WBC refuses to order Whyte vs Fury at the WBC convention

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Hmm ... what will that dastardly Deontay Wilder do to keep Whyte from fighting for the WBC belt in March?

It's all his fault, you know.

 

A positive spin on what Arum said is that they know it is unlikely that Fury will fight Usyk next for undisputed. So they will look to fight Whyte as a voluntary rather than a mandatory. Like a legitimate champion would.

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More props to Fury if he does, as he would be bringing some much needed prestige back to the WBC heavyweight title - finally they would have a true champion again

 

That's a more interesting what-if than a lot of the ones in Classic, actually. What if Rochigianni had gone honor-before-reason and had actually nuked the WBC?

 

I am sure it has been mentioned, but it came out today that the signing of the fight has been delayed because Whyte wants 45%. No way in hell he is getting that much, so I hope it is just a bargaining tactic.

 

See this is what bothers me about Whyte, he shouts and screams for a title shot, he is mandatory, yet he wants nearly a 50/50 split.

This shouldn't be his priority, his priority should be getting it signed, to me it says he don't believe he wins, he is basically having his first cash out fight.. there will be a few, finishing with AJ.

 

This is almost literally exactly what Frank Warren said about it:

“Tyson is in the driving seat. He’s the champion, he’s fought hard to get there, he’s not had any easy fights. Of course the fighter wants to get paid, I get that, but if you’re as good as you think you are, go and win it! Then you’re in the driving seat. He could’ve done that against Anthony Joshua, but he turned down four or five million dollars to fight Joshua. I look at that and say, ‘Where’s your ambition? Why are you in this?'"

 

I never thought I'd say this but.. I agree 100% with FW.

 

And I hate to say this because I think Whyte is probably the best fight out there right now next to Uysk. Wilder is done, Joshua and Usyk are tied up...who else brings the credibility of Whyte?

That is why Arum wants Whyte or Joyce. Credibility. But then he has to deal with this ****.

 

Can’t help but cringe when I read “Fury has worked hard, Fury has not had any easy fights” ... lol

Right, the guy got gifted a title shot. A non-WBC ranked fighter, non champ.

Discounting the fact he fought the champ which every tom dick and harry wants to do, boxer or not... he fought Pianeta, Schwarz, Seferi, Wallin.

Hardly a string of challenging contenders.

So he was gifted the opportunity to be in the driving seat rather than earning the opportunity.

He was the one who walked away from the sport because he got bored, doesn’t he mean he shoukd get king treatment on his return in such fashion.

That’s a slap in the face of boxing for contenders that actually climb the roster fighting the best available opponents.

Interim champ vs champ.. only on paper.

40/60 split just to get the fight signed, but 45/55 isn’t all that outrageous... but Frank Warren and Arum would have you believe that by touting terms like
“This is a voluntary defence” making the whole thing seem optional and a gift for whyte to take or leave.

 

I am not going to argue the point because I have mostly good things to say about Whyte, and said them in my last post. He's earned his spot, he's on deck and outside of Usyk, there is not another name out there that brings the credibility that he brings right now. I want to see this fight, and Whyte deserves it.

But he's not getting 45%, and he has to know this. Maybe he really is shooting for the 40%, and this is the classic high aim.

 

The intentional vagueness of WBC regulations always give me a chuckle:


2.12 Division of Proceeds in a Purse Offer. The net purse offer (after deduction of the WBC certification fees) shall be divided as follows:
a) 70% for the champion and 30% for the challenger.
b) 50% to each contender in the case of vacant titles or elimination bouts.
c) 55% to the champion and 45% to the interim champion, in the event of such a bout.
d) Notwithstanding the terms of subparagraphs a), b) and c) above, the Board of Governors may, in its discretion and by a majority vote, modify the division of purse offer proceeds between boxers in a purse offer in unusual or special cases, like the consideration of the outstanding marketing value of one of the boxers. The modification of the split will be limited to three categories: 70-30%; 60-40%; and 55-45% for the Champion and challenger, respectively, except in the most exceptional circumstances, in which the split may be modified to 50-50%.

 

Whyte will 100% wait for the mandatory thing to be resolved. In case he is the interim champion, and he is, what WBC rules says, it's 45%.
This is by the rulebook.
Do i think Whyte deserve the 45% ? Hell no! In my eyes he should be happy with anything between 35-40%.

But he is with Hearn, so he will try to squeeze the 45% for sure. It's in their ***** rules. But we know WBC are corrupt ..... So you never know.
And going by the fact how much they love Whyte, he should be happy with 30%.

 

lol