Promoter Frank Warren stated that TYSON FURY earned 67 times more than Dillian Whyte during their last fights.
After Fury was ordered to face Whyte, the WBC placed Fury under mandatory challenge. The pair are currently in negotiations.
Tyson Fury photographed with Frank Warren, promoter
The governing body has announced that the purse split will be 80 percent in favor of the champion.
Whyte is furious and will appeal the decision. The purse bids were moved back one week to January 17-18.
Warren stated on talkSPORT that the purse bid was pushed back by one week.
"That was done on Saturday, so the purse bid will be seven more days. I believe it will be next Monday or Tuesday."
"As regards the split, they are entitled to an appeal.
"I don’t believe they’ll get anywhere," because purse bids are based on boxers’ previous earnings.
"Tyson's last purse, which was lodged with WBC, was PS20million, and Dillian Whyte was PS300,000. That's why it is at the split.
"An example of a situation I remember in the last year was when Canelo fought against Billy Joe Saunders' mandatory at that time. But Billy had just made a deal.
"He was not going to get any 45 per cent of a purse, because Canelo is the one who makes the most money from the two of them."
Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the WBC, confirmed that the splits were made after a review Fury and Whyte’s most recent paydays.
Sulaiman stated to BoxingScene that the consideration for the 80/20 split is based on the purses earned by fighters in recent fights.
Warren claimed that Whyte had earned nearly $4 million in his last fight against Alexander Povetkin (42).
Fury is a highly-paid fighter and earned PS42m in 2020 from endorsements, fighting and his WWE debut.
Because Whyte was WBC 'interim champ', he had hoped for a 45% split.
Fury's high profile earned the WBC the right to award him the largest possible fight purse.
Warren stated: "Certainly, when Tyson is generating the kind of money that Tyson is generating, there's never going to be that kinda split."
"This isn't something new. This has been going on for at least 25 years. This is the way most organisations operate and it's how it works.
"They can appeal to their appeal. Nobody would, in any way, from our perspective, say that you can't do it. But the fact is, I don't believe it will make any difference."
