Whyte KOs talk of rematch with Parker

Dillian Whyte has again dismissed Joseph Parker’s calls for a rematch, insisting he would ‘‘beat up’’ the Kiwi heavyweight once more.

Parker has been brooding over his controversial points loss to Whyte in London in 2018 and is desperate to make amends, consistently calling out Whyte.

Parker’s British promoter Eddie Hearn mentioned a potential clash with Whyte on a long list of opponents he has in mind for his New Zealand fighter.

But Whyte isn’t interested and continued their heated rivalry by dismissing Parker’s recent run of video hits while in lockdown, belittling the Kiwi’s latest knockout win in Texas, and also describing Parker’s only other loss, a points decision to Anthony Joshua in a world title unification fight, as a cowardly performance.

But he was more interested referring to his brutal win over Parker. He put the Kiwi on the canvas for the first time and then clung on to victory despite being floored himself in the final round as Parker, who had suffered a headbutt concussion early in the fight, rediscovered his fluency and accuracy late in the bout. ‘‘I’ve beat him up already, and I’ll beat him up again,’’ Whyte, who used rough house tactics in that fight, told Sky Sports in the UK.

‘‘Joseph Parker shouldn’t be struggling with guys like Shawndell Winters. Who the hell is that guy? No one has even heard of him.

‘‘Instead of prancing around his kitchen, he should go fight someone credible like Derek Chisora or Oscar Rivas. I tried to fight Joseph Parker, before we even fought, when he was a champion. He didn’t want to fight me, but he knows that fighting me now he’ll get a big payday.’’