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Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has rejected the idea of a taking a step-aside deal to allow a full division unification between world champion Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Whyte is the mandatory challenger to Fury's WBC heavyweight title.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch believes Dillian Whyte should get the first crack at Tyson Fury in 2021. Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim-title, is the mandatory challenger to Fury's title.
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 recent interviews, heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has been making a lot of noise about his past sparring sessions with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Years ago, Whyte was helping Fury prepare for a scheduled fight with David Haye in 2013. The fight never happened as Haye withdrew with injury.
Dillian Whyte says he was enraged when he heard that a two-fight deal agreed for Tyson Fury to face Anthony Joshua and has questioned whether Eddie Hearn has done enough to push the case for him to get a shot at Fury’s WBC heavyweight title before Joshua.
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.
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.
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.
Eddie Hearn said the decision to switch the Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin fight back to August 22 was to avoid a clash with Champions League football. Hearn’s Matchroom team was set to announce the fight for a week earlier, only for Uefa, the European football governing body, to announce a shortened conclusion to the Champions League, which would have seen the pay-per-view event clash with the competition’s quarter-finals.
Heavyweights Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have once again engaged in trading words on social media. Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim-title, is the mandatory challenger to Fury's belt. The WBC issued an order which mandates Whyte a world title shot by February of 2021.