Dillian Whyte slams Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury for not giving him a rematch as he calls out Joe Joyce

Dillian Whyte has said he now wants to fight Joe Joyce next after being unable to make rematches with either Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury.

Last time out, Whyte bounced back from being knocked out by Fury, as he beat Jermaine Franklin by controversial majority decision, with the American claiming he was ‘robbed’.

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Many considered Dillian Whyte fortunate to get the nod when he fought Franklin

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And prior to that he was KO’d by Fury

Prior to the fight, promoter Eddie Hearn had said the winner would fight Joshua next, but despite Whyte emerging victorious, it was Franklin who ended up clashing with AJ earlier this month, when he lost by unanimous decision.

Hearn then said that Whyte was the ‘frontrunner’ to fight Joshua in July later this year, before the former two-time heavyweight world champion came out and said that he would not return to the ring again until December.

There have been rumours of a huge heavyweight tournament in Saudi Arabia at the end of the year, with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fighting for the undisputed heavyweight world titles and then Joshua and Deontay Wilder also clashing, with the winners of both bouts meeting each other.

This will not be music to the ears of Whyte, as it once again leaves him out in the cold in the heavyweight world title scene.

He expressed his frustrations while at ringside for Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang when talking to talkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies.

When asked about his disappointment at a summer fight with AJ looking unlikely, Whyte said: “Joshua sucks man, sucks, sucks. That’s the only way I can put it, he sucks.”

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And in terms of the rumoured heavyweight tournament, he reacted: “Maybe [they should] do an eight-man tournament and include me. An eight-man tournament and include me and Joe Joyce…

“An eight-man tournament would be amazing. That would force everyone to fight everyone.

“That’s what heavyweight boxing’s all about – drama and excitement. That’s what we need to do, try and big back that drama and excitement.”

Whyte was then questioned as to whether he would fight Joyce next and he said: “Yeah, Joe Joyce is definitely a fight I want.

“I want the biggest fights and obviously Anthony Joshua’s not fighting me, Tyson Fury’s not fighting me, so I’d love to fight Joe Joyce.”