Comments Thread For: Dillian Whyte Takes Legal Action Against The WBC

[Bunch Pag]

all they need to do is win their two fights and unify for all the marbles...

And that's what it boils down to....

Are they wanting to risk more than the Wilder/Pulev?

[techliam]

If Fury becomes Franchise and fights Joshua, WBC will not be sanctioning the fight. Why would they? Their belt won't be on the line anyway. I'm sure AJ won't be paying them any fees. So how does that work?

Yes they will

The WBC choose whether or not the belt is part of the fight:

'As franchise champion, Alvarez is free to take on all-comers provided the WBC approves his opponent.'

In fact, Sulaiman had to defend where the money would be going from the sanctioning fees:

But according to Sulaiman, "every single penny" from a franchise champion will be dedicated to the WBC Clean Boxing Program, the WBC Weight Management Program and medical research investigation with UCLA and the WBC Safe Boxing Task Force.

The WBC sanction fights with the franchise champion involved. Its not yet clear what the WBC plan to do if the franchise champion refuses to pay the sanction, though I suspect they may pull the recognition in most cases. With challengers, I guess the WBC aren't as fussed as long as they get money from the champion

[juandabomb]

Suleman got himself in this mess because he had to give breazale a title shot..haymon paid good money for that 😆

[Boxviewer]

Fury cash cow??? In what planet? Didn’t his last 4 fights lose money? Aside the Wilder double fights, the Wallin and Schwartz fights bombed! Now how is Fury the cash cow???

Obviously Fury's fans are living a world of make-believe. Fury and his handlers are desperately trying to hype into a big contract. But unfortunately for them there no figure or stats to support their propaganda. Fury's biggest number till date was his rematch against Wilder, which generated 1.2m buys while they were aiming at 1.4m buys to break even.

On the other hand, AJ with a L still generated 3.340m buys.

Obviously, Fury and his fans believe that shouting I am the draw, I am the draw will magically turn him into the draw at HW.

AJ is firmly the draw. Because watching him fight is much more exciting for boxing fans.

[kafkod]

Was Hearn doing a dis-service to Whyte when Whyte refused a 4m deal to fight AJ? Should Hearn have put more pressure on him to accept or visa versa? Did he dis-service Whyte when other offers came his way in terms of title shot ladder?

He's been Mando for a while and turned down multiple chances to move forward.

A mando shouldn't have to take chances to move forward. He is supposed to be next in line for a shot at whatever title he is in the mandatory position for, with no rematch clause and a minimum purse split guarantee.

Whyte put all his eggs in one basket by turning down a voluntary shot at AJ and waiting for his mandatory shot at the WBC, which never came.

[Smash]

this will go nowhere, dillion will be no show in court 3 times, blame the judge and demand a retrial

[Tyistall]

Amazing that some of you are calling Whyte a steroid cheat, while praising Fury (a steroid cheat) for ducking his mandatory. You idiots can come up with any excuse you want, but Whyte has been mandatory for years and he has been getting skipped over. It’s wrong whether you like him or not. They gave Wilder multiple passes to fight bums and multiple fights with Ortiz (another steroid cheat) and Fury (a cheat and a con man) while moving the goal post on Whyte every time. Fury a few fights ago was saying that money “couldn’t make me any happier” and that he was going to donate money to charity (a Lie). Now all of a sudden the Whyte fight “wouldn’t sell in America” and he’s chasing the big fights. And you idiots are supporting this type of cowardice? If the judge had only stopped the fight against Wallin on cuts, we wouldn’t be here now.

[Boxviewer]

What a mess this really is, you read these posts and think what on earth would a new fan to boxing make of all this?

Ultimately there's no telling the WBC how to run their business - that much is proven. So it's just a waste of time trying to make sense of who is more deserving as there's no clear and defining rationale other than what best suits the WBC.

People commenting on failed PED tests for Whyte as being the reason why he's not fought for the full WBC title overlook the same failed tests for Ortiz and Fury (okay only Ortiz was a mando). But how on earth did Breazeale get his mando shot over Whyte? Why couldn't the WBC guarantee Whyte a shot at Wilder if he fought Ortiz?

All these questions seem relevant but they're not, because the answer to all this mess is that the WBC is a law unto itself. Stop wasting your time trying to make sense of it. It's the WBC.

With other words, WBC has become a Mexican mafia organization.

[kafkod]

Well said. Whyte has been offered opportunities but has turned them down. The positive test results also set him back.

Most of Whyte's setbacks have been his own doing, turning down an eliminator against Ortiz was the biggest setback. If he took that fight and won it, he would've been in the ring with Wilder instead of Ortiz for the rematch.

No, he wouldn't. Wilder fulfilled his mandatory obligations for the next 12 months by beating Breazeale. His rematch with Ortiz was a voluntary defence, not a mando.

[Ant1979]

With other words, WBC has become a Mexican mafia organization.

I wouldn't argue against that.