Dillian Whyte wants Anthony Joshua fight in September

whyte888By Scott Gilfoid: Dillian Whyte (14-0, 11 KOs) is ready to defeat heavyweight contender/prospect Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 kOs) for the second time, and he’s just waiting to see if Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn will let the fight take place. If so, the hard hitting 27-year-old Whyte wants to get Joshua in the ring in September.

Unlike the 13 easy options that Hearn has put in the ring with Joshua since he turned pro in 2013, Whyte comes to fight and will be looking to show Joshua no respect in the ring. Whyte knows how to beat Joshua. Whyte’s strategy is simple.

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Anthony Joshua interested in Dillian Whyte fight

joshua9585By Scott Gilfoid: After getting beaten by Dillian Whyte (14-0, 11 KOs) in a fairly one-sided fight in the amateur ranks six years ago, undefeated heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) is reportedly interested in getting in the ring and possibly facing the hard hitting Whyte.

Joshua, 25, isn’t saying for sure that he’ll fight him, but he is looking into the possibility of facing him. Just when that’ll be is unknown. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is the one who picks the opponents for him, and judging by the types of guys that he’s been selecting for him thus far, Whyte appear to be someone with little chance of getting picked out for Joshua.

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Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte likely for September 12th for British heavyweight title

joshua888By Demetrius Luke: British heavyweight prospects Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte are on a collision course to face off in September for the vacant British heavyweight title at The O2 Arena recently vacated by fellow Brit Tyson Fury. Joshua and Whyte have a deep history after facing off in the amateurs with Whyte being the victor. However, the professional game is a whole new level of boxing with both guys growing in physical attributes and maturing mentally, both fighters have looked very good since turning professional both boasting undefeated records.

Anthony Joshua is coming off the back of an impressive 2nd round stoppage win over the experienced American Kevin Johnson. Johnson was tipped to take Anthony Joshua rounds but was blown out inside two rounds which has left Joshua’s promoter realizing his young heavyweight prospect needing to be bought along quicker to a higher level.

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Dillian Whyte wants Anthony Joshua fight, doubts it will happen

whyteBy Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for undefeated heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs), mentioned Dillian Whyte (14-0, 11 KOs) as a potential opponent for Joshua for either his July 18th or September 12th fight. Whyte, 27, says he’s ready to face Joshua whenever he’s ready to face him, but he doubts that the fight will happen.

Whyte believes that either Hearn or Joshua himself don’t want the fight against him after he beat Joshua in the amateurs and knocked him down.

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Hearn wants to match Joshua against Whyte, Chisora, Price, Fury and Haye in next 12 months

joshua7By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn plans on upgrading his fighter #7 WBC heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (11-0, 11 KOs) against a higher grade of talent if he’s able to get past 35-year-old American journeyman Kevin Johnson in their fight on May 30th.

Hearn says he wants to match the 25-year-old Joshua against the following heavyweights in the next 12 months: Dillian Whyte, Dereck Chisora, David Price, David Haye and Tyson Fury. All I can say to that is good luck trying to make those fights.

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Will any Brits win a Heavyweight world title

fury90677By Gav Duthie: There are currently 5 British heavyweights (6 if you include David Haye) who have aspirations to win world titles in the division. Tyson Fury seems the closest to a world title shot but following close behind are cousin Hughie Fury, David Price, Anthony Joshua and emerging fighter Dillian Whyte. Who if any of these fighters will be world champions within the year?

1. Tyson Fury 23-0 (17)

Has to go on top at present as he is the closest to a shot. He is mandatory with the WBO and Deontay Wilder wants to fight him also. As expected he beat Christian Hammer easily on saturday night. For me Hammer is probably the highest ranked average fighter of the lot and Tyson rightly stopped him. Hammer was good enough to make Fury train and keep him honest but at 6″2 at without a big punch Fury was fine. Then comes Klitschko or Wilder. I don’t think he can beat Wladimir and as for Wilder he will also have problems. Fury has improved but still seems susceptible to the overhand right (knocked down by Neven Pajkic and Steve Cunningham) and that is Deontay’s best punch. 

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Who the heck is Dillian Whyte?

whyteBy Gav Duthie: Seemingly out of nowhere a pantomime villain has appeared in the middle of the Anthony Joshua story claiming he is going to knock him out. Enter Dillan ‘The Villain’ Whyte 13-0 (10) fresh off a victory over big punching Brazilian whipping boy Marcelo Nascimento. Whyte has fought 4 times since November 2014 winning all by knockout and is saying he is ready for Joshua now. 

Amateur and MMA

To add to the story as earlier reported on Boxingnews24 Whyte boasts an amateur win over Joshua in 2009 which included a knockdown. This was one of only 6 amateur bouts recorded that he had of which he was undefeated. To prove he was born to fight he even had a MMA bout which he won in 12 seconds.

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Dillian Whyte: Anthony Joshua knows I carry the power to KO him

joshua7By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Dillian Whyte (13-0, 10 KOs) says he’s take a fight against unbeaten #7 WBC Anthony Joshua (10-0, 10 KOs) any day of the week if the fight were offered to him. Whyte defeated Joshua in the amateur ranks and knocked him on his backside after nailing him with a left hook followed by a right hand to the head.

Whyte says he doesn’t want to chase a fight against Joshua, who has been matched non-punchers since he turned pro after winning a controversial gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics that year.

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Dillian Whyte stops Marcelo Luiz Nascimento in 2nd round KO!

whyte3By Scott Gilfoid: Former Anthony Joshua conqueror, heavyweight prospect Dillian “The Villain” Whyte (13-0, 10 KOs) made extremely short work of Brazilian knockout artist Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (17-8, 15 KOs) on Saturday night in stopping the 34-year-old fighter in the 2nd round of a scheduled 8 round bout at the Camden Centre, Kings Cross, in London, UK.

While Nascimento has been stopped early before during his career, he’s never been stopped as quickly as the 26-year-old Whyte did to him last night.

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