Tyson Fury has appeared to confirmed as he'll defend his WBC title against Dillian Whyte. The WBC had mandated to defend his title.
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WBC champion Tyson Fury may only hold one of the four recognized world championships at heavyweight, but he’s universally accepted as the top man in the sport’s most prestigious division. With being “the man” comes a host of complications, however, and Fury’s immediate future is one loaded with possibilities and obscured by potential complications.
While all eyes are on a four-belt unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk, both men likely have business to take care of before potentially facing off. And handling that business with mandatory opponent Dillian Whyte is proving complicated in the simple act of getting both men to put pen to paper.
Tyson Fury has appeared to confirmed as he’ll defend his WBC title against Dillian Whyte. The WBC had mandated Fury to defend his heavyweight title against his fellow Brit.
Who else can’t wait for the fight.
the best of Britain.@DillianWhyte @WBCBoxing @trboxing @frankwarren_tv @MTKGlobal @BTSportBoxing @espn @ESPNRingside pic.twitter.com/rJvAaK1FVn— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) January 27, 2022
Fury had earlier said: “I can’t wait to punch Dillian Whyte’s face right in mate. I’m going to give him the best hiding he’s ever had in his life boy. Dillian Whyte, train hard sucker because you’re getting annihilated bum.”
It could be Fury’s first fight in the UK for almost four years – having spent the last few years fighting in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
A homecoming would likely be brief, however, as a unification fight with either Usyk or Joshua has Saudi Arabia as the favourites to host.
Whyte once spent more than 1,000 days as mandatory challenger to the WBC championship, eventually losing his status when he was shockingly knocked out by Alexander Povetkin in August 2020. Whyte would avenge that loss in March 2021, regaining the WBC interim title and his status as “next man up.” Unfortunately for Whyte, there have constantly been bigger fights the WBC was willing to accept rather than enforcing his status as mandatory over the past several years.
