On April 23,atWembley Stadium in London, Great Britain and the entire world will be ready to enjoy a boxing evening headlined by current WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and his official challenger Dillian Whyte. Leading up to the bout, Fury made a special request to make sure that nothing strange would spoil the fight.
This fight was not an easy one to organize. The Gipsy King (31-0-1, 22 KOs) had other plans in mind, such as challenging Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk in a fight to find the new Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
For his part, Dillian Whyte (28-2-0, 19 KOs)does not seem to be very happy with the fight, despite it being an opportunity he waited for a long time for. In the end, everything seems to indicate that it is the profit he will make that does not satisfy him: he will receive 8 million dollars for more than 40 million dollars that Fury will earn.
Tyson Fury’s request for his fight against Dillian Whyte
The fight between current Undisputed Super lightweight Champion Josh Taylor and British contender Jack Catterall set a precedent in boxing today. Taylor retained his titles with a controversial split decision that featured British judges.
So, Tyson Fury had expressed his wish that the judges for his fight with Dillian Whyte were not British, a fact that one of his promoters, Frank Warren, had already achieved in order to calm his fighter’s concerns, however, Fury has claimed that he will easily knockout Whyte.
“There will be neutral judges for this fight. It’s not an issue, it’s agreed. It’s done. Contrary to what my PR man, Eddie (Hearn, has been putting out there, it’s been done…You have to do something, you can’t just let them keep rolling over onto the next one. And just say, ‘We’re going to have an inquiry, we’re going to have a chat about it at the next board meeting.’ Have a chat the next board meeting and say, All right, that was bad.’ And they appoint someone again for a big fight. That can’t happen anymore. It’s got to stop.“, stated Warren according to Boxing Scene.
Following the controversial ruling in favor of Taylor on February 26, the British Board of Boxing Control determined to conduct an investigation into the outcome and the actions of judges Howard Foster, Ian John-Lewis, and Victor Loughlin. Despite being knocked out in round 8 and receiving a one-point deduction in round 11 (Catterall has also been penalized a point in round 10), Josh Taylor was listed as the winner on the Loughlin and John-Lewis scorecards.
Jack Catterall could not take away the belts from Taylor. (Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
