Whyte fighting to keep mandatory timeframe

WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte lashed out at the camp of full WBC champion Tyson Fury, who he claims are trying to cheat him out of his mandatory title shot due in February 2021. Fury co-promoter Bob Arum is looking to eliminate or postpone “meaningless” mandatories for one year due to COVID-19 issues.

“Arum’s talking rubbish,” Whyte told Sky Sports. “If he represented me he’d be screaming that this is the biggest travesty in the history of boxing

“Nearly 1,000 days as #1 without being given a shot, whereas Tyson Fury barely scraped by the WBC #31 ranked Otto Wallin in front of only 3,500 people and then got gifted my mandatory position without fighting an eliminator, never mind a final eliminator.”

Whyte was set to face Alexander Povetkin in July, but that bout has been cancelled. A fight between Whyte and MMA fighter Francis Ngannou has been discussed, but for now Whyte isn’t currently scheduled to box.

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  • Love or hate Whyte, he’s earnt his shot and some, fighting some quality/tough fighters since being ranked #1.

    It’s a joke the way he’s been treated.

    Maybe he could face Fres Oquendo for the interim WBA belt :)…sorry 2 jokes don’t make a fight.

    • While many folks will say a matchup with Fury would be a joke or a sparring session, Whyte sees himself as a potential force to upset the apple cart. Put yourself in Whyte’s position. He’s worked hard to get where is now and deserves a shot. Win or lose, he gets a title shot. Fury made the remark he wanted to fight as a champion till he is 40 years of age. I guess Whyte should get his shot since Fury will be around for years, right?

    • They are all afraid off whyte
      Coward fury and wilder should be ashamed!!!

      • Comes down to money. Fury vs Big money fights like Wilder or AJ or less money vs Whyte Who can’t sell himself at any level with the general public? Math, man

      • I AGREE 100%… I’D SUE BOTH BOXERS AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS

  • Comes down to MONEY!! Big paydays vs Wilder and AJ who can sell themselves or Whyte who has been around a while and has no marketability?

  • Who is this Dylan White?, Some dude that was KO’d by the glass jawed bodybuider. He beat the Aussie Doorman to get into the top 10. He is a Fury Sparring partner – the top dudes need to fight each other Fury Wilder the bodybuilder the fat guy. Round Robin – Whyte fights the Steriod dude and then fights the loser of Fury v Bruno.

  • Too much hype around Whyte, he’s powerful but so SSSSLLLOOOWWW…
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  • Who does he think he is? Not impressed!! He was fat and slow and didnt train obviously. glassjawed AJ beat him for gods sake!! Yeah at times he looks ok, but cryin’ bout title shots? Beat a wilder or ortiz then we’ll talk!!

    • Stupid comment of the day ! He can’t fight them because neither of them wants a piece of him ! White would beat both Wilder and old and slow Ortiz ! He earned his shot at the title if he was in the UFC he would’ve get an opportunity for a long time..

  • Show your worth and beat Ortiz. Whyte has been nursing that #1 spot playing it safe. And he has a point that Fury been given a lot of favor and bypassed others for a shot.

  • Anybody that thinks Whyte hasn’t beaten anybody is right (kind of). The simple truth is the top 10 contenders after the big 3 aren’t great. With that said though, Whyte has actually fought more than a couple of them in the year prior to this Covid mess. The only reason he got derailed was due to the drug issue and he’s been since cleared. He’s earned his shot more than any mandatory has in years (at least in this Division). Unfortunately, his timing couldn’t be worse. AJ had to rematch Ruiz and Wilder and Fury had to rematch. And while I don’t like his chances Wilder has every right to get his contractual rematch. AJ has to defend against a far less worthy mandatory in Pulev, so Whyte is out in the cold. It’s also worth noting that nobody is clamoring for him to fight the top dogs.

  • I think Whyte would be an easy opponent for IronMike Tyson, Whyte is powerful, for sure but he’s SSLLOOWW.. I ‘d bet the farm on “Iron Mike” Tyson…

  • Bud and NJ boxing right on the money. Beet you must be delusional to think these guys like fury or wilder are afraid of Whyte. Watch the joshua fight, Whyte would get smoked by the top guys EASILY. He’s slow, lazy, sluggish with good power. Parker fought the worst fight ever against him and didn’t want to commit but almost had him out. He’s very lucky the Old Russian didn’t get his hands on him. Please, fury just fight him and knock him out so all boxing can be alleviated from hearing Whyte cry.

  • Whyte is long overdue for a shot at the title. If Wilder doesnt fight Fury next, the WBC should order Fury to face Whyte.

  • Whyte earned his shot and I can’t be mad at him. As a fan, I don’t give a flying …. if he fights Fury. AJ vs Fury. All other fights are just wasting time for the inevitable.

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