TYSON FURY’S big night at the Home of Football sold out in 90 minutes.
But the Gypsy King reckons he did not need to deliver a big sales pitch to shift Wembley tickets — even though heavyweight rival Dillian Whyte is staying silent.
Tyson Fury will defend his WBC belt against Dillian Whyte on April 23 at Wembley
Whyte failed to turn up to Tuesday’s Wembley press conference but fans weren’t put off, with tickets selling out in 90 minutes
Fury’s mandatory challenger for the WBC belt failed to show for Tuesday’s press conference — but there was not a single seat left in the 90,000-seat arena after frantic buying on Wednesday.
The April 23 clash will be Fury’s first in England since 2018 and the 6ft 9in star reckons they could have packed out the national stadium without any of his pre-fight theatrics.
Manchester’s world champ, 33, said: “I don’t think this fight needed selling.
“Whyte has been very vocal in the past about how he hates me and I am a coward.
“He said I would never fight him and the rest of the division has been running scared from him for years.
“So now he has his chance to stand up and show if he is a real contender — and not just a pretender.
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“He’s going to try and smash my face, I will try to smash his face — what’s there for the fans not to like? This won’t go past six rounds because I am going all out for the people who are turning up or watching on BT Sport.”
Promoter Frank Warren put up a world-record purse bid of £30million to secure the right to host the fight.
But he revealed years of being hounded on the streets about Fury’s overdue return to the UK meant he knew he was betting on a sure thing.
He said: “This is what we — the British fans — wanted.
“Everywhere I have been going, all I have been getting asked is, ‘When is Tyson fighting back in the UK?’
“That is the one question I get asked all the time and it has driven me crazy. But now it is here, he is back, the man is back in town.”
