The WBC has extended the free negotiations period for the WBC mandatory heavyweight title fight between champion Tyson Fury and interim champion Dillian Whyte. If there is no agreement between the parties, a purse bid will be held on Tuesday, January 18 at noon in Mexico City WBC headquarters.
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??? wonder if this will actually happen ???
My opinion of this fight is that deep down Fury has nothing to gain from it. I do think he will beat Whyte, but he won’t look great doing it. He is riding on this very deceptive wave that he is a level above the entire field, but he had a war with Wilder who really is average outside of his right hand equaliser. Whyte doesn’t have the danger that Wilder has but he is generally a better boxer/fighter. Fury won’t be able to scrap with Whyte like he did with Wilder and he knows it. Fury will box more at distance and will disappoint a lot of fans doing it. I think this is why Fury and his team don’t seem interested.
This is meaningless – purse bid or no, the fighters have to agree to a contract. If Whyte’s so stupid as to give up what’s likely the one and only title shot he’s going to get? He deserves what he won’t get.
Agree!
Would be a good fight. But I highly doubt it’s going own.
I’ll bet Eddie Hearn would bid a big amount and stage in the UK for a massive gate.
Not really a “big” event to sell in my opinion. Maybe the lowest bidder can put it on for free since we all know it’s a sparring match for Fury.
“Lowest” bidder meaning the promoter who may have a heart to let us see this boring sparring match for free!
A British audience would turn out to see Fury in London.
Definitely the fight will happen and based in Fury’s evolution with his new trainer, it won’t be a boring fight, rather entertaining with Fury more settled and Whyte doing his best pressing the action (if we search for an analogy, like Frazier vs Ali). This fight doesn’t make any sense to happen in USA soil, it should be staged in UK, with more profits for sure.
Except that Frazier and Ali were MUCH BETTER fighters, and their styles are nothing alike either.
That was nice of the WBC…..
You obviously never know for sure how this will play out but from what I’ve seen of Dillian he is often in great fights.
In his two losses he went out on his shield each time and while (if Fury is in the right mindset) it could be one sided , I feel Whyte will always be in there trying.
Outside of AJ/Usyk , is there anyone who categorically deserves his chance more than Whyte? Hrgovic may pose a bigger threat and seems to be avoided by some contenders
Just make it happen or Let Fury vs AJ vs Usyk happen.
Win or loose it will be for D. Whyte benefit if this happened.
Its well known White was beating Fury up and dropping him in sparing and thats why they dont want the fight.
Yes, sparing and fighting is totally different but if a guy has your number it becomes apparent in sparing. This is why White always wanted to fight Fury and not the other way around. Fury is always trying to get out of his mandatory obligations and expects special treatment the same as Canello. The fans usually expect for the champion to prove they are the best by defending the belt against the deserving mandatory challenger, who has earned their spot. But Not for these two fighters.
All Whyte has to do to prove your theory is say, “Yeah. I’ll agree to 20%.” But he’s not doing that, is he?