Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the heavyweight clash between WBC champion Tyson Fury and the challenger Dillian Whyte on April 23 sold in huge numbers on Wednesday – 85,000 tickets were purchased within 3 hours.
Former three time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is backing Tyson Fury to overcome mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. Fury will defend his WBC world title against Whyte on April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Frank Warren has been so encouraged by pre-sale ticket interest in the Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte fight that he expects to pack Wembley Stadium to capacity April 23.
Tyson Fury says that Dillian Whyte did not show up at Tuesday’s press conference is a sign that he “has already got in his head”. Whyte was a no-show for the press conference at Wembley Stadium where the two will battle for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title on April 23, deciding instead to remain at his training camp in Portugal.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury held court like only he can after Dillian Whyte no-showed their launch press conference on Tuesday.
Fury, Whyte London Press Conference Photos Gallery - Two men will fight, but only one showed up for the press conference. WBC/Lineal/Ring Magazine heavyweight champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury made it a solo act Tuesday to promote his April 23 showdown against Dillian Whyte at London's Wembley Stadium connected by EE. Fury-Whyte will be broadcast live on Pay-Per-View in the U.S. (photos by Queensberry Promotions)
Pay-per-view customers in the United States won’t be restricted to the ESPN+ platform if they want to purchase the Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte heavyweight title fight.
Frank Warren wondered aloud Tuesday if Dillian Whyte’s absence was about more than money. Tyson Fury’s co-promoter thinks the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion is in Whyte’s head. That, according to Warren, might explain what Warren deemed an otherwise inexplicable choice by Whyte to remain at his training camp in Portugal, rather than traveling to London to promote one of the biggest events in British boxing history.
Bob Arum isn’t necessarily expecting a blockbuster at the American box office for the upcoming heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, though he insists there is a good reason for that.
Tyson Fury will have the biggest boxing stage in England to himself Tuesday afternoon. Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, informed BoxingScene.com on Monday that Dillian Whyte won’t attend a press conference at Wembley Stadium in London, which will officially launch the promotion of their WBC heavyweight title fight April 23 at that same venue. Arum said Whyte, the mandatory challenger for Fury’s WBC belt, told Fury’s team in advance that he only plans to attend the final press conference the week of their fight.