Promoter Frank Warren does not want anything to get in the way of a unification bout for his client Tyson Fury, despite whatever rival impresario Eddie Hearn may have to say.

Warren took issue with Hearn’s recent comments that he was “not doing a good job” on behalf of Fury by not trying to negotiate a rematch clause in a potential bout involving Hearn’s client, Dillian Whyte. Fury, the WBC beltholder, was recently ordered by the sanctioning body to begin negotiations with Whyte, the mandatory challenger.

Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), however, has a pending legal case with the WBC, so negotiations will not begin until their dispute is settled through arbitration, possibly in March.

In response to Hearn, Warren made it clear that a rematch clause would be the opposite of doing right by his client, as he believes a rematch would unnecessarily hinder Fury’s chance to unify against either Anthony Joshua or current unified champion Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua and Usyk are set for their rematch in April of 2022; Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) won the first meeting back in September to wrest the WBO, WBA, and IBF titles from Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).  

“Well, first of all I think Tyson wins the fight,” Warren told IFL TV. “Secondly, anything can happen in boxing, so I get the situation regarding a rematch. If we got a rematch clause in there, in the meantime Joshua gets it on again with Usyk and whoever wins that fight, that means we’re now lumbered with a rematch clause and we can’t get the big fight that everyone wants to see.”

Warren, moreover, believes it is not in the public's interest to see Fury potentially fight Whyte for a second time.

“So I particularly don’t want to do that,” Warren continued. “I just want to see Tyson get in there, win the fight [against Whyte] and go and fight for all the belts. That’s what I want to see. That’s what part of these problems have been in the past… ‘doing a bad job for our client.’ We’ve done a good job for our client. He’s the number one heavyweight in the world. We've done a very, very good job for him. He’s the undisputed number one heavyweight. I don’t know where he comes from with that. What his views are and my views are obviously at times different.”

Warren, who co-promotes Fury (30-0-1, 22 KOs) with Bob Arum of Top Rank, says he expects Fury to fight in a tune-up in March, but without the WBC title on the line.

“All I want is Tyson to get one fight out — he’s only had one fight in 22 months — in March, then get rid of the obligation with Dillian Whyte based upon the terms of what’s been decided, then I want to see him come out that fight and fight for the four belts. I don’t want nothing else in the way. That’s a good job for boxing and our client, I believe.”