‘The Body Snatcher’ lost by knockout to Joshua and Povetkin but later avenged the Povetkin defeat, knocked out Chisora in their rematch, and won a decision over Parker. Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) had never had a major title shot in his career, but has faced the likes of Anthony Joshua, Joseph Parker, Derek Chisora twice, and Alexander Povetkin twice. ‘The Gypsy King’ has elevated his global profile through his trilogy with Wilder, going 2-0-1 against the vaunted knockout artist. Five knockdowns were exchanged, with Fury dropping Wilder in the third round, then Wilder scoring two knockdowns in the fourth, then Fury put Deontay down in the 10th and then one more time in the 11th.
The fight is targeted for April 23rd in the United Kingdom, Fury’s first home fight since a tune-up back in 2018.įury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) is coming off an epic knockout win over Deontay Wilder last October. It should be noted that Queensberry co-promotes Fury with Top Rank Boxing, so really it’s Queensberry/Top Rank winning the purse bid, and the end result is that ESPN pay-per-view and BT Sport Box Office are expected to broadcast Fury vs. When the two parties can’t come to contractual and financial terms, then a purse bid is ordered and whichever promoter bids the highest gets the rights to the fight. If you’re unfamiliar with purse bids, sanctioning bodies can order fights between (usually) champions and mandatory challengers to be negotiated and agreed upon within a certain window. So Fury is guaranteed about $29.5 million, Whyte gets $7.4 million, and the winner gets an additional $4.1 million. The WBC rules for this purse bid gave Fury the 80-20 split in his favor, but there’s also 1 0% of the bid kept as a bonus for whomever wins. This is the biggest purse bid in the history of boxingĬongratulations #FuryWhyte Heavyweight championship /Blz4IUDKlH- Mauricio Sulaiman January 28, 2022 This is the coin flipped to determine the opening of the bids
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