Eddie Hearn reacts to WBC not ordering Tyson Fury Vs. Dillian Whyte
Eddie Hearn says he understands the WBC’s decision not to order the Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte fight at their convention this week.
Hearn states that he believes that Whyte’s ongoing arbitration lawsuit case will go his way, and the WBC will then order the Fury-Whyte fight immediately after. As of now, the lawsuit is preventing Whyte from being made mandatory for Tyson Fury.
According to Hearn, he thinks that without Whyte’s lawsuit, the WBC probably wouldn’t have called the mandatory for Dillian to challenge Fury.
The arbitration case has to play out with a decision before the WBC will order the Fury vs. Whyte fight.
“I think the truth is, without the lawsuit, would he [Dillian Whyte[ have even been called for the mandatory by the WBC? I think the answer is probably now or certainly with the terms that he would want,” said Eddie Hearn to iFL TV about WBC not ordering the mandatory between Fury and Whyte at their convention this week.
Hearn doesn’t seem to understand that if the fight is to go ahead, the 55-45 split will need to be deduced to 80-20 in Fury’s favor. That’s what his promoters at Top Rank asked for this week to the WBC.
“I don’t think anyone in boxing that doesn’t agree that Dillian Whyte should get a shot at a heavyweight world title,” said Hearn. “Maybe Top Rank. We’ll see what the arbitrators believe, and then, as I said, very confident from our side that he’ll [Whyte] be called as the mandatory for Tyson Fury.
“Possibly,” said Hearn when asked if the Fury – Whyte purse split will come into play to potentially stop the fight from happening. “That’s almost secondary to the fight being ordered. The interim champion can receive up to 45% of a split, and I believe it should be towards those kinds of levels.
“I saw Top Rank talk about 20% [at the WBC convention]. That’s outrageous, but that’s something to be left to them. The problem is time. We need to move forward, and it is closing in, and I’m confident that it’ll be a ruling that is fair to Dillian Whyte,” said Hearn.
If Fury vacates his WBC title, the sanctioning body will be out in the cold and won’t be a part of his fight against the winner of the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 clash.
