Dillian Whyte accuses Tyson Fury of ‘running scared’ after beating Deontay Wilder

Dillian Whyte believes Tyson Fury is ‘running scared’ from a potential fight after beating Deontay Wilder. The ‘Bodysnatcher' was ranked by the WBC as their number one contender for more than 1,000 days without getting a chance to fight Wilder. While Fury fought the ‘Bronze Bomber’ twice and claimed the belt by stopping his American adversary in seven rounds during a thrilling Las Vegas showdown earlier this year. Whyte is still scheduled to fight Alexander Povetkin but a shot at the world title will have to wait until February 2021. Whyte told Sky Sports: “Arum’s talking rubbish. If he represented me he’d be screaming that this is the biggest travesty in the history of boxing – nearly 1,000 days as No 1 without being given a shot. Whereas Tyson Fury barely scraped by the WBC No 31 ranked Otto Wallin in front of only 3,500 people and then got gifted my mandatory position without fighting an eliminator, never mind a final eliminator. “Fury won the belt off that pathetic, hype job Deontay Wilder as his legs were too weak to carry it any longer after running away from me for years and it now looks like the two of them are in a relay. The WBC had originally agreed that the winner of Wilder-Fury II had to fight me by May 2020. Now Wilder’s injured and Arum’s trying to delay my shot further. It’s all wrong and has nothing to do with COVID-19. If he was fit to fight, they could fight in July. Who cares if they don’t have an audience. Big deal. Both of them have fought most of their careers with hardly any audience.” Whyte jokingly made fun of Fury. He added: “I have been ranked No 1 since 2017 and have fought more top 15 contenders than Wilder and Fury combined. I am the Ring Magazine No 2 ranked heavyweight in the world, higher than Wilder. No one is mentioning me as they are scared of fighting me. One hundred per cent I beat Fury. He knows it and that’s why he doesn’t want to face me. We have history. He has run in the past and he’s running scared now. The WBC should order Fury to fight me next but I don’t think ‘The Gypsy Coward’ will. After all he was previously ordered by the WBC to fight me, but he ran away, even when they met his demand of putting the Diamond Belt on the line.” Source: TalkSport

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