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Eddie Hearn ridicules 'outrageous' demands from Tyson Fury team for Dillian Whyte fight
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Eddie Hearn has criticised the demands made by Tyson Fury for a fight against Dillian Whyte.
Hearn has claimed that Top Rank want to take 80% of any purse for the WBC mandatory challenge, which the promoter believes is not justified.
Whyte and the WBC are currently locked in a disagreement over Whyte’s right to be given a title shot, and so there has been no order from the governing body for the heavyweight challenge to make the fight, despite the unavailability of Oleksandr Usyk for an undisputed clash.
Speaking to IFL TV, Hearn explained the source of his disbelief.Â
"The purses are almost secondary to the fight being ordered," Hearn said. "The interim champion can receive up to 45 percent of a purse split.
"And I believe that the purse should be at those kinds of levels. We have seen Top Rank talking about 20 percent to Whyte which is outrageous.
"But I think something that should be left to the WBC, the problem is time we need to move forward but we are confident that it will be a ruling that is fair to Whyte.
"I think it is closing in and we would like to make that fight in the early part of next year."
"But I think something that should be left to the WBC, the problem is time we need to move forward but we are confident that it will be a ruling that is fair to Whyte.
"I think it is closing in and we would like to make that fight in the early part of next year."
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