Tyson Fury accuses Dillian Whyte of 'showing white flag' for missing press conference

Tyson Fury has accused Dillian Whyte of "showing the white flag" for failing to show up for a media event promoting their world heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium in London.

Fury is defending his WBC belt against his fellow Briton on April 23 and the pair were due to go head-to-head in a press conference on Tuesday only for Whyte not to turn up.

It was reported that Whyte - the mandatory challenger for Fury's title - was seeking to renegotiate his share of the fight split before he signed his contract hours ahead of the deadline last week.

Frank Warren won the rights to stage the encounter between his client and Whyte, with a record $42 million purse bid. Fury is set to receive almost $30m of that, with Whyte taking home a little more than $7m. A bonus of $4m goes to the winner.

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.

“He’s getting the biggest payday of his life,” said Fury, who is unbeaten in his 32 pro bouts. Whyte has lost twice in his 28 fights. “He should be here kissing my feet and washing my feet.

“Before I was like ‘you know what, when I say stuff about Dillian Whyte he always fires back and he gets upset and causes a bit of a ruckus’, now it’s like ‘say what you want about the guy’.

“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’.”

Fury's last fight saw him defeat Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas in their third fight with a brutal 11th-round knockout. He last bout in Britain was in