Eddie Hearn has confirmed that they have now received the fight contract for Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte, reports talkSPORT.
Fury vs Whyte has been in the works for some time now, with the WBC mandatory challenger finally set to get his long-awaited world title shot.
Fury will be hoping to be victorious, defending his WBC heavyweight title before looking towards an undisputed bout later in the year.
He cannot look past this fight, though, which looks set to be formally confirmed imminently.
Eddie Hearn, speaking on talkSPORT, has confirmed that the Fury vs Whyte contract has finally been sent through.
“It’s being reviewed now by Dillian’s lawyers. I’ve got a meeting with him tomorrow.”
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“In purse bids, it’s a simple bout agreement, so it depends what comes with the contract that’s been sent. I don’t envisage many problems.”
With Hearn not seeing any problems, we ought to have a date and venue clarified in due course.
Fans will be delighted to hear that this one is actually coming to fruition and there doesn’t appear to be any unscalable obstacles.
Now for the other half of the equation, Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk II…
