Eddie Hearn warns Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury there’s no escape as WBC order winner to face Dillian Whyte
MATCHROOM BOXING chief Eddie Hearn has warned Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder that there’ll be ‘no escaping’ a showdown with Dillian Whyte in 2020.
The duo are scheduled to face off for a third time later this year, after Fury claimed the Bronze Bomber’s belt back in February.
And with the Gypsy King the overwhelming favourite to defeat Wilder again, fans have been yearning for a unification bout with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua.
But the WBC today announced that their No1 ranked contender and interim champion Whyte, 32, will get a shot at the winner of the trilogy bout BEFORE AJ.
And Hearn, who also promotes Joshua, gave his reaction to the news to talkSPORT.
He said: “We knew it but it’s always nice to get confirmation from the WBC. Every time they confirm it in writing gives us more clout moving forward.
“It’s fantastic for Dillian Whyte. He still has to get past Alexander Povetkin on August 22, but if he does that he will have to fight the winner of Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder very early next year.
“Of course, we want the winner of that to go on to fight Anthony Joshua in the summer of next year for the undisputed.
“Big news for Dillian Whyte and no escape for Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder, as confirmed by the WBC.”
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The coronavirus pandemic, as has so often been the case this year, could put the highly-anticipated fights into doubt, however.
Fury’s veteran promoter Bob Arum earlier admitted to Sirius XM that his client’s trilogy bout with Wilder, currently set for December, could be postponed yet again if no fans are permitted inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
But with the WBC’s Whyte ruling, there would no longer be a slot in the calendar for Wilder’s third shot at Fury – presenting organisers a potentially difficult dilemma.