News emerged this week that WBC mandatory heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte had pulled out of his October 30th date with Otto Wallin at the O2 in London with a reported shoulder injury.
The news prompted many to conclude that Whyte and his promoter Eddie Hearn had opted to avoid a banana skin in the run up to the fighters first world title attempt and concentrate on the bigger picture. The WBC had placed Whyte as the mandatory to face the winner of the recent Fury v Wilder bout, regardless of Whyte opting to meet Wallin in the meantime, a bout with the Swede was not a condition in the mandated order.
Upon receiving the news, Dmitri Salita, the promoter of Otto Wallin has called for a rescheduling of the bout, calling a cancellation unfair to his fighter in the grand scheme of things.
The WBC ruled that the winner of the Fury and Wilder trilogy fight would have 30 days to agree a fight against IBF, WBA and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, or would be ordered to face the reigning interim champion, whom regardless of meeting Wallin or not is Whyte.
Whyte and Hearn have yet to announce their immediate intention but will more than likely aim straight for the Championship having waited around so long for the chance.
Dillian last boxed in March when he avenged only his second career loss to Alexander Povetkin in Gibraltar.
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