WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte has started legal proceedings against the WBC to try to enforce a mandatory fight against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed the issue to Sky Sports, but couldn’t discuss further.
Fury is facing Deontay Wilder later this year and then hoping to move to a mega two-fight series with WBA/IBF/WBO champ Anthony Joshua.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who also promotes Whyte, wants Fury-Whyte to take place before Fury-Joshua, however, Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum insists that mandatories should be eliminated or postponed for a year due the extraordinary delays and disruption to the sport caused by coronavirus.
Well to be fair Whyte is long overdue a fairly earned shot a a title. He’s a dangerous fight for anyone in the division even though I’d pick fury over him.
Whytes being robbed of his rightful chance, he’s beaten some good contenders since losing to AJ and has been #1 for far too long with out getting a shot.
Why have rankings and mandatories if they mean nothing?
Because people pay attention to them instead of just making good fights and ignoring the meaningless sanctioning organizations.
If the wrong Fury shows up the night he fights Whyte, Fury gonna get some smackdown. Like him or not, Whyte deserves his shot at the crown and he always comes to fight. We never know which Fury shows up to fight as some of his tune-ups have nearly beat him in the past.
@ Scooby doo. Nearly beaten by tune ups in the past? not a chance
Otto Wallin had the fight close to TKO with the cut from a punch although I don’t think Tyson would of let any officials or let alone anybody out of the arena if they would of stopped it
Wallin busted him up pretty bad last year. If Fury wasn’t who he us with a big money matchup with Wilder in his future that fight could have been stopped with Wallin winning by tko.
Cunningham dropped him and was beating him pretty easily the first 3 or 4 rounds of their fight before Fury turned it into a mugging.
Fury’s a good fighter but he’s hardly established that he’s untouchable.
Of course Hearn would want Fury-Whyte first. That creates a buffer for Joshua and if/when Fury beats Whyte then Hearn has another of his fighters lined up with a big fight.
And Hearn will also want Joshua-Usyk before Fury-Joshua.
You know it is time to retire when you suggest that “mandatories” be bypassed. Thanks Mr Arum, maybe the mandatory percentage you take from fighters should be bypassed also. Most fighters worked their ass off and risked their health to obtain their ranking. Respect that accomplishment.
He should get his shot he fought and beaten good opposition or pay him a good sum to wait.
Immediate rematch clauses are BS. It means you’re scared you might lose and freezes the whole division for a year. Lose, you drop some notches, earn your next shot. That is the purpose of having a #1 ranked guy who is the mandatory challenger. Also, if the loser wins the rematch, he only pulls even, 1-1 but moves on as the man.
Every day I read articles on here just shows me boxing is a dying sport.
Ohh please give it up with the “boxing is a dying sport”.The fact that Dana White and MMA fighters are trying to get into boxing should tell you its not “dying”. Corrupt as hell, definitely but whats new.
Who wants to see Fury-Whyte instead of Fury-Joshua? Like nobody? Mandatories are good in theory, but sometimes they get in the way of better fights.
I would watch Fury vs Whyte as Whyte brings his fight game to the table every time.
Poor Guy. Not a big fan by any means. Don’t dislike him either. Let’s be honest though, he’s getting fcked over hard. Hope he gets a ton of cash