The WBC has officially ordered WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to face mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed the news on social media. “The WBC hereby orders the start of the free negotiations period pursuant to the WBC Rules & Regulations for the mandatory bout between WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and Mandatory Challenger and WBC Interim World Champion Dillian Whyte,” wrote Sulaiman.
I give Whyte credit for this opportunity, but I feel Fury will dominate and simply make it a boring fight. The way Fury is being wishy-washy with his mental health and life distractions, he may even relinquish the title or be reckless in training [and still fight] since he’s mentally fragile on being focused. Let’s face it, Fury has made excuses in the past to delay fights all due to his personal struggles.
I think Fury actually underestimated Wilder in the 3rd match.
Don’t think he’ll underestimate Whyte. I hope that the Fury who says he’ll take on all comers transpires and we don’t get what you – and you could well be right – fear.
Whyte should get his shot. He’s almost certainly the best HW who hasn’t had an opportunity
Fury’s ring iq is league’s above whytes…easy win.
gross. white is a c fighter who was recently starched by a bum. yawn. where is liston when ya need him?
“Bum”?!?!? You wanna call Povetkin washed up? Past his prime or even shot? Ok sure. But a bum? You’re dumb. Even at this advanced stage of his career he could still beat most heavyweights outside of the top 6 or 7. And like it or not there are not 7 better heavyweights better than Dillian Whyte right now. You’re buggin.
1. Fury
2. Usyk
3. Joshua
4. Wilder
5. Whyte
6. Ruiz? Joyce? Parker? These guys are definitely better than Whyte? Bullshit!
Whole division is stagnant.They’ll be old man before this is settled.
Just shows how lame the WBC ratings are.
Fury will do the same to Whyte as he did to Chisora most likely. Keep him at the end of his punches and keep punishing him. Unless Whyte can get in early.
Pick apart fight for Fury. Fury wins inside of 7 rounds.
And very easily.
No Heavyweight deserves a title shot more than Whyte. His resume is by far the best around. Getting knocked out by Povetkin set him back, but only slightly and unlike AJ (who ran from a grossly out of shape Ruiz) Whyte destroyed his conqueror. Will he win? I wouldn’t bet in him, but he definitely deserves the chance to prove me wrong.
Wasnt White supposed to fight Wallin and got ‘injured’?!
That’s right, and Wallin deserves the fight – the rematch – more than White because he beat up on Fury even tho he eventually lost, and White screwed him by pulling out of their fight and not even rescheduling it.
good. somebody other than Wilder…
maybe Fury will get into shape for this one.
(unlike the last Wilder fight)
– Just looking for a good fight here.
– Not really rooting for either.
– More PPV ??
joyce…um a dozen others…white? yuck x 100
i dont think whyte particularly poses to much of a challenge to fury, but he has deserved his shot the title. heres hoping he exceeds my expecations.
Whyte always comes to fight and he’s not boring. He earned his shot and any big guy can go at any time. Though it might be somewhat unlikely, Dillian is a live dog in the fight. Fury could overlook him and have a tough night, who knows.
I think Fury is a Top heavy weight in this era but he’s not great in my opinion. He beat Wilder 3 times. We are talking about Wilder. Wilder was a C+ heavy weight champion with one punch KO power without that he had zero other boxing skills.
Fury could pull a Riddick bowe and toss the belt in the can. He don’t want no part of White
Whyte deserves a shot, does have a wicked left hook though!!
Nobody wants to fight Wallin
Who has Wallen fought besides Fury? Luis Ortiz would fight him in a heartbeat and I know Frank Sanchez would love that opportunity. By the way who the fook is Wallen?
Good for Whyte to finally get his shot. He is no Holifield but should make a good fight out of it. I expect the fight to be postponed at least a couple times because Fury usually need extra time to get motivated.
Fury is way to technical for whyte and will win easily
Yep, put Whyte in there and see if he can reach glory. Fury should win this fight.
Fury Knows he will loose to Whyte, just look at his body language, i read an article where he was begging Anthony Joshua to step aside without knowing Joshua was trolling him and Usyk. Fury was able to take Wilder cos he is a one dimensional fighter, just make wilder be on his back foot, he can never win. Dillian whyte is a tough kick boxer and he is not afraid to fight him in the inside and fury knows that whyte will keep bringing that body shots non stop and with that his devastating left hook he used to silence Chisora( Who has disposed Chizora in that pattern before?) Fury i think will toss the belt, he does not want anything with Whyte.
We are going to be seeing mountain of excuses to discredit whyte and thanks to Hearn and Whyte for taking this legal action vs WBC and their corrupt leaders cos they knew, they were going to keep playing whyte( was such a nice plot by hearn and whyte)
I predict Fury pulls out, fake an injury or tests positive to omicron after knowing he will not convince AJ to step aside.
Looking much more forward to this than Fury last fight with Wilder.
Whyte will be more competitive and action packed hopefully.
Whyte is gonna get crushed. But their isn’t a heavyweight more deserving than whyte for getting a shot. The number 1 contender for the last 3 decades.
I hope Whyte is able to put pressure on Fury and keep it up for 12 rounds and look for a Fury mistake. I think Whyte has a better chance of landing a bomb and finishing up than Wilder ever did.
Great. Finally some good news!!
Not that I expect it to, but this is the perfect environment for Fury to lose… a letdown from what everyone perceives as the biggest fight of his career, facing an opponent who isn’t supposed to beat him but could somehow manage it… and of course, a means of prolonging even further the period where the holders of the various title belts can dance around one another anywhere than in the ring.
It’s four man tournament time for the unified belt: Fury-Whyte, Usyk-Joshua II, and the winners square off against each other. No Fury-Whyte II as an immediate option. No Usyk-Joshua III, no matter the outcome of the second fight. It’s long past due.