I'd like to see Whyte vs Breazeale. I think it will be very close and entertaining fight until Whyte catches Breazeale with a huge left hook and knocks him out.
Question should be, Why would Breazeale fight Whyte? Unless they pay him a ridiculous amount of money, Breazeale is mandatory for Wilder (or Fury depending on the rematch). Breazeale is sitting on a title shot, I just can't see him coming to the UK, on a matchroom card, risking his mandatory position just to please Whyte and Hearn. I make the same arguments for Whyte, he shouldn't be fighting Ortiz, Ortiz brings nothing for Whyte and Whyte brings nothing for Breazeale. If Breazeale came over and beat Whyte, what does he gain? He is already mandatory. Would he fight for a lot of money? Yeah probably but he wants his title shot, it's a calculation he will make. I have a feeling Whyte will be offered Ortiz, Hearn might try and stiff Whyte now, I would but I'm a wrong'un, I'd force it on him, give him a tougher fight, Whyte has said some stuff and blasted Hearn and AJ publicly. So Hearn could cause Whyte a few problems, if Hearn makes Breazeale a fair but not great offer and he refuses then I'm sure Ortiz will accept. Or Hearn could just say "Breazeale isn't PPV worthy, AJ has already battered him, he hasn't done much since" Then what does Whyte do? Refuse that fight? Then he starts looking really bad, refuses a career high payday and title fight against AJ and then turns down Ortiz.. that doesn't do him any favours. If he does turn down Ortiz then how can Hearn, Sky justify a PPV fight for Whyte? Whyte may have to go back to basic wages and he isn't happy about the offer of multi millions for AJ. Whytes next fight will be very interesting for a number of reasons, firstly who it is and secondly how much he will be paid.
With regards AJ deal, Whyte has said that he prefers less money by going the WBO mando route as there is no rematch clause rather than have to pay AJ the lions share twice based on what AJ originally offered. It is clear how much Dillian backs himself.to beat AJ and it is also clear how much of a threat AJ sees Whyte in that he is already worried about losing and wants more money in a rematch if he loses. These deals are directly from AJ and his team, Hearn just facilitates and mediates. As for Hearn and Matchroom, they are still on good terms with Dillian as it is AJ who is dictating the offers and making it unreasonable in split. So it will be interesting to see what happens with the WBO mando that is looming on AJ and Whyte.
Well, Whyte is standing there face to face with Hearn saying if he waits until he is mandatory and if he wins, he will say "here's 10%" in a rematch. Whyte is just being disrespectful and arrogant, Whyte is being difficult and he isn't signed with Hearn. So Hearn has a fighter who isnt signed to him, made it public he is talking to other promoters, says he will be a Moby and very difficult in any future negotiations.. I'd stiff him, well I'd try to, if Ortiz beats him then let him go and build himself again with another promoter and try and get himself in to a mandatory position again. And see if he gets paid what he is getting paid headlining PPV shows with me.. It could take Whyte years, I would do it, no loyalty whatsoever from Whyte so I wouldn't show him any.
Well could be seen the other way, there is no guarantee a mandatory split is any better than what he is being offered, I doubt that it is. If Whyte has such a problem with a rematch, then fine, go the mandatory route and get a mandatory split and if you lose then you are shuffled backwards. No guarantee Hearn picks up the pieces if he loses again, Whyte is burning bridges with this attitude. A rematch clause is absolutely nothing to do with being worried, every promoter and fighter with a brain cell has a rematch clause in a voluntary defence, its standard. Say AJ got cut by a clash of heads that wasn't seen or AJ dislocated a shoulder or twisted an ankle and lost, anything can happen so a rematch clause is ALWAYS be included in any deal of that type. It's sensible, it's logical in a voluntary defence. Also Whyte wants to fight Breazeale, Whyte keeps mentioning Breazeale who is WBC mandatory, I'm sure if that happens and Whyte wins then Whyte will be mandatory for Wilder or maybe even Fury. So Whyte could be going the WBC Wilder/Fury route, Whyte obviously believes he wins, so then he is going back to Hearn/AJ with the WBC belt and would be getting an even bigger offer. An all British unification fight, taking that huge fight away from Fury. There are many ways to look at what Whyte is doing and planning. This I sort isn't just all lumped on AJ and Hearn.
It's unclear what the WBC is planning to do with mandatories. Their current rankings are as follows: 1.Whyte 2.Fury 3.Ortiz 4.Brezeale 5.Parker. I thought Brezeale was guaranteed a shot but the ratings resemble a four man tournament excluding Fury.
Once again Dillion has mentioned Old Man Ortiz's blessed name with likely no intention to step up to the task smfh.
I know it is standard procedure for rematch clauses in voluntary defense, my entire point from my post was AJ want lion share of the rematch clause if Whyte beats him. Which is ridiculous, so if he loses to Whyte AJ gets a rematch and STILL wants a big share. Erm nope. Hence Mando split is 80/20 but there is no rematch clause, so he won't have to pay AJ the lions share twice, just once then HE can dictate the splits on the rematch clause should he beat AJ first time.
I think the most likely option will be for them to try and bring brezeale over, he’s an easier fight than Ortiz and Povetkin and he can actually talk a bit. Povetkin is the hardest fight and doesn’t know a word of English so there’d be no hype whatsoever. I couldn’t see it being Ortiz.
They tried all this before. Likely that neither Ortiz nor Brezeale will happen. It will be Povetkin or (dark horse) Parker for Whyte in the end.