The WBC want to order a final eliminator at heavyweight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, but while Whyte says he’s open to the fight, his team aren’t feeling it, and Whyte also doesn’t expect it to happen even if they agree, which is the most realistic stance he could take. As Whyte himself puts it, there’s just no reason to think Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KO) would take a WBC eliminator with Whyte (25-1, 18 KO). Fury just walked away from an ordered rematch with WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder, signing with Top Rank and scheduling a June 15 bout with Tom Schwarz. Fury’s claim is that he’s lineal champion of the division dating back to his 2015 win over Wladimir Klitschko. He seems genuinely uninterested in title belts. Whyte is currently set to fight Oscar Rivas on July 20, and promoter Eddie Hearn is pushing for the WBC to make that an eliminator. “We’re pushing hard for a resolution, and we want the Oscar Rivas fight to be for the mandatory position with the WBC and for that interim world title. We’ll see where that goes. We’re all trying to come up with a resolution that’s fair and we haven’t yet, so we’re still pushing. We want the Rivas fight to be for something very significant for the WBC and that’s probably an interim world title fight and to become the mandatory to the winner of Deontay Wilder against Dominic Breazeale.” The Whyte team has already been confused by how Dominic Breazeale — who won an eliminator in 2017 — got the May 18 order against Wilder while Whyte was ranked No. 1 by the organization and held and had defended their silver belt. Whyte won that dumb WBC silver title in 2017, beating Robert Helenius, and defended it against Lucas Browne, Joseph Parker, and Dereck Chisora. He also has the WBO international title, which he won against Parker and defended against Chisora. But he was offered an April rematch with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium and turned it down, too. His focus seems to be entirely on the WBC belt, and the WBC just don’t seem to want to give him the shot. It’s all just a mess of political bullshit, really, which goes for the entire rest of the upper tier of today’s heavyweight division. There are styles and personalities that could make for a terrific run for boxing’s most glamorous division, but it’s not happening. We got Wilder-Fury in December and really should have gotten Wilder-Fury II and Joshua-Whyte II at the very least this spring. I’m not even asking for the moon via Joshua-Wilder. I should, but I’ve followed boxing long enough to know better. Instead we’ll be “lucky” to see even one fight between any combination of those four men in 2019. If Eddie Hearn’s information is correct, and Wilder beats Dominic Breazeale as expected on May 18, then Wilder has a Luis Ortiz rematch lined up after that, and then maybe Adam Kownacki. Fury has Tom Schwarz in June, wants to fight again in September, but who is even out there available for Top Rank besides Kubrat Pulev? Pulev may not even want to fight Fury because Pulev has an IBF mandatory position for a shot at Joshua, and at any rate, Bob Arum’s stated plans are for a second tune-up type bout to try turning Tyson Fury into some mega-millions pay-per-view star via ESPN exposure. (By the way, Fury-Schwarz is streaming on ESPN+, not airing on ESPN proper.) Joshua has Andy Ruiz Jr on June 1, then what? Joshua-Whyte II seems the fight for them to make, but Whyte’s turned it down once this year. If the offer is right, I’m sure he’d do it, but what’s the right offer? Is it reasonable? There’s been talk of Joshua against Oleksandr Usyk, but Usyk’s hurt and his move to heavyweight has been delayed. Whyte-Rivas is a perfectly fine fight in July, but say Whyte wins, then what? It’s clear the WBC are giving him the runaround, and that seems to be all he wants. It’s entirely possible that the most actually interesting heavyweight fight we see this year is Daniel Dubois vs Nathan Gorman, or the winner of that against Joe Joyce at some point. There’s a big part of me as a boxing fan that would love to see Breazeale beat Wilder and Ruiz beat Joshua, and we could just put all this crap to bed for at least a little while. There’d still be headaches to get through, but at least they’d be new ones. And I’m not including Tyson Fury somehow losing to Tom Schwarz, because at least Fury is being pretty honest about what he wants to do, he’s not running around every day calling everyone out. He seems more or less content to go fight Tom Schwarz in Las Vegas and go about his business. If anything, he’s really just being dragged into these conversations.