First of all, the WBC Silver belt IS NOT an automatic mandatory.
The WBC names its mandatories and the Molina vs Breazeale fight was named an eliminator BEFORE Whyte happened to beat a one handed Helenius who had taken the fight for the Silver on less than two weeks notice.
The WBC made the right call on that one since it would be a farce to let a fight involving folks matched 10 days before a card become first in line for its mandatory. You'd literally be allowing someone to walk off the street into the head of the line.
Whyte then did absolutely nothing to earn mandatory status, to put himself in line after Breazeale, who he knew back then was in front of him. He fought a overweight and irrelevant Lucas Browne defending his Silver belt and hoping the WBC would think enough of that joke of a fight to either call it a second eliminator, call for a fight between himself and Breazeale, or worse yet elevate him past Breazeale even though Dominic had fought tougher competition and had actually been named per the WBC's regular conduct of business.
Instead, the WBC ordered a second eliminator to take place between Whyte and Ortiz, AND THAT'S WHEN THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN.
Whyte and Hearn tried to bamboozle the WBC into giving Dillian a shot he hadn't earned in the ring and then protested when the WBC actually tried to make him earn it.
Whyte wanted the WBC to give him the spot another man had earned simply for beating one guy who fought on 10 days notice and a second guy who was never relevant in the heavyweight picture and who came in overweight and out of shape. That's the kind of fuquery Whyte has been pulling.
So what does Whyte do when the letter writing doesn't work? He ignores the ordered fight from the WBC (while also ignoring a purse bid involving a different sanctioning body he lost to Pulev) and fights Joseph Parker, who'd just lost to AJ. He did that hoping to be in line for a shot at Joshua.
Later that year, the WBC "suggested" the Ortiz fight again, Luis Ortiz actually accepted an offer from Whyte, yet Dillian wound up fighting Chisora.
So again, no shock why a sanctioning body that names its mandatories would skip over a guy like Whyte even if he had its Silver belt.
He's never earned it and he has ignored all avenues he has been offered to actually earn it.
The WBC names its mandatories and the Molina vs Breazeale fight was named an eliminator BEFORE Whyte happened to beat a one handed Helenius who had taken the fight for the Silver on less than two weeks notice.
The WBC made the right call on that one since it would be a farce to let a fight involving folks matched 10 days before a card become first in line for its mandatory. You'd literally be allowing someone to walk off the street into the head of the line.
Whyte then did absolutely nothing to earn mandatory status, to put himself in line after Breazeale, who he knew back then was in front of him. He fought a overweight and irrelevant Lucas Browne defending his Silver belt and hoping the WBC would think enough of that joke of a fight to either call it a second eliminator, call for a fight between himself and Breazeale, or worse yet elevate him past Breazeale even though Dominic had fought tougher competition and had actually been named per the WBC's regular conduct of business.
Instead, the WBC ordered a second eliminator to take place between Whyte and Ortiz, AND THAT'S WHEN THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN.
Whyte and Hearn tried to bamboozle the WBC into giving Dillian a shot he hadn't earned in the ring and then protested when the WBC actually tried to make him earn it.
Whyte wanted the WBC to give him the spot another man had earned simply for beating one guy who fought on 10 days notice and a second guy who was never relevant in the heavyweight picture and who came in overweight and out of shape. That's the kind of fuquery Whyte has been pulling.
So what does Whyte do when the letter writing doesn't work? He ignores the ordered fight from the WBC (while also ignoring a purse bid involving a different sanctioning body he lost to Pulev) and fights Joseph Parker, who'd just lost to AJ. He did that hoping to be in line for a shot at Joshua.
Later that year, the WBC "suggested" the Ortiz fight again, Luis Ortiz actually accepted an offer from Whyte, yet Dillian wound up fighting Chisora.
So again, no shock why a sanctioning body that names its mandatories would skip over a guy like Whyte even if he had its Silver belt.
He's never earned it and he has ignored all avenues he has been offered to actually earn it.
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