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Dillian Whyte says he is ready to fight Anthony Joshua at their summer date at Wembley Stadium. The 36-year-old Whyte (31-3, 21, KOs) believes a rematch against Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) would be the “perfect” fight for him
The bottom barrel
Joshua, 35, was destroyed by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in five rounds in his last fight on September 21. AJ needs a win, but he’d really be scraping the bottom of the barrel if he picked fellow Brit Whyte as his opponent. From Dillian’s point of view, you can understand why he is so desperate to fight Joshua again. He would collect millions for the recovery and the money would make his retirement comfortable.
Whyte is already rich, with a fortune estimated at 7 million dollarsaccording to Celebrity Net Worth. A rematch with Joshua would likely raise as much as $10 million. Not bad for a career hopeful who has never won a world title.
Considering the promoter’s emotion Eddie Hearn is about the nationwide scrap between chris eubank jr. and Conor Benn, will probably be banking on the idea of pitting Joshua against Whyte, thinking UK fans will love this fight. If Turki Al-Sheikh gets on board, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Joshua-Whyte 2 happens next. Joshua-Whyte is the type of fight Hearn would probably go for.
A fight between AJ and Whyte would be laughed off by the fans, who they feel are both completely washed up and not worthy of watching now. An overweight and badly out of shape 261lb Whyte looked terrible beyond words in his last fight against official Ebenezer Tetteh on December 15th. Dillian had a lot of trouble beating this guy, and it was sad to see how “The Body Snatcher” faded away at this late stage in his career.
Whyte has lost two of his last six fights. He had a controversial win over Jermaine Franklin in 2022, meaning Whyte’s record should be 3-3 in his last six fights. Franklin clearly beat him, but the judges gave the victory to the A-band fighter, Whyte. The fight took place in London. Franklin is American.
Whyte says he also wants a rematch with Tyson Fury, who knocked him out in the sixth round three years ago on April 23, 2022 at Wembley Stadium. This rematch has zero chance of happening. If the rich Fury returns, it won’t be to fight the clerk Whyte.
Whyte Dreaming
“(Josué) Sounds perfect to me. They don’t have to ask me twice. They talk about me as an option, but they haven’t told me anything, so it’s just negotiation tactics from them. But I’m ready to fight” , said Dillian Whyte Sky Sports Boxing about being willing to fight Anthony Joshua next in a rematch.
“If he wants to fight, then all they have to do is call me. I’m always willing to fight AJ, no problem for me. However, personally, I think it’s over,” Dillian said. “I want to fight AJ and Tyson again because they both beat me.”
Alexander Povetkin knocked out Whyte in five rounds in 2020. A year later, Dillian avenged his loss by stopping Povetkin in the fourth round in March 2021. Povetkin was coming off a bad case of COVID, and many believe he shouldn’t ‘having taken the fight in these conditions. Had it been a healthy Povetkin, Dillian probably would have been knocked out again.
10 years ago, Joshua stopped Whyte in the eighth round on December 12, 2015. Whyte was competitive for the first two rounds and then came out gassed and hit. It wasn’t an interesting fight after the second round because of how tired Whyte looked.
