Tyson Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren has called for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte to remain patient in his wait for a world title shot, after the Brixton banger recently lashed out over the prolonged delay of his crack at the WBC crown.
Whyte, the WBC’s No.1 contender since late 2017, had been responding to claims made by Bob Arum (who co-promotes Fury alongside Warren) that the Mancunian would seek to push back his February 2021 mandatory obligation even further – leaving Whyte in the cold once again.
“Arum’s talking rubbish,” said Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) in an interview with Sky Sports. “If he [Arum] represented me, he’d be screaming that this is the biggest travesty in the history of boxing – nearly 1,000 days as No.1 without being given a shot whereas Tyson Fury barely scraped by the WBC No. 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.”
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However, with Fury (30-0-1, 27 KOs) contractually tied to a trilogy bout with recently-dethroned WBC champion Deontay Wilder, amid growing clamour for an undisputed showdown with unified champion Anthony Joshua, Hall of Fame promoter Warren insisted ‘The Body Snatcher’ must continue to wait his turn.
“Dillian Whyte has been outspoken this week calling for his chance against Fury but, unfortunately, he is just going to have to wait. The whole sport is on hold thanks to the Coronavirus so Fury is waiting, Joshua is waiting, Wilder is waiting and Pulev is waiting,” Warren told the Daily Star.
“Fury will get to him eventually but, for now, it will be Wilder and then Joshua.”