Tyson Fury is set to defend his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte
(Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Wembley has emerged as favourite to host Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight title defence against Dillian Whyte.
The date of Fury’s first outing in the ring since defeating Deontay Wilder in the pair’s third and final meeting back in October is expected to be announced next week, with April 23 now seen as the preferred option.
And it is believed both camps are keen on Wembley hosting, just a week after the two FA Cup semi-finals at the same venue.
Talks are still ongoing with other locations, notably West Ham’s London Stadium and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. A potential bout in Manchester, an initial option for Fury’s first fight on home soil since 2018, is no longer believed to be in the reckoning.
Whyte has long been the mandatory WBC challenger but had been given a multi-million pound offer to step aside – along with Anthony Joshua - to pave the way for Fury to instead set up a heavyweight unification fight against Oleksandr Usyk. But no deal could be brokered, leading to a springtime meeting between Fury and Whyte.
The winner of Fury-Whyte is likely to take on the victor of the rematch between Joshua and Usyk, who stunned Joshua back in September, in a massive undisputed showdown.
