If Dillian Whyte loses tonight, who should be blamed?

[Motorcity Cobra]

He has already earned the spot and there's an ongoing public humiliation of WBC, so whoever he fights now is inconsequential to him being the eliminator.

WBC didn't pick Rivas, Matchroom did. And they would have accepted Kabayel or anyone else. That's the point.

How did he earn the spot with fighting an eliminator when there was already a mandatory ahead of him. How & when did he jump ahead of Breazeale?

[Eff Pandas]

Himself? Whyte is the one who took the fight.

[rickJen]

So you want to blame Hearn again, just like in the AJ case.
You want Hearn to provide soft touches for Whyte so the win is guaranteed.
I see.

[GGG Gloveking]

1. WBC- for not giving Whyte an automatic title shot.

2. Wilder- for ducking Whyte when Hearn offered the fight as an AJ eliminator

3. Ortiz- for ducking Whyte.

4. Wilder fans.

5. Al Haymon.

6. LDBC.

7. Trump.

[BangEM]

So you want to blame Hearn again, just like in the AJ case.
You want Hearn to provide soft touches for Whyte so the win is guaranteed.
I see.

The match makers at Matchroom are the worst in boxing. Kabayel would have sold more tickets with travelling German fans and the German population in the UK.

Also better style matchup and higher ranked compared to Rivas.

[Mammoth]

The match makers at Matchroom are the worst in boxing. Kabayel would have sold more tickets with travelling German fans and the German population in the UK.

Also better style matchup and higher ranked compared to Rivas.

Kabayel can't crack an egg. This is the better fight.

[saintpat]

Blame Rivas, haha. And the Matchroom UK hype machine for making some of you believe.

[nghtmr111]

We can blame Wilder for not giving him a shot for the WBC belt!

Nah just kidding. Poor and irrelevant joke...

No one to blame but himself, or maybe there shouldn't be blame on anyone. Rivas simply the better man if he wins.

[QueensburyRules]

Honest question because it's a high risk and low reward fight. And Rivas isn't a ticket seller. He also didn't have to fight Rivas (as the style is all bad for him) to get the final eliminator he might get. He could've fought anyone else.

He already earned the spot and has a better resume than Wilder tbh.

- -You'd be blamed.

[Joepalooka]

I think Eddie Hearn will do anything but put AJ back in with Whyte...too risky. Or else we’d have seen it bc it would be HUGE in the UK. And I don’t think Eddie keen on Whyte becoming mando for Wilder for same reason. Everyone in UK would be calling for immediate unification if AJ won titles back and Whyte had WBC belt. If Whyte loses to Rivas, wilder fights ortiz in fall, fury 2 in spring, then some other mando, and it gives time for AJ to fight two more fights after winning Ruiz 2 while Whyte rebuilds after a loss. Hearn is fight-to-fight with Whyte bc he cant fully embrace him and promote him without giving him his title shot with AJ/Whyte 2, the otherwise most sensible fight to make.