TYSON FURY in 2019 sent Dillian Whyte a "concerned message" - and claimed he had "looked after his rival" only to be "repaid by BS tweets".
33-year-old Whyte blasted Fury via Twitter, calling him "Gypsy Coward", and claiming that he left Fury "pathetically sobbing on a canvas" during sparring.
The Gypsy King, 33, responded by posting a message he claims he sent Whyte following the heavyweight labored past Mariuszwach in Saudi Arabia undercard to Anthony Joshua's rematch victory against Andy Ruiz Jr.
Fury tweeted: "This was a text that I sent @dillianwhyte back December after his fight against Wach. I was worried about him so I reached to him.
"And this is what people treat you when they are nice to you!" "
The Brixton puncher was just about to be cleared by United Kingdom Anti Doping of any doping charges. It had been revealed that a 'adverse find' in his prefight drug test, before he beat Oscar Rivas last Jul.
Whyte was made WBC mandatory, but he was forced to resign. Fury took his place and defeated Deontay Wilder to win the belt.
Fury said he realized Whyte was frustrated and sent him encouraging words.
The Gypsy King claims that this isn't the first time he has helped the British heavyweight while he was involved in a doping scandal.
After testing positive for a banned substance in 2012, Whyte was banned for two-years. He later revealed that the banned substance came from a tainted product.
Fury claimed that he had hired the suspended heavyweight to sparring while he was away from the action to help Whyte financially.
He stated that he had kept him going when he was banned years ago by bringing him into my camps sparing (sic), and paying him. This is how I am repaid with BS Twitters.
"People take kindness for weakness," is an old saying. "Meet another man before the mountains."
Whyte replied to Fury's photo: "Luke, the fake professional victim looking more attention stop running and fight me you coward."
