Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
Promoter stipulates heavyweight clash terms
In the wake of Frank Maloney’s recent £650,000 offer to Tyson Fury for a huge heavyweight tussle with rival David Price, Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy has laughed off the bid.
Hennessy has now laid down the terms of any agreement between the two as Fury edges towards a world title fight in the next six months and will look elsewhere if Price won’t accept.
“If David Price doesn’t step up to the plate on our terms, the fight won’t happen,” Hennessy told The Daily Star.
"I don’t think it will happen soon because he doesn’t want any of Tyson Fury really. Without Tyson there’s no story with David Price.
“He’s just trying to get publicity by calling out Tyson. If Price and Maloney are going to put out offers, they need to make the offers serious.”
That would certainly mean that Price would have to sever his deal with BoxNation and fight fellow-giant Fury on terrestrial network Channel 5, along with having to take less than a half share of the potential pot.
“If the fight is to happen, Price needs to accept it will not be 50-50 because Tyson has a much higher ranking and profile.
“If Frank Maloney believes it’s a massive fight that could happen in a stadium, he is not in the right ball park with that figure of £650,000. That sort of talk is the talk of a village idiot and the offer is a joke.”
Fury, 24, is set to await current WBC champion Vitali Klitschko’s next move after claiming a win in an eliminator against Kevin Johnson on Saturday night and could fight in the interim as he awaits his title chance.