Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and domestic rival Dillian Whyte faced off at a press conference today in London to announce their rematch at The O2 in London on August 12, shown exclusively live on DAZN around the world and on DAZN PPV in the UK and Ireland.
Anthony Joshua: “[Dillian] is just another body. They’ve got a lot of hate for me. But I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about my lane and what I’m trying to do. I don’t focus on other peoples opinions…forget Wilder and all them lot. They’ve been doing my head in for years. Even with Fury. You can see all the lies that have been going on. I’m 34 this year and I’m not wasting my time chasing people.”
Dillian Whyte: “I just prepare for the best version of him. I don’t care what people are saying about him. I’m still coming to fight and I haven’t got anything to lose. I’m calm now – but the more you f*** about, we’ll soon find out.”
They fought 8 years ago and it was a good match. I don’t know how much AJ has left but should be enough to win.
If Whyte lands a few times, we’ll certainly have a good idea of where physically and mentally Joshua truly is at this point of his career.
I am not the best AJ fan out there, but I know one thing. He is the one who says the truth about who avoided him. Usyk is a hero when it comes to fighting him while Fury has been opening his mouth, but no negos are made when mouth is open. Same with Wilder, though Wilder wants him now that the timing is right. But in the past, Wilder was the reason why the Joshua fight never happened.
Not what i am looking for & Not very interesting. & Hard to believe the UK fans want this
You don’t know us Brits. This is a great domestic scrap for us, and it’s 15 minutes down the road from me. If AJ can beat Whyte and fight Wilder in December, then I’ll be happy. The fight with Wilder is not going to come any sooner if AJ doesn’t fight Whyte, so why not sit back and enjoy? I know I will.
You must know better then to suggest that Joshua would fight Wilder, he would suffer a brutal KO and he knows that.
HMMM,YAWN
a shit show fight for sure
Boooooooooring bloody fight, mate! Even the queen herself would have said,” what kind of bloody bullishhhht this fight this is! I wouldn’t be surprice if joshua next opponent is derek chisora! It looks like derek chisora and dillian whyte are the only ones joshua and fury have as opponents in the heavyweight division!
Well, this is a legit boxing matchup, by far better and more credible than the farce Fury is about to stage in Saudi Arabia where he is supposedly facing Francis Ngannou, a complete offense to the sport of boxing.
I prefer to watch these two honest warriors than a clown pretending to be a boxer
I’m looking forward to this scrap, will be exciting and better than Furys exhibition fight or Wilders verbal social media circus show with Ruiz, because that’s all we get with Wilder, Ruiz and Wilder nowadays.
At least AJ and Whyte are putting everything on the line.
Winner fights Wilder, if Wilder finally takes the fight.
2015, 2 guys on the way up.
2023, 2 guys on the on the threshold of retirement.
Pay up, tune in to the cop out.
Is Whyte the best opponent they can find for Joshua. Let’s face it, both fighters are past their prime/s .What chance does Whyte have in winning this one and if, for whatever reason, he ( Whyte ) wins, then Joshua’s career is over… Whyte’s career has been over for quite some time….I think that the probably of Joshua ever getting to fight Fury is zero to none.