WBC refuse to name mandatory challenger for Fury's heavyweight belt
Tyson Fury is cleared to set up epic superfight with Francis Ngannou or Jon Jones after the WBC confirmed he will NOT be ordered to face a mandatory challenger
- The path for Tyson Fury’s super-fight with Jones or Ngannou has been cleared
- The WBC confirmed they will not a select a mandatory challenger for his belt
- It now leaves suggestions that Fury will face an MMA star in a crossover bout
Tyson Fury has been cleared for a potential super-fight with Jon Jones or Francis Ngannou, after the WBC confirmed they will not name a mandatory challenger for his heavyweight belt.
Fury has traded verbal blows with the two MMA stars for a number of weeks, as they debated over who would triumph in a fight between them – whether inside the boxing ring or the octagon.
Despite all of the discussion, it had seem that the likelihood of Fury fighting either combat star was low, following rumours that Anthony Joshua would be named as a mandatory challenger to Fury’s title.
However, as Joshua continues his discussions over a rematch with Dillian Whyte, it’s now been confirmed by that the WBC will not select a replacement.
And it’s led to suggestions that the ‘Gypsy King’ is lining up a super-fight with either Ngannou or Jones, who both made their names inside the octagon.
The WBC confirmed that they will not name a mandatory challenger to Tyson Fury’s heavyweight title
It has led to suggestions that Fury will go ahead with a super-fight against MMA stars Jon Jones (left) or Francis Ngannou (right)
It was reported earlier this month that Fury had failed to secure a unification bout with Ukrainian fighter Oleksandr Usyk on two separate occasions.
Fury has not fought since his heavyweight title defense against Derek Chisora on December 3, 2022. The Gypsy King won the fight via 10th round TKO but has failed to fight since.
The Gypsy King – who has been out of action for six months – had been in talks with Usyk over an undisputed title fight that would unify the division for the first time since Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in March 1999.
However, the bout – which was set to take place in Saudi Arabia – fell through the cracks. As a result, Fury tried calling out the likes of AJ, Dempsey McKean, Francis Ngannou, Jai Opetaia and Jon Jones.
Fury then ramped up his war of words with Jones and suggested that he will fight the UFC heavyweight but only ‘under boxing rules’.
Fury had initially suggested that he’d take on the American in any form of fighting – and would triumph – before claiming that he’d only take him on in the boxing ring.
He wrote: ‘If you guys want to fight me it’s got to be under boxing rules. I don’t roll round the floor, I stand up and punch.’
Fury has not fought since his heavyweight title defense against Derek Chisora (above)
UFC boss Dana White then weighed in on the beef, saying if Fury wants a UFC fight, he will make it happen.
‘Jon Jones is the baddest dude on the planet,’ White said in an interview with Bro Bible.
‘There’s no debate, there’s no denying it. Yeah, there’s no debate. I don’t care what anybody says or how they try to spin it.
‘A lot of this stuff is clickbait. You know how I am: If Tyson Fury really wants to fight Jon Jones in the UFC, I will make it happen.’
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