Whyte: I will not sell shot
DILLIAN WHYTE says no amount of money would persuade him to stand aside next year and wave through a potential Battle of Britain between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.
WBA, IBF and WBO champ Joshua has agreed a deal in principle to fight WBC king Fury as long as both still hold their heavyweight titles.
But Joshua is due to meet Kubrat Pulev first, Fury has his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder later this year and Whyte, 32, the mandatory challenger, has been told by the WBC that he will get his shot at the belt next February.
Assuming Joshua and Fury are both still world champions in 2021, the latter may want to offer Whyte step-aside cash so a unification bout can happen.
But Whyte, reinstated as mandatory challenger after a doping violation charge was dropped in April 2019, said: “No amount of money would make me consider that.
“I have waited long enough and I am not getting any younger.
“So I’m not looking to step aside at all.”
WBC interim champ Whyte, who faces Russian Alexander Povetkin in promoter Eddie Hearn’s back garden in August, lost to Joshua in December 2015.
But Whyte wobbled the future champion with one big shot and is confident he would finish the job next time.
Whyte added: “With the Joshua fight, I knew what injuries I had and what punch I needed.
“But when I landed it I shattered my shoulder. If I fight him again with a good training camp then I will stop him.
“As was shown in the Andy Ruiz fight – if you hit Joshua and are relentless he gets stopped.”