TYSON FURY is willing to fight for Dillian Whyte in Saudi Arabia.
The WBC heavyweight champion only managed to fight one bout in 2021, Deontay Wilder's incredible trio win. He wants to fight in Spring before trying to squeeze in a few more fights in 2022.
Tyson Fury is a fervent fighter to defend his WBC heavyweight title
The Mexican sanctioning body ordered the 6ft 9in ace to face Whyte as the mandatory challenger, while Anthony Joshua will fight Oleksandr Usyk for the WBA, IBF, and WBO belts.
Both Brit giants will want to make as much money as possible from the all English showdown, but Whyte is especially important as the WBC insist that their interim champion is only worthy of 20% of the purse.
We learned this from AJ's hugely profitable win over Andy Ruiz Jr., that the Saudi site fees can be used to help land large events and improve the country’s image. This can dramatically increase purses.
Fury headlined a Saudi show for WWE in 2019, for rumoured PS12million.
He teased that the nation was returning to oil-rich country last week by showing a clip of himself posing with a picture of that show and saying, "The Saudi Arabian King is coming back!" You must get up, my boy!
"Some big news coming, hold tight!'"
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Fury spoke directly with Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud May 2021 when he was deep into negotiations for a disastrous showdown against Joshua in the hyper-conservative region.
And was already fully on board in helping to promote the fight as well as the highly criticised rulers who were accused of sports washing.
He shouted, "I just got off the phone with Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia. He's said that this fight is 100% on. August 14, 2021 summertime
"All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia.
"This will be the most important sporting event to ever grace the earth. Don't miss it. All eyes are on us.
He was forced to take part in the Wilder final by an arbitrator judge, and the bout ended.
However, it appears that the two have maintained good relations and hosting Fury defense could increase Saudi's chances of winning an undisputed heavyweight fight.
The Arab state hosted Joshua's cautious rematch victory over Andy Ruiz Jr, December 2019, on the assumption that he would get his next shot at the WBC belt against Fury and Wilder there.
The House of Saud has another chance to make boxing's pinnacle event a reality by hosting lead-up bouts.
Whyte fought on the AJ undercard at Diriyah so he has no problem boxing in the controversial regime.
Oleksandr Usyk was also present at the ringside to observe all the action in Riyadh. He should not have any problem signing up for another Gulf mission.
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