Mauricio Sulaiman president of the WBC says : Dillian Whyte is “welcome” to fight Luis Ortiz Next
O2 Arena is booked on December 22nd 2018 (Tickets on sale soon…) by Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing).
Talks are ongoing with British rival Dereck Chisora, but Cuban Luis Ortiz is in the mix for the fight.
‘The body snatcher’ has appealed over Dominic Breazeale’s status as the current mandatory challenger.
Speaking to the media Sulaiman says :
“The WBC welcome that Dillian Whyte and Luis Ortiz can fight a final elimination for the second mandatory, while we address Breazeale.
“I truly believe Dillian Whyte is very much deserving of the No 1 position where he is ranked. Dominic Breazeale is a mandatory contender for specific circumstances, which happened last year, and that’s the bottom line.”
“He is challenging the WBC ruling, which he has all the rights to do so, and we’re going to be addressing it, because it was very tight, between our meeting, his appeal letter, and the convention.
“Basically he does not accept that the WBC recognises Breazeale as mandatory, and he is claiming the WBC to withdraw recognition of Dominic Breazeale, and to appoint him the mandatory.
“We will certainly look into his appeal, and address it. I would say in the following two, three weeks, however, everything is based on December 1, and then on trying to make the fight with Joshua.
“Whatever is decided, there comes precedent for importance, if the Joshua-Wilder fight or Joshua-Fury.”
Ortiz is definitely the Plan-B option if Whyte vs Chisora 2 doesn’t work out. Promoter Eddie Hearn has talked about wanting him to fight Chisora, and then possibly Anthony Joshua on April 13th 2019 if Wilder doesn’t want the work.
Most fans want to see the rematch between the two home fighters in another barn-burner.
More to come…
