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Boxing – Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder – WBC Heavyweight Title – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. – October 9, 2021 Tyson Fury receives attention in his corner REUTERS/Steve Marcus
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Boxing – Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder – WBC Heavyweight Title – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. – October 9, 2021 Tyson Fury receives attention in his corner REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte’s encounter was an obvious center of attraction for the past few weeks. Fury’s promoters won the bids for this fight, but the official announcement took a while. Recently, the fight between the two men got official for April 23. Moreover, it’ll take place at the Wembley Stadium in London.
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Also, just when everything seemed on track for this fight, Eddie Hearn recently highlighted another issue that’s popping up.
Speaking to iFL TV, he said, “Yeah I mean, Dillian lives in Portugal, so that’s one of the issues but the other one I saw, Chris McKenna is that Tyson Fury is applying to box for the fight as a foreign boxer or something.”
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“I was in this. It was in the papers, one Chris McKenna. So he has to apply. He doesn’t have a British Boxing Board of Control license, doesn’t want to apply for one, so he has to apply to fight as a foreign fighter, which is another process.”
Tyson Fury‘s last few fights have been in the US. That said, this fight will be more of a homecoming for ‘The Gypsy King’ because he last fought in the UK in 2018 against Francesco Pianeta.
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However, one thing to note here is that the major work for this fight is done and almost everything seems on track. But, the above-mentioned concern has to get resolved soon, so that’s there’s no delay in the fight by any means.
Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte – A high-voltage heavyweight tussle
2022 will be a year of high-class heavyweight fights and the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte fight is an exuberant encounter on the list.
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Boxing – Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder – WBC Heavyweight Title – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. – October 9, 2021 Tyson Fury celebrates with the belts after winning the fight against Deontay Wilder REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Whyte has been desperate to get his ultimate shot towards the title and now he’s finally on the line for the same.
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On the other hand, Fury has his plans set to fight for the undisputed title. But before that, he’ll have to get past the stern challenger in Whyte.
This heavyweight tussle will be one for the ages and it’ll be exciting to see who among the two comes on top. What do you make of the above issue mentioned by Eddie Hearn?
