TYSON FURY is counting the clock as Dillian Whyte’s deadline to sign their fight contract nears.
WBC mandatory challenger Whyte has until Saturday, February 19, to put pen to paper to confirm his first world title shot.
Unbeaten champion Fury has already signed his half and reminded his British rival time is ticking to do the same.
He said in a social media video: “Good morning, Morecambe Bay. Dillian Whyte, you little sucker, you’ve got three days left, b***h.
“Sign the contract, p***y.”
Whyte has remained stoically silent since Fury’s promotional team of Frank Warren and Bob Arum won the purse bid with a £30.6million offer.
And English Hall of Famer Warren warned the challenger-to-be it is their way or the highway.
He said: “If he doesn’t sign he’s out. Those were the terms of the purse bid.
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“Why wouldn’t he sign? He’s getting a massive purse, it makes no sense for him not to sign.
“From the day of the purse bid, there were 21 days to lodge the contract, regardless of what Eddie Hearn says.
“We’re not even dealing with Hearn, we’re dealing with Dillian Whyte’s lawyer, Hearn has no involvement unless we’re told otherwise.
“We’ve been dealing and negotiating with his lawyer and that’s it.”
Whyte and his team were left fuming after only being given a 20 per cent split of the purses.
That still guarantees him £6m and a potential £3m more if he wins and takes home the 10 per cent bonus.
But veteran US matchmaker Arum accused Whyte of wanting MORE money to flog the box office fight or he will remain tightlipped.
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Arum said on Queensberry Promotions‘ YouTube channel: “He’s trying to get more money. Simple as that. He’s trying to hold us up.
“One thing when you win a purse bid, it says that the fighters will help in ways to promote.
“Well that’s sort of ambiguous. And most fighters, because they’re professional they will promote.
“Now he’s saying, ‘I want extra money to promote, because you’re stuck paying me what the purse bids said which is $7.3m and I want some more money from you to go out there and promote’.
“And our position is, well we’re not going to give it to you. Now, if the fight does enormously well, yeah we’ll give you a taste at the backend where everybody’s made money.
“But we’re not going to be put in a position where you’re threatening us, to not participate in the promotion. If he doesn’t, he’s a damn fool.
“Because again, there’s always tomorrow and even if he loses the fight, which he figures to do, by participating in the promotion he builds his own image and his own career.
“And secondly and even more important, he really needs the exposure from this big fight and his threat is, that he’s not going to avail himself to that exposure.”
