The rematch between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Sky Sports reports Whyte has signed the latest bout agreement after a rematch clause was removed. Matchroom Boxing has yet to confirm the report. If the report is correct, then Matchroom is likely squaring away formalities before making the August 12 bout official.
Anthony Joshua scored a seventh-round TKO victory over Dillian Whyte back in late 2015. Both heavyweights are coming off a win over Jermaine Franklin. Joshua defeated Franklin via unanimous decision, while Whyte took a majority decision victory.
If Whyte can pull off a big upset, he may get his wish of a rematch with WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury. “The Gypsy King” scored a sixth-round TKO victory over Dillian Whyte back in April 2022. Shortly after the fight, Whyte told Sky Sports that he felt Fury got away with underhanded tactics.
“When the uppercut landed I was buzzed, but I was trying to regather my senses and he proper full-on pushed me and I fell over and hit my head on the canvas, which is illegal.”
“This isn’t wrestling, this is boxing. But as usual, they let Fury do what he wants and get away with it. I should have been allowed extra time to recover and carry on fighting.”
“(Tyson Fury) pushed me and then he said to the referee, ‘don’t let the fight carry on’. The referee isn’t doing his job. Okay I got caught, no doubt. A good shot. I went for the left uppercut, he went for the right uppercut and he’s a bit taller than me, so obviously he landed his at range and I was hurt.
“I didn’t go straight down, I was hurt and trying to get my senses together, then he full on two-handed pushed me. I fell over and hit my head. A terrible job from the referee but it is what it is.”
Boring pointless fight. Cant believe Whyte is getting another opportunity at this point as well. The guy is and always has been a total third wheel.
Aj wins this but not impressively. Francis opportunities continue to close.
AJ should just retire.
He’s turned into a chinny weirdo.
Eddie Hearn should be ashamed of himself .
The brits have ruined heavyweight boxing.
Fury ducking Usyk, his fighting the inept Chisora and now this fucking shit.
Anthony Joshua is a former unified heavyweight champion who lost his titles to Oleksandr Usyk last year. He is scheduled to fight Dillian Whyte on August 12, 2023 at the O2 Arena in London, UK123. This would be a rematch of their 2015 bout, which Joshua won by knockout.
Some fans might think that Joshua should fight Tyson Fury next, as he is the current WBC champion and the only other man to defeat Deontay Wilder. Fury and Joshua have been in talks for a fight for years, but it has never materialized due to various reasons. Joshua recently said that Fury was his “pot of gold” and that he wanted to face him4. However, Fury has his own obligations to fulfill, as he is expected to fight Wilder for the third time in July and then face Usyk for the undisputed title in December4.
Therefore, it seems that Joshua will have to wait until 2024 to get a shot at Fury or Usyk, unless something changes in the meantime. In the meantime, he will have to deal with Whyte, who is a dangerous opponent and a former rival of Joshua. Whyte has won four fights in a row since losing to Alexander Povetkin in 2020, and he will be eager to avenge his loss to Joshua and claim a world title shot of his own.
4 fight winning streak, maybe it won’t be so bad after all.
The brits have ruined heavyweight boxing.
I dislike Fury, think Hearn has gone to shit as a promoter and AJ has fallen off hard, but come on now, the UK is pretty much the only reason the HW division has had any hype in this era. Take away AJ, Fury and those big UK stadium shows and its pretty much just Wilder beating up cans in Alabama.
Good point but lately it’s been a shambles.
Nobody wants to fight and Fury has been a massive disappointment lately.
1. Tyson Fury
UK
33-0-1, 24 KO
WBC
2. Oleksandr Usyk
Ukraine
20-0, 13 KO
WBA, WBO, IBF, RING
3. Anthony Joshua
UK
25-3, 22 KO
4. Deontay Wilder
US
43-2-1, 42 KO
5. Zhilei Zhang
China
25-1-1, 20 KO
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6. Andy Ruiz Jr
US
35-2, 22 KO
7. Dillian Whyte
UK
29-3, 19 KO
8. Joe Joyce
UK
15-1, 14 KO
9. Luis Ortiz
Cuba
33-3, 28 KO
10. Filip Hrgovic
Croatia
15-0, 12 KO
no new fresh blood apart from Filip Hrgovic.
This HW era as a whole is winding down. It peaked around like 2018. None of the big names are in their primes anymore and the biggest fights never happened, and if they were made at this late stage they wouldnt be as big as they could have been years ago.
Future doesnt look too bright either tbh. Fury, AJ, Wilder, Usyk are all either gone or irrelevant old men in 5 years time and so far the only newcomer that shows star potential is Jared Anderson, and as that last fight shows hes still got work to do.
he did rally back after being hurt but yeah he’s not setting the world on fire.
let’s hope things start happening again.
Fight is off. Whyte pissed hot apparently
Total number of people who give a fuck: 0
Whyte is such a bum in every way.