Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
World Boxing Council President Maurcio Sulaiman is not paying attention to the back and forth bickering between the teams for heavyweights Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte. Whyte is the mandatory challenger to Fury, who holds the WBC's world title.
IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev is hoping Alexander Povetkin knocks off Dillian Whyte on August 22nd at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood. Pulev and Povetkin were at one time promotional stablemates under Sauerland Event.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Dillian Whyte, is worried that his boxer will physically attack his upcoming opponent, Alexander Povetkin, while the two boxers are quarantined at the Fight Camp hotel. Whyte will collide with Povetkin in a clash for the WBC interim-heavyweight title at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
In the last few days, Tyson Fury's co-promoters, Top Rank's Bob Arum and Queensberry's Frank Warren, have explained that there is very little interest in having their fighter make a mandatory defense of his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte.
Tyson Fury could fight behind-closed-doors this year if his third fight with Deontay Wilder is pushed back. Fury had been expected defend his WBC heavyweight title against Wilder on December 19 at the new Las Vegas Raiders stadium. But Bob Arum, Fury’s US promoter, has recently talked up the possibility of the fight moving back if no crowd is allowed.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is confident that nothing will derail the trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder. Fury, with or without the world title, is contractually bound to fight Wilder next. In February, he stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title. Wilder would then exercise his contractual option to an immediate rematch.
Dillian Whyte has issued a firm warning to his domestic rival, unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua. In an interview, Joshua threatened to "give [Whyte] a punch" at the Alexander Povetkin fight on August 22 at Matchroom's Fight Camp.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, is planning to apply a lot of pressure to ensure his boxer receives a mandatory crack at the WBC world title. Pursuant to a WBC order from last year, Whyte is due a mandatory shot by February 2021.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is standing firm on the world title schedule for the heavyweight division. Back in February, Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC heavyweight crown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin will arrive in the UK on Friday, and he's scheduled to use Derek Chisora and Dave Allen as sparring partners. Povetkin is going to face WBC interim-champ Dillian Whyte on August 22 in Brentwood.