By Scott Gilfoid: Last week the World Boxing Council sanctioned the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury rematch, which still hasn’t been made official yet. However, the WBC hasn’t made an official ruling on the Wilder-Fury rematch implications, according to Michael Benson. Rather than make a decision now, the WBC is going to wait to make their decision until after this month’s rematch between #1 WBC ranked contender Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora. It makes all the sense in the world for the WBC to wait until after the Whyte-Chisora II fight before they make a decision on the Wilder vs. Fury 2 situation.
With the WBC having already sanctioned the Wilder vs. Fury rematch, the only thing that needs to be determined now is what happens with the winner of that fight. Do they face WBC mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale (19-1, 16 KO) straightaway or does the WBC order the winner of the Whyte-Chisora II fight to face Breazeale. With all the complaining Whyte has been doing about the WBC selecting Breazeale as Wilder’s mandatory challenger, this would be a good way for the sanctioning body to give him a chance of putting himself in the lead position.
The logical outcome of the WBC waiting on the outcome of the Whyte-Chisora 2 card is the winner of the fight would then be ordered to face Breazeale being made the new mandatory or interim WBC heavyweight champion. For Whyte, it’s a great situation. He could actually earn the mandatory spot rather than having it given to him on a silver platter after beating less than talented heavyweights. Unfortunately, Whyte will likely refuse to fight Breazeale for the interim or mandatory spot.
The WBC already tried ordering Whyte to fight Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz for the second mandatory spot, but he wanted no part of fighting the Cuban talent to put him in the secondary spot behind the current mandatory Breazeale. But by the WBC potentially ordering the winner the Whyte-Chisora 2 to fight Breazeale for the mandatory and/or interim WBC strap, it means Whyte can no longer complain. He would be able to earn the mandatory spot. That’s the way things should be. Whyte’s recent wins over Robert Helenius, Joseph Parker, and Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne weren’t good enough victories in the eyes of a lot of boxing fans to make him the mandatory for Wilder. Whyte’s victory over Parker was controversial as well. Whyte head-butted Parker in the 2nd round, and the referee gave Dillian a credit for a knockdown instead of waiving it off. It was a sad way for Whyte to win the fight by being credited for a head-butt knockdown. Parker has been after Whyte for a rematch ever since, but with no luck.
Whyte, 30, is expected to beat Chisora in the rematch. Whyte is the A-side in the promotion, and the money guy. Chisora already lost a controversial decision to Whyte in 2016, so he’s going to need to do something special for him to upset the apple-cart on December 22.