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Harry Davies

Tyson Fury claims Dillian Whyte should only be paid £370,000 for world title fight

Tyson Fury thinks Dillian Whyte should receive only a fraction of the purse he is being paid for their world title fight.

The world title clash was confirmed last week after several delays when Fury's co-promoter Frank Warren won purse bids with a huge £31million offer.

Fury has called out Whyte in several videos since the fight was announced, promising to "annihilate" his domestic rival.

And 'The Gypsy King' thinks Whyte - who is being paid £6m for the clash - shouldn't even be paid seven figures.

"This is a message for Dillian Whyte. Whyte feathers. Coward. Where are you Whyte feathers? You wanted your world-title shot with Wilder for three years," Fury said in a video.

"You never got it you were mandatory for me for three minutes and you got your fight didn't you you coward. ' Tyson Fury is a coward he doesn't want to fight Dillian Whyte'.

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"Well all of a sudden it is on your toes and you have gone silent you little b****. Come out from hiding Whyte feathers. Come and get it, you are getting a good hiding.

"You wanted a bit of free money didn't you dosser, now you are getting $8m which is $7.5m too much for you, come out and say something, bum."

Fury's US promoter, Bob Arum, said that Whyte initially wanted around £10m for the world title fight.

But 'The Body Snatcher' will earn 20 per cent of the purse bid, £6m, whilst Fury will take home a massive £22m for the second defence of his belt.

Whyte has been waiting for his shot at the WBC belt for over four years, winning the silver title against Robert Helenius in 2017.

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He lost the interim title to Alexander Povetkin in a shock knockout loss, but won back the belt in their rematch last March.

And Arum thinks Whyte could hold a bigger threat to Fury than former WBC champion Deontay Wilder did.

"Whyte has a great chance because he's a big, big puncher," Arum told iFL TV.

"He's a very rugged heavyweight, a very experienced heavyweight. If anything, he poses a bigger danger to Tyson than even Deontay Wilder did.

"Wilder had Tyson on the deck twice, so I look for a really great heavyweight fight, it's gonna be a tremendous fight.

"When I called Tyson up after the purse bid, he said 'Bob, make sure Jared Anderson comes over here to train with me'."

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