The mandatory position, in its most basic form, is there to prevent challengers from being avoided by the champions. Like everything else in boxing though, nothing is basic.
Dillian Whyte is a big Evander Holyfield fan. No doubt about it. A story ran yesterday, with Whyte talking about “The Real Deal” and his place in boxing history.
We’ve seen boxers try their hand at MMA, and we’ve seen MMA fighters try their hand at boxing. But here’s a new twist on the crossover fight – two boxers taking on each other in an MMA fight!
HALL-OF-FAME promoter Frank Warren has responded to Tyson Fury’s sensational Lockdown Lowdown interview where he declared he’d beat “cash cow” Anthony Joshua and called WBC mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte a “stocky plodder”.
For many fight fans it’s still “The Bible of Boxing,” and it always will be. Ring Magazine, an institution since 1922, for many, THE publication to trust.
Absolutely everyone with a fair mind knows British heavyweight Dillian Whyte is THE single most deserving fighter out there when it comes to a shot at the heavyweight title.
Dillian Whyte will need to wait possibly until 2022 to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who is telling him that he needs to get in line and wait.
Speaking about Dillian Whyte, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he’s not going to be dictated to by any of the sanctioning bodies by being pushed into fighting any of their mandatory challengers.
The WBC could make Dillian Whyte their next email champion if he continues to pursue fighting WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury this year, according to Bob Arum.
Fight fans are well aware of how Dillian Whyte and Francis Ngannou have been going back and forth, the possibility of them actually fighting one another quite a big one.