In October 2021, he defeated Deontay Wilder for the second time, and then it became clear that he would strive to unify the belts. The fans waited for the hit match with her, but the Briton lost his belts in the clash with Oleksandr Usyk. So Joshua lost his arguments to fight Fury. All the more so now that he has to play a rematch with the Ukrainian, and Fury has to defend his WBC belt. The federation’s challenger was Dillian Whyte, but the negotiations stood still for a long time, because the two boxers couldn’t agree on how to divide the money. Whyte signed the contract at the last minute, a few minutes before the end of the term.
The fight will take place in April at Wembley Stadium in London. Whyte will get a minimum of $ 7.4 million, but if he wins, he will get a WBC bonus of $ 4.1 million. Fury is guaranteed almost 30 million, but if he wins, his salary will increase by 3.6 million. And although this match does not electrify fans as much as the potential fight between Fury and Joshua, the tickets sold out great.
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The stadium, which is expected to accommodate 85,000 fans, was sold out in three hours! Frank Warren, one of Fury’s promoters, has made a request to the local authority that Wembley can host a hundred thousand fans.
– I knew it would not be a difficult fight to sell. I am proud that it will be held at the largest and best facility in Great Britain. This shows what an attraction Tyson Fury has become. His character is just contagious. He is still number one in the world and one of the most recognizable athletes in the world – said Warren, quoted by wbcboxing.com.
For Fury it will be a return to England after five consecutive fights in the USA. If Warren did manage to sell 100,000 tickets, that would be a British boxing record.
Whyte has fought 30 fights in his career, lost only two – with Joshua and Alexander Povetkin (but later he made a good payback). Fury remains an undefeated boxer. He won 31 fights and tied one with Deontay Wilder. However, he won another two skirmishes with the American.
Source: Sport
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