Bob Arum Suggests New Opponents for Tyson Fury as Dillian Whyte Purse Bid Gets Delayed
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Tyson Fury and his return fight have become a debatable topic in the fight fraternity. From the past few weeks, there’s massive news trending around Fury and Dillian Whyte’s potential collision. However, the possibilities of this fight kept shrinking as Whyte demanded a whopping 45% cut for the fight.
Later, the WBC came up with an 80/20 purse split for this fight, with the majority going in Fury’s favor.
On top of this, both Whyte and Fury’s teams even got a January 11 deadline to finalize a deal. Otherwise, the bout would go to purse bids. However, Whyte’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, recently revealed that the purse bids date has been pushed to Friday, January 21 instead.
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Alongside that, Fury‘s US promoter, Bob Arum, even came up with a couple of opponents for the champ.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Arum said, “If Dillian Whyte is not gonna fight for whatever reason, obviously we’re not gonna keep Tyson Fury – not gonna make him pay the price of waiting.”
“Fury wants to fight and wants to fight sooner rather than later.
“We can look around, get a good, decent opponent for him to fight if Whyte isn’t available…
“You’ve got guys like Robert Helenius and Manuel Charr.
“You just look at the rankings and pick a couple of guys from the rankings who would make decent opponents.”
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte’s bout under dark clouds?
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte’s fight is in contention ever since ‘The Gypsy King’ beat Deontay Wilder last year. Also, Whyte has the WBC interim heavyweight title, which subsequently makes him the first choice to face Fury now.
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However, with the 80/20 purse split coming into the picture, this fight seems under the dark clouds. Moreover, the final outcome pertaining to this fight will get clear this Friday.
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Also, it’ll be evident whether Whyte and his team accept the 20% offer to go ahead and lock horns with Fury.
This is an important fight to keep the heavyweight roster luring. What do you make of the above story?