Warren: Fury will not defend the WBC title next

[kafkod]

Fighters take fights they don't want all the time. Usually because they don't want to lose their position. It was a mandatory fight. Whyte refused to participate. Fury didn't. Anything else is just posturing.

[WBC WBA IBF]

"Tyson Fury changes mind on Dillian Whyte fight, declares he’s ‘not interested’ and brands Whyte a bum"

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/5...ot-interested/

And? WBC orders fight. Whyte refuses. Fight dead. After fight is dead, Fury publicly downplays the fight because he knows it's dead. And? Who cares?

[WBC WBA IBF]

And? What does it matter if Whyte lies publicly and says he'll fight if in private he officially refuses to fight and files a petition to stop the fight?

[kafkod]

And? What does it matter if Whyte lies publicly and says he'll fight if in private he officially refuses to fight and files a petition to stop the fight?

That's a lie. He didn't file a petition to stop the fight.

[WBC WBA IBF]

That's a lie. He didn't file a petition to stop the fight.

The WBC publicly confirmed that Whyte refused the eliminator against Fury and filed a petition to be named mandatory without ever winning a final eliminator.

[kafkod]

The WBC publicly confirmed that Whyte refused the eliminator against Fury and filed a petition to be named mandatory without ever winning a final eliminator.

And round we go again!

That was before he accepted the Diamond title fight and Fury declined it.

[WBC WBA IBF]

That was before he accepted the Diamond title fight and Fury declined it.

You seem very confused. The WBC ordered an interim title fight, not a diamond title fight. The WBC publicly confirmed Whyte turned it down and filed a petition to be named mandatory without ever fighting a final eliminator.

Your position is that I must be wrong because Whyte said PUBLICLY he'd take the fight.

My position is that you are wrong because despite what Whyte said PUBLICLY, in private he refused the fight and took legal measures to avoid it.

[kafkod]

You seem very confused. The WBC ordered an interim title fight, not a diamond title fight. The WBC publicly confirmed Whyte turned it down and filed a petition to be named mandatory without ever fighting a final eliminator.

Your position is that I must be wrong because Whyte said PUBLICLY he'd take the fight.

My position is that you are wrong because despite what Whyte said PUBLICLY, in private he refused the fight and took legal measures to avoid it.

I'm not confused, you are trying to conflate 2 separate events.

You are also telling a ridiculous lie by saying Whyte took legal measures to avoid fighting Fury.

[WBC WBA IBF]

You are also telling a ridiculous lie by saying Whyte took legal measures to avoid fighting Fury.

https://www.fightful.com/mma/wbc-president-reveals-dillian-whyte-rejected-title-eliminator-against-tyson-fury

"We ordered Whyte vs. Fury, if both men win their corresponding fights, for the mandatory position. That position was not accepted by Whyte so the WBC is now handling Dillian Whyte's appeal and we will resolve it in the coming weeks. He's petitioned to be named the mandatory contender without fighting a final elimination."

[kafkod]

https://www.fightful.com/mma/wbc-president-reveals-dillian-whyte-rejected-title-eliminator-against-tyson-fury

"We ordered Whyte vs. Fury, if both men win their corresponding fights, for the mandatory position. That position was not accepted by Whyte so the WBC is now handling Dillian Whyte's appeal and we will resolve it in the coming weeks. He's petitioned to be named the mandatory contender without fighting a final elimination."

The link you posted proves that are lying when you say that Whyte petitioned the WBC to avoid fighting Fury.

Whyte's petition was to uphold what he believed was his legal right to be named mandatory challenger without having to fight a final eliminator. He backed that petition up with the threat of legal action and the WBC compromised by sanctioning his upcoming fight with Rivas - which he had already signed for - as a final eliminator.

After that statement by Sulaiman, Whyte publicly accepted a challenge from Fury to fight him for the WBC Diamond belt, but Fury changed his mind and said that he had no interest in fighting Whyte.