Dillian Whyte Eyes Chisora, Price After Hughie Fury Takes a Pass
By Edward Chaykovsky
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com , the British Boxing Board of Control ordered Dillian Whyte and Hughie Fury to face each other for the vacant British heavyweight title, which was vacated by Anthony Joshua who captured the IBF heavyweight title last month.
Whyte challenged Joshua for the same vacant title back in December at the O2 Arena. After stunning Joshua early, Whyte faded down the stretch and was knocked out in seven rounds.
Robert Smith, the chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control, told Sky Sports: "The purse bids are due in June, to take place by the end of September. The purse bids are due on June 8, however, they have between now and June 8 to negotiate the private deal if they wish."
Whyte (16-1, 13KOs) will take a tuneup fight on June 25th as part of the undercard to Anthony Joshua's first defense of the IBF title against Dominic Breazeale.
Fury (20-0, 10KOs) will also stay busy, with a fight planned on July 9th as part of the Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko II undercard in Manchester.
But the fight will not happen.
According to father and trainer Peter Fury, they are taking a pass on the fight.
"Dillian Whyte can go for British titles," Fury Snr tweeted. "Hughie Fury will step aside. Good luck champ. My reasons are clear to those who count. Sorry if I don't go into details with our reasons. British title top belt to have. Let's not forget, though - Hughie ranked 14 and about to be ranked much higher with WBO. We're happy as we are!"
Fury was in action two weeks ago, when he won a seven round technical decision over veteran Fred Kassi. He suffered a very bad cut above his left eye from an accidental clash of heads and the contest went to the scorecards.
Whyte reacted to the news by targeting two other potential opponents - Dereck Chisora who recently lost a close shave to Kubrat Pulev and Olympic medal winner David Price, who will soon resume his career.
"No problem big Peter Fury. Hope Hughie gets well soon. Who wants to fight me for the British title? David Price? Dereck Chisora? Let's get it on," Whyte said.
