By Sean Jones: Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury ought to be required to make a compulsory protection of his WBC heavyweight title if he faces Francis Ngannou. Hearn says Furry will likely be getting 40-50 million for the Ngannou exhibition.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk needs Fury to be stripped of his WBC title if he takes the exhibition match. It’s as much as the WBC to press Fury to defend towards his obligatory as a result of with out them placing his toes to the fireplace, he’s going to combat whoever he pleases.
Fury already fought 39-year-old journeyman Derek Chisora in his final combat, and that outdated man didn’t should combat for a world title. He’d misplaced 3 out of his final 4 fights. Fury is sitting on his WBC title, seeking to make some straightforward coin as an alternative of taking legacy fights towards Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
Hearn doesn’t really feel that’s vital, however he thinks Fury ought to be required to defend towards obligatory quite than being allowed to sit down on his WBC title with out defending it.
Hearn notes that Fury hasn’t made a compulsory protection of his WBC title since final 12 months in April, which was 15 months in the past.
The World Boxing Council’s guidelines are that their champions are required to make annual obligatory defenses of their titles, however Fury has but to try this.
As an alternative of following the WBC’s guidelines, Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) is reportedly planning on combating former UFC champion Ngannou in an exhibition.
“Fury is combating Ngannou, and that’ll be introduced, I believe, Saudi in the present day, or is it tomorrow? No matter it’s,” stated Eddie Hearn to iFL TV reacting to Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk saying Tyson Fury ought to be stripped of his WBC heavyweight title if he faces Francis Ngannou in an exhibition match.
“Ought to he be stripped of his WBC title? In all probability not, however it is best to have a compulsory. I imply, the principles keep within the WBC, I imagine, that each 12 months, there’s a compulsory challenger, and the final obligatory challenger was Dillian Whyte again in; I’m not even positive the place that was. Yeah, again in April, when that was 13 or 14 months in the past.
The WBC may power Fury to defend towards his obligatory, however will they? It’s uncertain as a result of they clearly like having Fury as their champion.
“So I don’t see why he [Fury] shouldn’t have a compulsory, particularly when he’s combating Francis Ngannou, however I don’t suppose you’ll be able to blame Tyson Fury for making a load of cash to combat Francis Ngannou,” stated Hearn. “However you’ll be able to’t come out and say you’re about this and also you’re about that.
“The Usyk combat was there; everybody is aware of that, and he selected to not combat him. Once more, I am going again to in case you actually need to combat, you make it occur. The Usyk combat was there for him in Saudi for a load of cash.
“He selected to not do it. He selected to combat Francis Ngannou, however I don’t begrudge the person. I imply, he stated like he’s going to be a 100 to 1.
“They might combat one million instances, and Francis Ngannou wouldn’t win the combat, and if Fury goes to get 40-50 million to combat him, good luck to him, however he doesn’t really need undisputed legacy, however everybody’s completely different.
“He’s in all probability considering, ‘I couldn’t care much less about legacy. Give me 40 million. Thanks. Candy.’ I get it,” stated Hearn about Fury.
