Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte update as Eddie Hearn confirms contract 'reviewed by lawyers'

Tyson Fury's fight against Dillian Whyte is close to being official rubber-stamped with Eddie Hearn confirming Whyte has now received the contract.

The fight has been somewhat of a saga to organise with the purse bids delaying the process on four occasions before it was finally agreed upon last month.

There is set to be an 80:20 split between the Gypsy King and Whyte, with a £31 million deal agreed by Frank Warren's team for the fight where £25million will go to his client Fury and £6million to Whyte.

Reports suggest the fight could be held at Wembley Stadium or Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

With Whyte receiving the contract this past weekend, Hearn expects his fighter to sign on the dotted line - giving the contest the green light.

Hearn told talkSPORT: "At the weekend (Whyte received the contract), yeah. So it’s being reviewed now by Dillian’s lawyers. I’ve got a meeting with him tomorrow.

"In purse bids, it’s a simple bout agreement, so it depends what comes with the contract that’s been sent. I don’t envisage many problems."

Hearn lost the purse bids for the fight, with Fury's promoters Warren and Bob Arum taking the lead.

Hearn said: "I’ve got no involvement (in the fight). I lost the purse bids. I work fight-by-fight with Dillian, he’s a close friend of mine.

"I guess [my involvement is] whatever he wants me to do in the fight. We talk to his team virtually every day, we have done for the entire last two months.

"But Frank won’t really want me involved in the promotion which is no problem, I’ve got enough on my plate if they don’t want me to help in the promotion.

"So I’ll sit down with Dillian and say, ‘What do you want me to do?’

"We’ve got a lot of fights going on, but I’ll always back him and I want