Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
Dillian Whyte’s head trainer, Xavier Miller insists his charge has everything in his arsenal to beat Tyson Fury. WBC interim heavyweight champion, Whyte, appears on course for a long-awaited world title shot against full WBC champ, Fury, with promoter Eddie Hearn expecting the fight to be formally ordered at the World Boxing Council convention later this month.
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Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, expects his man to do a real job on the top challenger, domestic rival Dillian Whyte.
According to the World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, their WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, will be ordered to make a mandatory defense - which is going to come against Dillian Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim-title.
Former four division champion Roy Jones Jr. believes a showdown between UK rivals Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will generate fireworks in the ring.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, and his promoter Eddie Hearn, expect the World Boxing Council to order a mandatory fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The contest would likely come off around March or April.
Dillian Whyte says he still is not sure whether he will get Tyson Fury in the ring next year, because he just isn’t sure what Fury is going to do. Whyte had been due to face Otto Wallin on Saturday, but a shoulder injury saw that fight scrapped. With Whyte, the interim WBC heavyweight champion, finally due to get his shot at the full belt, held by Fury, it seems that fight will now be next in the Spring.
Tyson Fury’s co-promoters have no problem with the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion fighting Dillian Whyte next in England. Bob Arum informed BoxingScene.com that Fury’s next fight should take place in Fury’s native country, whether it’s against Whyte or Joe Joyce. Arum acknowledged that Whyte might make the most sense for a high-profile fight for Fury in the United Kingdom even if the WBC doesn’t order them to fight next.
Dillian Whyte understands Otto Wallin’s frustration. Whyte, too, has had fights canceled or postponed while he was training. An unapologetic Whyte still considers it “a no-brainer” to pursue a WBC championship showdown with Tyson Fury once his injured left shoulder heals, rather than rescheduling his fight with Wallin.
Dillian Whyte has taken issue with implications from Otto Wallin and his promoter, Dmitriy Salita, that it wasn’t actually a shoulder injury that caused him to withdraw last week from their fight.