Dillian Whyte says he is ready to fight Anthony Joshua on his summer date at Wembley Stadium. The 36-year-old Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) feels his rematch against Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) will be the final bout. “excellent” Fight for it.
Bottom barrel
Joshua (35 years old) lost to International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in five rounds in his last fight on September 21. AJ needs to win, but he really will Sludge scraping At the bottom of the barrel if the British journeyman chooses White as his opponent. British audiences will likely be happy to buy Joshua vs. Whyte 2 on PPV, but the rest of the world will be disgusted by this abomination.
From Dillian's perspective, you can understand why he would be so desperate to fight Joshua again. He'll get millions for the rematch, and the money will make his retirement comfortable.
White is already rich, and her net worth is estimated at 7 million dollarsaccording to Celebrity Net Worth. A rematch with Joshua would likely push that figure to $10 million. Not bad for a professional competitor who has never won a world title.
Given how enthusiastic the promoter was Eddie Hearn Revolving around the domestic showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Penn, he will likely move towards the idea of a Joshua vs. Whyte matchup, thinking UK fans would love this fight. If Turki Al-Sheikh joins, it wouldn't be a surprise if Joshua White 2 happens next. Joshua White is the type of fight Hearn is likely to take.
The fight between AJ and Whyte will be mocked by fans, who view both as completely washed out and not worth watching now. The obese, 261-pound White looked far from bad shape, beyond terrible words in his last fight against slugger Ebenezer Tetteh on December 15. Dillian had a lot of trouble getting over this guy, and it was sad to see how much The Body Snatcher faded at this late stage in his career.
Whyte has lost two of his last six fights. He has a controversial win over Jermaine Franklin in 2022, meaning White's record should be 3-3 in his last six fights. Franklin clearly beat him, but the judges gave the fighter from the first side, White, the victory. The battle was held in London. Franklin is an American.
White says he also wants a rematch with Tyson Fury, whom he knocked out in the sixth round three years ago on April 23, 2022, at Wembley Stadium. The chance of that rematch happening is zero. If the wealthy Fury returns, it won't be to fight the struggling journeyman Wyatt.
White's dream
“(Joshua) seems perfect to me. They don't need 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,” Dillian Whyte said. Sky Sports Boxing About preparing to fight Anthony Joshua next in a rematch.
“If he wants to fight, all they have to do is call me. I'm always ready to fight AJ, and it's no problem for me. But personally I think he's done,” Dillian said. “I want to fight AJ and Tyson again because they 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 coronavirus, and many believed he should not have made the decision. Fighting under those conditions. If Povetkin had been healthy, Dillian would likely have been eliminated again.
10 years ago, Joshua stopped White in the eighth round on December 12, 2015. White was competitive in the first two rounds and then was gassed and crushed. It wasn't an interesting fight after the second round because of how tired White was.
