Fury feeling confident after Whyte no-show

Tyson Fury has claimed he feels even more emboldened by Dillian Whyte swerving the press conference that heralded their much-anticipated world heavyweight title fight on April 23 at Wembley Stadium.

Whyte is the mandatory challenger to WBC champion Fury but is entitled to just 20 per cent of the record PS30m purse bid won by his rival's co-promoter Frank Warren a couple of months ago.

It was speculated that Whyte was seeking to renegotiate his share of the split before he signed his contract hours before the deadline last week, and the Londoner did not show up to a media event to promote the fight on Tuesday.

Whyte is currently preparing for his first world title opportunity in Portugal and, according to Warren, rejected the offer of a private jet to come head-to-head with Fury, who poured scorn on his British rival's no-show.

"He's getting the biggest payday of his life," Fury said. "He should be here kissing my feet and washing my feet.

"It's given me that much more confidence, it's unbelievable. He's definitely shown the white flag in my estimation.

"He doesn't want to go face to face with me because he'll see that fire in my eyes and he'll think 'I'm getting smashed to bits'."

Warren alleged Whyte is getting paid more than his contemporaries did when they first fought for a world title.

"I've never heard of a fighter not showing up to a press conference," Warren said.

"He's getting eight times more than Tyson got to fight (Wladimir) Klitschko, he's getting more than (Anthony) Joshua got paid to fight (Charles) Martin, he's getting more than (Oleksandr) Usyk got to fight Joshua.

"Champions bank on themselves to win, that's what they do to become the king. You win the title, you get the money."

While Whyte has won 28