Dillian Whyte has called for a “massive British fight” with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury after his knockout over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Whyte, the WBC interim champion is on the brink of a showdown with Fury after the WBC announced last week the winner of Saturday’s trilogy would have to face ’The Body Snatcher’, providing they could not secure a meeting with unified champion, Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk will face Anthony Joshua in a rematch next year after AJ’s promoter, Eddie Hearn revealed on DAZN on Saturday that they have activated their rematch clause.
Whyte will now in theory receive his shot at Fury, as long as he beats Otto Wallin on October 30 and hopes the WBC enforce his mandatory position on ‘The Gypsy King’, who remained coy on his next move, after beating Wilder in 11 rounds.
“Fury has the belt. Wilder had the chance to fight me for three years but didn’t,” Whyte told Sky Sports News.
”Hopefully now the WBC forces my position and Fury has no choice.
“It’s a massive British fight, a major fight for Britain.
“Fury is an unpredictable man who might say: ‘I am done!’
“I hope we can make a fight when I get past Wallin.
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“But Fury is a difficult guy to plan.
“I haven’t heard a word from him about making a fight.”
Wilder roared back after being dropped in the third round to dump Fury on the canvas twice in the fourth round.
The former WBC king was unable to finish off his British rival, who regrouped and ended the bout with a huge right hand in the 11th round after knocking down the 35-year-old in the tenth.
Whyte, 33, says Wilder performed better than he anticipated, but believes his corner allowed him to take too much punishment.
“Wilder took a lot of punishment which could have finished his career,” Whyte added.
“Last time Mark Breland [the trainer who was later sacked] stopped him which saved his career.
“His corner were ‘yes-men’ which allowed him to take too much punishment. It can be detrimental to a fighter’s confidence.
“He was struggling from round three onwards. He could never want to fight again.
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“The fight went exactly as I thought it would go. Wilder put the muscle in the wrong place, on his upper body. I thought he would tire.
“I thought he would try to knock Fury out in the first two rounds I knew Fury would lean on him. Wilder did look better than I thought.”
