Boxing news: Dillian Whyte drops theory on why he CANNOT fight Deontay Wilder in WBC blast
DILLIAN WHYTE claims that the only explanation for why he is being overlooked by the WBC is because they want to protect Deontay Wilder.
Dillian Whyte: WBC president gives update on world title ruling
The Body Snatcher was left furious back in March when the governing body ordered Wilder to defend his world heavyweight title against Dominic Breazeale, a bout which will take place at the Barclay Center on May 18.
Branding the fight “a joke”, Whyte was left in the cold despite previously being told he would face Breazeale to decide who would become the Bronze Bomber’s mandatory challenger.
The potential bout was scrapped leaving the WBC Silver and WBO International to lick his wounds, but with his typical warrior spirit he has not let it effect his dreams of becoming world champion.
Speaking to Express Sport at the press conference for his fight on July 20 against Oscar Rivas, Whyte believes there is a motive behind the WBC’s actions.
“I think the WBC is protecting Deontay Wilder,” he said.
“Maybe because he's the first reigning American champion in a long time or whatever.
“They definitely seem to protect him because the Breazeale vs [Eric] Molina fight isn't even eligible because Molina was banned from all sport formally.
“They don't even run a clean boxing programme so I don't even understand how they could make someone like that compete. It's crazy.”
Brixton boxer Whyte has held the WBC silver title since 2017 when he beat Robert Robert Helenius in Cardiff.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed on Wednesday that the WBC have contacted Whyte to clarify his status which is likely to mean he is next in line to fight Wilder.
Instead of waiting around to hear back from his appeal, Whyte has thrown himself straight into another challenging fight against undefeated Colombian Rivas.
He may have now finally received small assurances from the board, but that won’t discard the bad feeling that was previously created in the eyes of the 31-year-old.
“I’ve won so many fights for the WBC, I’ve turned down the Anthony Joshua fight, one of the reasons I turned that down was because of the Breazeale fight and possibly Wilder,” he added.
“All of a sudden Breazeale is fighting Wilder. I’d back myself to beat any of them, Wilder, Fury and Joshua.
Deontay Wilder defends choice to fight Breazeale over Whyte
“The good thing is I’m not tied down to anyone. I work with Sky mostly but I can still work with ESPN, DAZN, BT Sports and Showtime.
“I haven’t spoke to the WBC in about three of four weeks, we’ve been emailing and texting and calling with no responses.
“They were supposed to make a decision two or three weeks ago and nothing, all we hear is nothing.”
Sulaiman confirmed that all that awaits is for Whyte to sign and confirm that he is happy with the ruling.