<doc-sep>However, the ‘Body Snatcher’ doubts the ‘Gypsy King’ will accept the bout Dillian Whyte has declared exclusively to talkSPORT that he is ready, willing and able to fight Tyson Fury for the right to become Deontay Wilder’s next mandatory challenger. The Brixton man is sceptical as to whether his rival will accept the bout, but insists he would take it if it became a realistic possibility. Getty 4 Dillian Whyte will return to the ring on July 20 against Oscar Rivas WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman revealed that his organisation have mapped out a plan to order Whyte vs Fury as a final eliminator to resolve their current dispute with Whyte, who wants to challenge WBC champion Wilder. However, Sulaiman also claimed Dillian’s team had not accepted the ruling and instead wanted his upcoming fight with Oscar Rivas to become the final eliminator. “I’m the ‘can man,’ whoever want it can get it,” Whyte exclusively told Drive. “I’ve been trying to fight Tyson Fury for a number of years now. We’ve made multiple attempts and it never happened. “If Fury wants to fight, he knows where I am. But I can’t see the fight happening. getty 4 Tyson Fury’s next fight will be against Tom Schwarz on June 15 “If Tyson fury can walk away from a rematch with Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight world title, why would he fight me for the ‘interim’ title? It doesn’t make sense.” Whyte currently remains locked in an argument with the WBC as he feels he’s been unfairly treated by them – most notably in a situation that arose earlier this year. The 31-year-old heavyweight was initially ordered to face Dominic Breazeale in a final eliminator for the WBC ‘interim’ title, only for this bout to be pulled out from under his feet. When the Wilder vs Fury rematch fell through, Breazeale jumped up to challenge the champion on May 18 instead – because he was existing mandatory having beaten Eric Molina in a questionable final eliminator back in 2017. As a result, Whyte’s team claim the WBC have ‘protected’ Wilder and are now campaigning to make him automatic mandatory, though the governing body have other ideas. Getty 4 Deontay Wilder will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Dominic Breazeale on May 18 “There’s a lot of things going on with the WBC at the minute,” Whyte continued. “Everyone knows I’m very angry at them and the way I’ve been treated. “Everyone knows Deontay Wilder should’ve been fighting me and not Dominic Breazeale. “But for some reason the WBC insist on protecting him… “It’s a funny subject, I can’t really say too much, a lot of these boxing authorities are very touchy. “The public can see what I’ve done, how many WBC title fights I’ve had, how many times I’ve defended my number one position. It’s crazy, I don’t understand it. GETTY 4 Whyte is number one in the WBC rankings “Now, with the WBC, I think it’s just delaying tactics by them… “It’s frustrating, it’s stressful, it’s a bit disheartening to be honest. “Tyson Fury could’ve fought Oscar Rivas, he said no, Anthony Joshua could’ve fought Oscar Rivas, he said no, look who they’re fighting. 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TYSON FURY has been ordered by the WBC to fight Dillian Whyte as a final eliminator in order to secure his much-anticipated rematch with Deontay Wilder. The 30-year-old ex-heavyweight world champion climbed off the deck to earn a heroic draw when the giant duo fought on December 1 for the American’s WBC title. 2 Tyson Fury has been ordered to fight fellow Brit Dillian Whyte The two vowed to re-run the showdown but the Gypsy King penned a mega-money deal with ESPN, killing a repeat as Wilder is backed by rival broadcasters Showtime. However, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has now revealed they have ordered Fury to face Whyte to decide Wilder's next mandatory, according to ThaBoxingvoice. In a further twist, the Brixton banger's team have turned down the offer because they're pushing for a bout with Oscar Rivas to be the last challenger. Whyte, 30, has an extended history with WBC champ Wilder as he has been the No1 challenger for his belt since 2017 - but has yet to receive a world title fight. Instead, the 33-year-old ended up defending his title against Fury in December before the WBC handed mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale the next shot. The Body Snatcher even revealed SunSport last month he is “not confident” the World Boxing Council will award him with the winner between May 18’s title fight. If the proposed bout goes ahead, it will be the all-British fight could be the second of Fury's three showdown's before he retires from the ring. Most Read in Boxing 'ON AJ' Anthony Joshua warned not to 'mess up' big-money Fury bout by rivals brother Tommy Pictured LOVED UP Tyson and Paris Fury pack on PDA with intimate kiss as pair soak up Miami sun 'EMBARRASSING' Sky Sports announce Mayweather vs Logan Paul will cost £16.95 as fans rage FAKE PAUL Tommy Fury slams Jake Paul and claims Molly-Mae leaked DMs aren't real in rant MONEY SHOT AJ & Canelo are highest-paid boxers... with Jake Paul third after raking in £14m NUR WAY Khabib Nurmagomedov turned down $100M offer to box Floyd Mayweather, says agent Fury announced that he wants just three more fights then he's "gone", with the first of which being his next bout against the unknown Tom Schwarz. The 30-year-old, who will fight for the first time in Las Vegas against the undefeated German in June, also confirmed his next fight will be on September 28. Although the opponent is yet to be named, Fury's US promoter Bob Arum previously hinted that the Brit is set for a second tune-up bout after Schwarz. 2 Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder could be on course for a rematch for heavyweight title Credit: PA:Press Association