Whyte wants $10M to fight Fury

No, it's not a matter of opinion. Either an organization is recognized by the government as a non-profit or they're not. The WBC is a non-profit organization. Go look it up.

The IBF was caught being set up as both a non-profit and for profit entity and got in trouble, but the WBC is definitely a non-profit organization.

 

funny thing remember how corrupt the WBC is and when they were sued and almost folded over the RJJ belt fiasco. but yeah sure they would never do anything shady with their belts or rankings lol.

 

The IBF was caught on tape taking bribes and the president went to prison for taking bribes. The new president is the nephew of the old president and the government says he was an unindicted co-conspirator who had been illegally installed by his uncle. The WBA was caught selling ratings for cash and was publicly outed by Arum in Ring Magazine. The person in charge of the WBA's bribery operation was banned for life by the WBA. So after being banned by the WBA for running a bribery ring, he founded the WBO! The WBO was literally founded by the disgraced leader of the WBA bribery operation!

The WBC has never had a bribery scandal because their rankings have never been for sale like the other bodies. They've never been accused of criminal acts like the other bodies.

Yes, they were sued for reinstating Roy Jones, but there was never any accusation that Roy Jones paid to be reinstated. The worst you can come up with against the WBC is a civil suit when the others are all confirmed to be selling their rankings for cash.

 

These organizations are so corrupt.

 

Im sure people on here can pull some instances of WBC shenanigans better than I, now not a bribery scandal in this case but I can remember Eddie croft getting a WBC title shot in 2003 when he hadn't been in a match in 3 years and had not won a fight in 5 years

 

Every org has had plenty of weak challengers. A random voluntary defense in Mexico 20 years ago is a weird thing to harp on in the grand scheme of things. That's not necessarily corruption. Doubt anybody paid for Croft to be ranked (if he even was ranked at all).

 

Dillian Whyte didn't deserve to be #1 based on beating Helenius in 2017 anyway.
And he didn't deserve to be mandatory for going 1-1 against old Povetkin either.
Certainly there is no way anyone can say a rematch clause is valid in a fight that was billed as a "Final Eliminator".

So, I don't see why people want to say Whyte's been treated so badly by the WBC when the WBC are the ones who have inflated his ranking and credentials for years. You can't have it both ways. Whyte has literally been promoted on the basis of his "number 1" status for years now, and we all know the rankings are a pile of ****.

 

From what I can tell Whyte v Povetkin was billed as an WBC Interim title fight, not a final elminator. But I guess the mandatory position became attached to the interim title after Whyte beat Rivas for it the year prior. Though I agree these rematch clauses are getting rediculous.
https://www.anthonyjoshuatickets.co...yte-vs-alexander-povetkin-manchester-tickets/

I also agree with you that beating Helenius shouldn't really make you WBC #1, but Whyte was #3 prior to the fight and the fighters ahead of him had failed a drug test (Ortiz) and lost to Wilder (Stiverne). So it makes sense that he became #1.
http://wbcboxing.com/ratings/WBC-RATINGS-BAKU-CONVENTION-2017.pdf