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TYSON FURY has claimed ‘coward’ Dillian Whyte wants to be paid just to turn up to a press conference to promote their fight in a brutal attack.The battle of the Brits is yet to be rubber stamped and remains in danger of being CALLED OFF.
Fury has claimed Whyte is asking to be paid to attend a press conferenceCredit: INSTAGRAM
The deadline for the contract to be signed is February 19Credit: GETTY
Whyte has been awarded just 20 per cent of the purse and the deadline for the contract to be signed is today – Saturday, February 19.
And according to heavyweight champ Fury, Whyte is asking to be paid to turn up to a press conference to promote their potential fight.
He said on Instagram: “I’ve just heard that little sausage Dillian Whyte wants paying to turn up to a press conference.
“You little, silly, fat sausage. You’re getting that (fist). Coward.”
Fury has also set up a Just Giving page so Whyte will turn up to the press conference.
And the generous Gypsy King said he’d put in the first donation of 47p.
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He said: “Hi guys, just a quick one. I’m setting up a Just Giving page for Dilian Whyte so he can show up to the press conference and I’m going to donate first.
“My donation is 47p, you useless dosser.”
Should the fight be signed off, Fury says it WILL be in the UK and April 23 is the likely spot on the calendar.
The most likely venue for Fury vs Whyte is reportedly Cardiff or Manchester, but no details are set in stone.
And either Fury or Whyte could be leaving with a special one-off Union Belt.
A WBC statement read: “The World Boxing Council proudly announces the Union Belt.
“This unique belt will be presented as a special trophy to the winner of the highly anticipated fight between WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and WBC interim Heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte.
“The Union belt extols special elements to celebrate and commemorate the United Kingdom through boxing.” More

AMIR KHAN’S stunning wife sent him packing for the most important training camp of his career.Bolton ace Khan, 35, finally faces Kell Brook on Saturday night in Manchester, the culmination of a vicious 20-year rivalry.
Amir Khan at last gets the chance to settle his grudge with Kell BrookCredit: PA
Amir Khan says his wife Faryal Makhdoom set up his tough training camp in the USA without telling him – while he was in DubaiCredit: Instagram / @faryalmakhdoom
The Athens 2004 silver medal winner’s last meaningful fight was the 2019 loss to welterweight world champ Terence Crawford — who bullied him both in and out of the ring.
But Khan moved out to his old enemy’s Colorado and Nebraska camp for weeks of gruelling training and sparring after wife Faryal handpicked his new team — headed now by giant Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre — without even telling him.
Khan revealed: “My wife was the one who made the phone call to arrange it all.
“I was in Dubai, I was on holiday, and she told me to get back to the UK to pack my bags for training camp.
“I was like, ‘Why am I going to a training camp?’
“She told me I was going to train with Brian McIntyre and Terence Crawford. Initially I didn’t want to because of what had been said around our fight.
“But she told me just to trust her — and that it would be good for me.
“Faryal said to try them — I initially said no because of all the s*** that was said — but she made the calls and before you know it, I was off.”
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Sadly for the mother of Khan’s three children, she still won’t be getting a direct cut of his giant pension purse.
He laughed: “She is not getting paid for her help!
“When I first said to her I wanted the Kell Brook fight, she asked me if I was sure — and said she would only let me do it if I trained really hard and took it seriously.
“She would speak to BoMac and ask about my sparring and training. When she knew I was training hard, she came around to the idea.”
Khan was the only Team GB boxer to qualify for the Greece games — and helped change the face and funding of amateur boxing in the UK.
The proud British-Pakistani then went on to become a household name, world champ, TV star and national treasure.
But he admits all of that could now be tainted if he is mainly remembered for losing to the 35-year-old enemy he has always considered an understudy.
Khan added: “You’re always one fight away from destroying your whole legacy.
“This could end up with me losing everything that I’ve done in my whole career.
“People will be like, ‘Oh, he got beaten by Kell Brook,’ so I have to do everything right.
Amir Khan and his wife Faryal MakhdoomCredit: Instagram / @amirkingkhan
Amir said that his wife Faryal set up his training camp for himCredit: Instagram / @faryalmakhdoom
Amir Khan and Kell Brook are fighting for their reputations when they meetCredit: Getty
“That’s why I was running up hills, I was working so hard. I don’t want to lose to him. I don’t like the guy.”
