Tyson Fury labelled Dillian Whyte as 'Frillian Whyteknickers' ahead of their heavyweight fight at Wembley on April 23. The new nickname was a jibe directed at his fellow Brit Whyte as the 33-year-old failed to turn up to the pair's press conference seemingly in protest over the purse bid which was won by Frank Warren's team.
Whyte remained in Portugal for the press conference, having demanded a private jet to bring him over, with Warren branding the Londoner 'unprofessional' for failing to turn up. This allowed Fury to declare the event 'the Tyson Fury show', adding: "This isn't about Dillian Whyte - it's about me."
The fight will take place under the Wembley arch with a record purse bid and in front of a capacity crowd in what could be the biggest British boxing fight of the 21st century so far. Fury took his chance to dub Whyte as a 'coward' ahead of the fight and steal the show, with a clever new nickname for the mandatory challenger.
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Fury said: "I have given him a new name, Frillian Whyteknickers - he has shown the white flag today. He is terrified. The way he's going on about not having a face-to-face.
"It's fear, it's terror - all of the above. I don't blame him for not being here!"
He reiterated his confidence: "I am very, very confident - I am not a down to earth - I am on top of it. There's not a 1% chance that I will lose the fight - I know I cannot lose."
"The latter end of my career, I have to be supremely confident in my ability - which I am."
Frank Warren added his confidence in Fury, lauding him as the best heavyweight of his generation: "I think he is the best heavyweight in my time - he's definitely the best of his generation.
"He boxxed Klitschkho's head off - and he beat Deontay Wilder, the hardest puncher in history, three times. That is his versatility."
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