Tyson Fury's father John has claimed he is the reason behind Dillian Whyte's decision to pull out from his planned bout with Otto Wallin.
The Brit was due to go toe-to-toe with Wallin at Wembley on October 30th but withdrew from the bout due to a shoulder injury.
While Wallin has been pushing for a rematch, Whyte plans to avoid such a contest and head straight into a heavyweight title bout with Tyson Fury.
Whyte is adamant he didn't shirk the fight with Wallin to secure his fight with Fury but John Fury has suggested differently and believes Whyte took his words under consideration.
"Dillian Whyte has pulled out from Otto Wallin. You know why? He listened to what I said," he told BT Sport.
"He's thought 'hang on a minute. John knows his stuff, I'm not fighting Wallin. I'm going to get turned over probably, I won't get my title shot then.'
"It takes them to listen to my videos, it's all on, and then he hears me talking about Wallin - because Wallin is a danger to anybody. You know, and he thought 'I'm not having that smoke, I'll wait, I'll wait.' Lets just see what he's waiting for."
Whyte has spoken about his confidence of overcoming Fury in a bout but John has played-down the likelihood of that happening.
"Tyson is in a different league to these heavyweights. Different. But if you want to get a payday, be nice to him. Say nice things about him and he might just give you a payday. But if you keen being horrible to him, and tryna big yourself up to be this that and the other to make a fight, Tyson will go the other way and give someone else the opportunity.
"Dillian Whyte, be nice to Tyson, start blowing smoke up his you know what and you might get a shot, kid."
