavyweight title showdown
According to Tyson Fury, the window is closing for Dillian Whyte to sign the contract for their WBC heavyweight title fight.
Frank Warren won the purse bids for Queensbury Promotions a few weeks ago with a record bid of around $41 million.
Given the 80/20 split in favour of the champion, that means Whyte stands to make around $8million from the bout.
However, The Body Snatcher has remained quiet since Warren secured the fight and all that’s left to do is sign the contract.
Fury had a message for Whyte on social media on Wednesday morning and it seems as though time is running out.
“Good morning Morecambe Bay! Dillian Whyte, you little sucker. You’ve got three days left b****. Sign the contract p****!”
According to Whyte’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, there’s no reason to believe he won’t be taking this fight.
“Sure, he’s just training,” said Eddie Hearn to MMA Hour when asked if Dillian Whyte will take the fight with Tyson Fury.
“I think there’s a way to deal with Fury.
“I think sometimes going on the quiet side personally [is the way to go]. Do you really want to get into a slagging match with Tyson Fury and lose all that energy? Do your work, do your training and go and knock him out.
“This is a shot that he’s been working for a long time,” said Hearn about Whyte.
“There are no conversations going on between us right now. ‘Oh, should we go in another direction?’ There is no other direction. This is the fight.”
However, on the other side of the spectrum, Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum has suggested that Whyte is not participating in the promotion of the fight because he wants more money.
“He’s trying to get more money, simple as that,” the 90-year-old told the Queensberry Promotions YouTube channel. “He’s trying to hold us up.
“One thing when you win a purse bid, it says that the fighters will help in ways to promote.
“Well that’s sort of ambiguous. And most fighters, because they’re professional, they will promote.
“Now he’s saying, ‘I want extra money to promote, because you’re stuck paying me what the purse bids said which is $7.3million and I want some more money from you to go out there and promote’.
“And our position is, ‘well we’re not going to give it to you’. Now, if the fight does enormously well, yeah we’ll give you a taste at the back end where everybody’s made money.
“But we’re not going to be put in a position where you’re threatening us, to not participate in the promotion. If he doesn’t, he’s a damn fool.
“Because, again, there’s always tomorrow and even if he loses the fight, which he figures to do, by participating in the promotion he builds his own image and his own career.
“And secondly and even more important, he really needs the exposure from this big fight and his threat is that he’s not going to avail himself to that exposure.”
The target for Fury v Whyte is April 23 at Wembley Stadium, it just needs to be signed off.
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Frank Warren has branded Eddie Hearn a "kid" as the pair's row over Tyson Fury's clash with Dillian Whyte continues.
Fury will defend his belt against Whyte on April 23 after Warren trumped Hearn's purse bid with a £31million offer to stage the clash.
A furious row has continued between the promoters with Hearn now claiming Fury could have issues with gaining a boxing licence in the UK.
Warren has now confirmed the fight will take place and has claimed the only issue will be Whyte not signing the contract.
"The fight is on; all this nonsense about Tyson and the license... what planet are we on here?," Warren told iFL TV.
"People need to pay less attention to the bull**** that is said, it is like some kid not getting his sweets or something or taking his toy from him. Come on please we know where we are with this one.
"The fight is on we are only waiting for one person that is holding up everything at the moment and that is Dillian. If he doesn't sign the contract we will move on.
"Why he keeps saying all this c***, I don't know why he just worries about a fight that he has control over which is AJ's rematch with Usyk. I don't know why he also keeps talking about
Warren and Hearn have been going back-and-forth over a step aside deal involving Anthony Joshua to allow Fury to face Usyk.
However talks collapsed which ensured purse bids to continue as planned for Fury's defence against Whyte.
Hearn heaped blame on Fury for the collapse of talks claiming that the 'Gypsy King' wanted to take an interim fight before any potential clash with Usyk.
But Fury responded by claiming that Joshua demanded more money than the original £15m offer so opted against pursuing the deal.
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Whyte will now face Fury for the title providing he signs the contract before the deadline on Saturday.
The champion has issued a warning to Whyte regarding the deadline on social media as tension continues to rise over the challenger's silence.
However Hearn expects Whyte to sign the deal before the deadline and has confirmed he will only be involved with the promotion if called upon.
Warren has since revealed talks are going exclusively through Whyte's lawyer and continued to hit out at Hearn for his "talk" surrounding the heavyweight clash.
“He wouldn’t win the purse bid, we wouldn’t put any money in," Warren added. "He has no involvement unless we’re told otherwise.
“All the time he says lots of things and to be quite honest, he’s got nothing to do with this fight, it’s all irrelevant.
“The fight is a three-way thing: it’s Queensberry, Top Rank and Tyson Fury, that’s all we care about and that’s where it’s at."
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I can't work out if Whyte's radio silence, and Fury's resulting daily Instagram videos are hysterical or pathetic. Then Big John got on the case ;D
What is utterly pathetic is how boxing media outlets will lap up these 10 second video clips of Fury calling someone or another a dosser for the 10,000th time and regurgitate it as 'content'. Fucking shambles. I hate them all.
I hope Dillian signs. I hope he stays silent.
He'll be given no chance. I think he's got a better one than that.
dillian has finally signed. fight is set for april twenty third. easy knockout for tyson
Sign the contract you dosser!!!!
Dillian Whyte does nothing wrong, signs said contract within the allotted time.
You signed the contract. What a dosser!!!!
I'm amazed these Fury fan boy muppets still find this schtick entertaining.
Lets pretend that this actually means the fight will happen and there are no further issues. Fury the favourite obviously. But I'm not buying this God like narrative because he beat the same bloke three times. Great drama no doubt. Great comeback story too. But it was a good old fashioned spit and sawdust brawl with limited skill on display. They both looked like dogshit. Put my head on the block and I'd pick Fury. Whyte's a live dog though.
I do not think Fury can stop Whyte he does not have the one punch power to do it.
No he doesn't have the one punch power to do it - we know this.
But he can wear him down as he did Wilder.
If he's on his game he wins this every time. Himself and complacency are the only possible doubts over him winning this one.
April seems a bit soon mind - unless they're already aware and in training prep somewhere.
This will be Fury hardest fight, Wlad was not at his best on the night for whatever reason it does not really matter, so hope he takes it seriously and does not get complacent.
Wilder had 3 undeserved attempts and was found out to be one dimensional with no plan B.
Fury does not have any other names that are better than Whyte on his record. Whyte will take it to Fury and will test his stamina and conditioning. This will be a good and huge fight.
Fury is now doing a 'media blackout' ;D Please respect his privacy whilst he trains for "another" (you'd think he's made dozens) title defence.