President Mauricio Sulaiman of the World Boxing Council (WBC) says the most anticipated bout between Joshua and Fury is only but a speculation, after the mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte took the matter to court.
‘He [Whyte] has the right to enforce his title shot after the Wilder vs Fury third fight. Fury vs Joshua is just speculation.
‘For the WBC there is a mandatory title defence that the champion has to make.
‘The mandatory challenger is the interim champion, Dillian Whyte.
Speaking on the possible Fury/Joshua matchup, the WBC topman had this to say.
‘They (Joshua and Fury)have both come out and said that they have a deal which is very good. But there are many things that must take place before it actually happens.
‘Right now we don’t know when boxing is going to resume for some specific fights, such as the rematch between Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury.
‘We don’t know if that fight will happen October, November, December, next year.
We cannot control that. But for the WBC there is a legal contract that they signed for a third fight (between Fury and Wilder).’
The ruling from the sanctioning body, WBC, say Tyson Fury must fight interim champion Dillian Whyte before Anthony Joshua or any other encounter, after Whyte pressed legal charges.