
Fury-Whyte: Wembley Stadium Will Be Venue For April 23 Fight If Deal Is Consummated
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will become the next British heavyweights to headline a boxing show on the hallowed grounds of Wembley Stadium.
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Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will become the next British heavyweights to headline a boxing show on the hallowed grounds of Wembley Stadium.

Eddie Hearn, who works with heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, has confirmed that his boxer received the bout agreement for the mandatory fight with Tyson Fury.

If Dillian Whyte finally gets the heavyweight title shot he is looking for against compatriot and WBC titlist Tyson Fury, it will be in no small part thanks to the efforts of a relatively unknown 27-year-old boxing promoter from England.

Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has revealed that his company is currently in talks with the attorney for Dillian Whyte in order to finalize the event details for their mandatory fight.

Promoter of Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has explained that he's not disappointed in losing the recent purse bid for the upcoming mandatory fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and challenger Dillian Whyte.

I WAS THRILLED on Friday to bring the Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte ‘will they, won’t they’ saga to a successful conclusion with a winning purse bid to ensure our man will enjoy his home comforts on the big night.

The WBC put Dillian Whyte on the clock Tuesday. Four days after Frank Warren submitted a whopping winning bid of $41,025,000 to earn the right to co-promote a Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte WBC heavyweight title fight along with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., handlers for the two British boxers were informed by the WBC that they have until the end of business February 21 to submit signed contracts. Warren’s Queensberry Promotions and Top Rank tentatively have set aside April 23 as the date for Fury-Whyte and are considering several venues in the United Kingdom.

Frank Warren thinks Dillian Whyte should be sending him a thank you note and a box of chocolates. Warren, the head of Queensberry Promotions, recently won the rights to promote the heavyweight title bout between his charge, Tyson Fury, who owns WBC heavyweight belt, against his mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. Warren, in tandem with Fury’s co-promoter Top Rank Inc., won the purse bid by turning in a bid of $41,025,000, nearly $9 million more than the $32,222,222 that Whyte’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, offered. Warren’s amount was a record for a purse bid.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, views Dillian Whyte as a very dangerous challenger.

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has fired back at some of the recent claims that were made by rival promoter Eddie Hearn.