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World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman does not rule out the possibility of a 2020 clash between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. The scenario is highly unlikely, but everything depends on Deontay Wilder.
In a recent series of statements, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has promised to end the career of Deontay Wilder. He is very confident of securing a knockout victory in a planned trilogy fight, which is being targeted for December 19th.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is standing firm on his claim that he not only dropped Tyson Fury in sparring - he also made the 'Gypsy King' cry in the aftermath. Fury holds the WBC heavyweight title. And Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim-title, is the mandatory challenger.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is crossing his fingers that a live crowd will be possible for a year-end target date for the trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is fully rejecting what he feels are excuses coming from Deontay Wilder and his team. Back in February, Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Hall of Famer Roberto Duran has been very impressed by Tyson Fury’s undefeated run in the heavyweight division. The former multi-division world champion heaped praise on the ‘Gypsy King.’
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is standing behind WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury - by rejecting the recent claims that Fury loaded his gloves for the February rematch with Deontay Wilder. Fury dropped Wilder twice, before stopping him in the seventh round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is confident that he will score a knockout victory in a potential title fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim-title, is the mandatory challenger to Fury's title.
In a recent social media post, Marsellos Wilder, the younger brother of former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, made a sensational claim that Tyson Fury may have loaded his gloves for the rematch with Deontay back in February.
Eddie Hearn promotes a handful of WBC champions, but he’s not promoting the idea of further complicating boxing’s beltholder picture by way of the WBC Franchise Champion. The WBC introduced the Franchise Champion last year and has since bestowed the title on Canelo Alvarez at middleweight and Vasiliy Lomachenko at lightweight.