Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn firmly believes his long-aggrieved heavyweight client, Dillian Whyte, will get a better financial deal in a purse bid for his mandated shot against British countryman Tyson Fury, the WBC titlist, than one that is proffered by Fury’s promoter.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says a mandatory fight with Dillian Whyte can happen - but only under the conditions that Whyte is reasonable with his financial demands.
Dmitriy Salita, promoter for heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, says an 80-20 monetary split is more than fair for Dillian Whyte to receive for a mandatory fight with Tyson Fury.
Nothing has been or continues to be easy about the process to proceed with the next WBC heavyweight title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that a purse bid hearing for the ordered clash between WBC/lineal champion Tyson Fury and WBC interim titlist Dillian Whyte has been postponed by at least one week. The matter was scheduled to serve as the subject of a January 11 purse bid hearing, only to move back to January 18—if not later—as Whyte plans to appeal the purse split assigned to the championship fight.
Eddie Hearn believes that the purse bid for the WBC heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte could be delayed while Whyte’s legal dispute with the WBC is sorted out.
Frank Warren, the co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, explained that mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte received his purse split percentage based on the numerical figures the boxer listed on contracts.
If the WBC’s recent ruling regarding the purse split for their mandated heavyweight championship match moves Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte in different directions, Otto Wallin would fight either of those heavyweights next.
Tyson Fury and his team were granted the purse split sought for a potential mandatory title defense. Whether or not that fight materializes could come down to the response from the other side.
Promoter Frank Warren does not want anything to get in the way of a unification bout for his client Tyson Fury, despite whatever rival impresario Eddie Hearn may have to say.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum is bothered by Dillian Whyte’s monetary demands as the mandatory challenger for Tyson Fury's WBC heavyweight belt, so he’s already drawing up alternative plans to get his prizefighter back in the ring by spring.