The WBC has extended the free negotiations period for the WBC mandatory heavyweight title fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and interim champion Dillian Whyte. If there is no agreement between the parties a purse bid will be held on Friday, January 21 at noon in the WBC’s Mexico City headquarters.
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wot a rubbish fight, should be minimal purse that wins for such a hype job in Whyte
Fury in 2!
To be fair, good fight or not, Whyte has earned his shot.
I guess he does deserve it because he was their interim champion for so long and he had to wait all that time. But what I’m thinking is that maybe a guy who got knocked out cold two fights ago by an old Povetkin should maybe have to do more than win the rematch to get his shot? Absent that interim title, I don’t think Whyte is looking at a mandatory shot. He’d be very close after that win streak he was on, but I think he’d probably have to beat Ruiz or Joyce, looking at their rankings.
En route to this title shot, he beat parker, chisora,povetkin (in fashion), oscar rivas, helenius etc… so he deserve his shot
Who would you rather Fury fought?
Usyk
lets see it, in a big stadium in the UK
Are the WBC extending it as they get less money if it goes to purse bids?
Even though this fight sucks, the man deserves his title shot. He was intern champ for 17 1/2 years. Be better off cutting him a check and move on to a more entertaining fight.
Yes, he deserves a title shot, but I have a feeling this title shot opportunity will be a dictation of Fury’s long reach peppering Whyte at will breaking him down to a stoppage. I am not feeling excitement in this one.
Has the WBC ordered this as a mandatory or not? If Tyson does not want to defend, then strip him and everybody move on.
He lost the interim title, then evidently regained it, which re-sets the clock. Does he deserve a shot? Yeah. But he doesn’t deserve to dictate any terms for it.
That was nice of the WBC (sarcasm)…..
A few things here…
First, the WBC can have all the purse bids they want, and try to dictate whatever terms they want. If Fury and Whyte don’t accept the premise of the WBC dictating terms? The WBC can’t enforce them except to the extent of stripping Fury if they think he’s the obstacle to getting a fight made. And in this case unless there’s something that’s not publicly known? That’s not happening.
Second, Whyte has greatly overplayed his hand here, and whether this fight actually comes off or not, he should be viewed as a cautionary tale to young fighters that the 150 year old order of things isn’t going to change. To paraphrase Tony Montana, “first you get the title… THEN you get the money…”