Will Whyte sign?

[786]

I understand Dillian Whyte has until the 21st to sign the contract for the Fury fight, will he go ahead with it?

I think he will at the very last minute. It'd be ****** not to, I'm not sure how his reputation recovers if he doesn't.

What do you think and where does he go if he ducks?

[W1LL]

If he doesn't sign people will somehow blame Fury. Even though Whyte is getting EIGHT TIMES what Fury got when challenging Klitschko. The mind boggles...

[M312]

He will sign.

Whether it's before the date above is really down to the lawyers and arbitration. Arbitration doesn't end until after that date, so it's not hard to forsee the date changing to wait on this. Top Rank and the WBC will obviously be trying to make Whyte without the arbitration ending to get their way.

It's all a total mess. Shouldn't have messed with the %s and the fight would already be done.

[Scopedog]

I think he'll sign at the last minute too, he seems like a natural born drama queen so that's the sort of thing he'd do.

There's still the possibility that he'll turn down the contract but he's gotta realise how that'll look right? He's not so ****** as to turn down a shot at the number 1 heavyweight and a lot of money, right?

Right?

[Brumsongs1]

He will sign.

Whether it's before the date above is really down to the lawyers and arbitration. Arbitration doesn't end until after that date, so it's not hard to forsee the date changing to wait on this. Top Rank and the WBC will obviously be trying to make Whyte without the arbitration ending to get their way.

It's all a total mess. Shouldn't have messed with the %s and the fight would already be done.

I think a lot of things make more sense if you see recent dealings surrounding Fury/Joshua/Wilder/Whyte in relation to wider business interests involved. Fury was paid a spectacular signing fee by Arum/ESPN and, I suspect, part of that is for attempting to drive DAZN to the wall. If broadcast viewers are lost to an app they will likely never return.

[hhh1200]

This is no less than a 65/35 purse fight. Whyte has sold out the O2 and done 400k ppv while Fury sold 3900 tickets before Wilder so he isn't really this paying public favorite like Joshua and Canelo. See how this plays out but 80-20 is ridiculous. Fury does Shawn Porter-type family diner numbers.

[786]

He will sign.

Whether it's before the date above is really down to the lawyers and arbitration. Arbitration doesn't end until after that date, so it's not hard to forsee the date changing to wait on this. Top Rank and the WBC will obviously be trying to make Whyte without the arbitration ending to get their way.

It's all a total mess. Shouldn't have messed with the %s and the fight would already be done.

Interesting point. So with arbitration, this deadline could get pushed back?

[DaNeutral.]

I understand Dillian Whyte has until the 21st to sign the contract for the Fury fight, will he go ahead with it?

I think he will at the very last minute. It'd be ****** not to, I'm not sure how his reputation recovers if he doesn't.

What do you think and where does he go if he ducks?

I imagine he will do it exactly as you say and if he doesn't sign I think his reputation will be shot exactly how you say.

Only way out of a bad look is if there is something ridiculous in the contract and he exposes it but I reckon the contract will be solid.

[Earl-Hickey]

I think so, I'm expecting a fair bit of gamesmanship from Whyte in this build up, it's his only hope really is that he can get to fury mentally somehow, by messing him around as much as humanly possible.

I don't think it'll work but it is probably his best hope.

[M312]

Interesting point. So with arbitration, this deadline could get pushed back?

Well, not sure we can really say what will happen.

What seems to be the case is that the WBC and Top Rank do not want the Arbitration to happen, so will do whatever they can to stop it from happening.

On the other hand Dillian will want the Arbitration to happen as he has nothing to lose. The % won't go below 20%.

It's a messy situation that just could've/should've been avoided with a normal split.