Khan and Brook’s Thursday press conference started well but turned into a grubby slanging match, with both men dragging up rumours and innuendos about the other’s private life.
Khan even suggested Brook had been racist for saying he has a “poppadom chin”.
But Brook insists it was just an insult about his KO losses — and not his family heritage.
But if Mrs Khan has her way, this will still be the last time we see Khan in action.
He explained: “She wants her husband back. But I keep telling her, ‘One more’.
“I want to see how I feel and look when I get past this fight — because if I perform the way I think I will, then I would want one or two more.
“There are a few losses I want to avenge.
“Common sense tells me both the winner and loser will say, ‘You know what? I’ve had a great time, I’m done’.Johnny Nelson
“Being away from the family and kids is really hard. When I put my head down, I forget about having kids, I forget about having a wife, I am so focused.”
But ex-cruiserweight champ Johnny Nelson is hoping the pair will see sense and protect their legacies by calling it a day.
He said: “They will just become the stepping stones for the youngsters coming through.
“Common sense tells me that both the winner and loser will say, ‘You know what? I’ve had a great time, I’m done’.
“It’ll be a hard slog for the loser and they might say, ‘That’s not the end of me,’ depending on the fashion of the loss.
“But I hope, unless they’re fighting each other again, that the winner and the loser say, ‘I’ve had a great time. Britain, thank you’.
 “As an ex-fighter myself, would I have wanted to carry on after being beaten by my big domestic rival? No, I wouldn’t.
“Because where’s my ambition? It tells you that I’m just going in there for money. This is big-money for both fighters — but also pride.
“The loser will just end up being a stepping stone for the young bucks.“Both these fighters have got too much pride for that.” More

IN November, when the Amir Khan v Kell Brook clash was still just a possibility, I described them as yesterday’s men — and maintained it should not happen.I certainly haven’t changed my mind. In fact, I feel I was probably being too kind.
Amir Khan’s suspect chin might prove costly on Saturday night and the fight is unlikely to pass six roundsCredit: Getty
Kell Brook could finish it the first time he catches Amir Khan on the chinCredit: Getty
Actually, they are the day BEFORE yesterday’s men.
Khan has not fought for almost three years. Brook, with two titanium plates to repair fractured eye sockets thanks to Gennady Golovkin and Errol Spence Jr, has been out of the ring for 16 months.
In his last meaningful fight, Amir quit in the sixth against Terence Crawford. When Kell challenged the American for the WBO welterweight title, he was KO’d in the fourth — and we haven’t seen him since.
These two former world champions are so far past their sell-by dates, the ink has faded so badly it is now unreadable.
This fight would’ve meant something if it had taken place when it should have done — six years ago.
The only justification seems to be providing two multi-millionaires with a boost to their pension pots. It isn’t surprising Manchester Arena is sold out, though.
This phoney war has the same morbid fascination as a motorway crash. You feel guilty staring, yet you can’t take your eyes off it.
I doubt either will fancy fighting beyond six rounds. I reckon as soon as Brook lands a clean shot on Khan’s suspect chin, it will be over.
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Most supposed grudge matches are contrived ticket-selling vehicles and  when the final bell sounds, men  meant to hate each other cuddle up like long-lost brothers.
Derek Chisora v David Haye is a classic.  Chisora, after being out-pointed by Vitali Klitschko in Munich, had a brawl with Haye at the post-fight press conference when his fellow Brit heckled him.
Haye went on to knock out Chisora at Upton Park — then ended up becoming his   manager and promoter. They looked like life-long pals throughout their partnership.
Carl Froch said of George Groves, who he defeated twice: “I f***ing hated him and wanted to knock his teeth down his throat.”
Yet the pair have recently been seen with their arms around each other working as TV pundits. Some grudges, though, are carried to the grave.  Joe Frazier despised Muhammad Ali for constantly calling him an ‘Uncle Tom’.
US President Bill Clinton and a worldwide audience were moved to tears when, ravaged by Parkinson’s and shaking violently, Ali lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
The next morning, Frazier was asked on TV if he had found the scene moving — and snarled: “They should have thrown him in the fire.”
The longest-running feud in British boxing was between the two top promoters of their day — Jack Solomons and Harry Levene — which carried on for nearly 40 years.
When Solomons died in 1979, Levene was asked if he would like to say something, “My next show is at Wembley on March 22,” he replied. Now that is a REAL grudge match.  More