Whyte warns Anthony Joshua to stay away from his fight against Fury
Dillian Whyte has advised his fellow British boxer, Anthony Joshua, to focus on his upcoming fight and stay away from his bout against Tyson Fury on Saturday.
Whyte is scheduled to face Fury at the Wembley Stadium with the heavyweight title at stake.
When asked about the support of Joshua who has been talking to the media, Whyte told the Sun: “I don’t want AJ at my fight. He needs to fight Usyk and focus on that. In the build-up to the last Usyk fight, he was too worried about re-matching me and telling people he wanted to beat me up.
“I wanted to shout out ‘bro, leave me alone and focus on Usyk’. And then look what happened, he got in the fight and looked spaced out, clueless. He needs to focus on what he has to do, he needs to forget becoming undisputed and worry about Usyk, because if he doesn’t beat Usyk then where does he go?
“Now is the best time to face Usyk, who knows where the poor guy’s head is at. If you can’t beat Usyk now – with what he has been through – then you never will.”
Joshua was dominated by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in their first battle and they have been penned for a rematch in Saudi Arabia later in July.
Meanwhile, Whyte is hoping for another rematch with Joshua for an opportunity to avenge the defeat he suffered at the O2 in December 2015.
“I don’t want Anthony Joshua to retire because I want to fight him again,” he concluded.
