DILLIAN WHYTE has labelled WBC champ Deontay Wilder the “biggest coward in boxing” for refusing to fight him.
Brixton’s ‘Body Snatcher’ was reinstated as mandatory for his title after having his doping violation charge dropped.
Dillian Whyte is mandatory for the WBC belt – and branded Deontay Wilder a ‘coward’Credit: Getty Images – Getty
But Wilder has instead signed up to a rematch with rival Tyson Fury to take place in Las Vegas on February 2020.
The WBC confirmed that Whyte will now need to wait until February 2021 to land his first title shot despite being ranked at No1 by the governing body since October 2017.
Whyte has made it no secret of his desire to fight The Bronze Bomber but claims Wilder has avoided stepping into the ring.
And now he’s taken another dig at the American on social media.
He wrote: “The biggest coward in boxing today award goes to @BronzeBomber.
“Have been number one for over two years and this coward still ain’t found the balls to fight me. To this day.”
Whyte was stripped of his position as mandatory challenger after news of an irregular sample from a drugs test emerged following his win over Oscar Rivas in July.
Yet he was cleared of any wrongdoing by UKAD just 24 hours before his points win against Mariusz Wach earlier this month.
Whyte could now turn his attentions to big-hitting Daniel Dubois if his bout with Joe Joyce falls through.
Promoter Frank Warren said: “If Joyce doesn’t take that fight then I hope someone like Derek Chisora or Dillian Whyte would step in to face him.”
Tyson Fury will get another shot at Deontay Wilder in FebruaryCredit: PA:Press Association
Dillian Whyte joins Smoke Sundays at Miguel’s Boxing Gym and puts the local talent through their paces
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
