Fury had earlier accepted a challenge to fight Whyte and said he would knock him out in six rounds Dillian Whyte has responded to Tyson Fury’s claims he will ‘knock him out within six rounds’ by telling the Gypsy King ‘he couldn’t even knock out a w**k’. The WBC have ordered Fury and Whyte to fight a final eliminator for the right to face American WBC champion Deontay Wilder, who takes on former Anthony Joshua opponent, Dominic Breazeale in New York on Saturday. getty 1 Fury accepted Wilder’s challenge for a fight on social media this morning Whyte, who faces Oscar Rivas in the main event at London’s O2 on July 20, declared exclusively to talkSPORT that he is ready to fight Fury for the right to become Wilder’s next mandatory challenger.<doc-sep>Tyson Fury names condition for fighting Dillian Whyte Tyson Fury has sent a message to the World Boxing Council after they ordered a title eliminator between him and Dillian Whyte. After initially dismissing the order by claiming that he does not follow others' demands, Fury has now seemingly come around to the idea of sharing the ring with Whyte, on one condition. Ahead of his first fight as part of his lucrative ESPN broadcast deal, 'The Gypsy King' named the one condition for accepting the Whyte fight. "I recently saw your quote about fighting for the interim title against Dillian Whyte and I’m very thankful for the opportunity," Fury said on Instagram. "But what I suggest is, because I beat Deontay Wilder and we all know what happened, I didn’t get the decision, but I still won and the world knows. "I propose that we make me and Dillian Whyte for the WBC 'diamond' belt and not the interim belt. "I’ll take care of Dillian Whyte and I’ll knock him out within six rounds. Advertisement "I accept the challenge, thank you very much. I’ll fight Dillian Whyte every day of the week and twice on a Sunday, WBC. "Make it for the diamond belt and not the interim version and you’ve got a deal. Let's get it on!" With Fury preparing for his clash with Tom Schwarz and Whyte getting ready to meet Oscar Rivas, the potential bout likely wouldn't take place until late 2019. Let’s do it then @gypsyking101 @wbcboxing @wbcmoro I’d fight you anytime anywhere 7 days a week and 5 times on Sunday I look forward to putting you to sleep #LetsGobaby pic.twitter.com/DWl0Ir04ap — Dillian Whyte (@DillianWhyte) May 14, 2019 Whyte has made his willingness known via the above response to Fury's condition while the WBC is said to be open to the idea of putting their diamond belt, which was established in 2009 as an honorary championship to put on the line in historic fights, up for grabs if both British heavyweights agree to the bout.<doc-sep>Dillian Whyte is willing to face Tyson Fury next in a WBC final eliminator, but doubts whether the former world heavyweight champion would accept a fight. Whyte is already risking his No 1 status with the WBC against Oscar Rivas at The O2 on July 20, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman had suggested the Brixton man could then be ordered to fight Fury for the right to become mandatory challenger. Whyte returns on Box Office A long-awaited fight with WBC champion Wilder has continued to elude Whyte, although he would welcome a showdown against Fury, insisting he had pursued him in the past. Image: Whyte faces Oscar Rivas on July 20, live on Sky Sports Box Office "If Tyson Fury wants the fight, the fight is there," Whyte told Sky Sports. "We've been trying to fight Tyson Fury. "I'm not scared of Tyson Fury. I'll fight Tyson Fury any day, any time, anywhere. I'm ready. I've been ready, trying to fight him." Fury is yet to comment on reports linking him with Whyte, who believes his British rival does not want to increase public demand for the bout. Image: Tyson Fury returns against Tom Schwartz in June Asked why Fury had not spoken, Whyte said: "Because it's not a fight he wants. Tyson Fury is clever. He doesn't want to put a lot of light on the fight, because he knows he might get pushed into taking the fight. "What he's doing, he's just biding his time, letting these idiots jump on the bandwagon and put their two pence in, that's all." Promoter Eddie Hearn is still seeking a resolution from the WBC, urging the governing body to make Whyte-Rivas into a final eliminator, with the WBC 'interim' title at stake. "We're all trying to come up with a resolution that's fair and we haven't yet, so we're still pushing," Hearn told Sky Sports. Image: Deontay Wilder defends his WBC belt against Dominic Breazeale next Saturday, live on Sky Sports "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." Watch Dillian Whyte vs Oscar Rivas and David Allen vs David Price live on Sky Sports Box Office at The O2 on July 20.<doc-sep>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>
The former undisputed heavyweight champion issued the warning on his Instagram this morning Tyson Fury says he is prepared to face Dillian Whyte and will ‘knock him out in six rounds’ but only on one condition after accepting the bout on social media this morning. The former unified heavyweight champion will only agree to the deal if the pair fight for the diamond belt instead of the interim title. Whyte declared exclusively to talkSPORT that he is ready to fight Fury for the right to become Deontay Wilder’s next mandatory challenger. Getty 1 Fury said he is open to facing Whyte… but only on one condition WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman revealed his organisation have mapped out a plan to order Whyte vs Fury as a final eliminator. However, Fury, 30, feels he should already be WBC champion after drawing with Wilder back in December; many believe he should have been given the victory. LATEST BOXING NEWS Records compared Paul 'fighting better people than Fury' as war of words heats up MENACE Jake Paul continues trolling Mayweather by crashing online speech and insulting him SERIOUS? Shannon Briggs claims he's 'accepted' fight with Wladimir Klitschko in comeback SPENDER Jake Paul warns Canelo and Anthony Joshua after 'earning £14m' from just two fights WORK Joshua's new sparring partner revealed and shows he's now training for Usyk, not Fury MONEY FIGHT Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul UK PPV price officially confirmed no pressure Tommy Fury warns AJ not to 'mess up' Usyk fight like he did with Ruiz Jr response Tommy Fury says Jake Paul doesn't have 'balls' to fight, rubbishes Molly-Mae 'DM' legend Recognition beckons for Taylor, who has what Canelo, AJ, Fury all really crave “I just want to send a special message to the WBC who have supported me in my comeback and have been very fair with me,” Fury said. “I recently saw your quote about fighting for the interim title against Dillian Whyte, and I thank you for your interest. “But because I beat Deontay Wilder, though I did’t get the decision I still won and the world knows. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxb5JdglBSv/ “I propose that we make me and Dillian Whyte for the WBC diamond belt, not the interim belt. “I will take care of Dillian Whyte and I will knock him out within six rounds.” Whyte has since responded to Fury’s message on his own social media channels. He wrote on Twitter: “Let’s do it then @gypsyking101 @wbcboxing @wbcmoro I’d fight you anytime anywhere 7 days a week and 5 times on Sunday I look forward to putting you to sleep #LetsGobaby.” Let’s do it then @gypsyking101 @wbcboxing @wbcmoro I’d fight you anytime anywhere 7 days a week and 5 times on Sunday I look forward to putting you to sleep #LetsGobaby pic.twitter.com/DWl0Ir04ap — Dillian Whyte (@DillianWhyte) May 14, 2019 Dominic Breazeale will face Wilder on May 18, while Fury’s next fight will be against Tom Schwarz on June 15 in Las Vegas and Whyte headlines London’s O2 on July 20 against Oscar Rivas.