Boxing fans will haveone more chance to enjoy the skills of one of the current best Pound for Pound boxers in the world: Tyson Fury, the WBC World Heavyweight Champion, has finallya confirmed rival. This fighthas started with the right foot as it has set a new$41 millionrecordpurse bid.
The Gipsy King(31-0-1, 22 KO’s)will step in the ring afteranswering to the boxing communitywho the best was between him andBronzeBomberDeontay Wilder. A thrillingtrilogy, with a monstrousfinal knockout, was needed to put Fury above Wilder.
Fury’s ambitionmadehim wish to go without scalesfor all of the available belts of the Heavyweight division. This means to fightOleksandr Usyk, the WBA, WBO, and IBFtitles holder. However, a mandatory fight was ordered by WBC and that is the one the British champion is going to havesoon.
Tyson Fury’s$41 millionnext fight
Mauricio Sulaiman, WBC president, has announced on social media thatthe Organizationhe leadshas received the10% deposit needed to confirm the celebration of the mandatory fight for its Heavyweight title between Tyson Fury and his fellow countrymancontender Dillian Whyte. TheFury vs Whyte purse bidis the highest paidfor aWBCfightwith $41,025,000 dollars.
Whytehas been thetop rankedman in the WBC ranking for years. Nevertheless, until nowhe has received the chance to fightfor a World title. The Jamaica native is 28-2-0 (19 KO’s). His two losses have come against Anthony Joshua, in 2015, and Alexander Povetkin, in 2020; both by the way of knock out.
Dillian Whyte has finally his chance to aim for a World Championship. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
