EDDIE HEARN has revealed that Anthony Joshua will NOT be fighting Deontay Wilder after his unification bout with Joseph Parker.
Instead, Dillian Whyte will be given the opportunity to fight the WBC heavyweight champion providing he beats Lucas Browne at the 02 Arena on Saturday night.
The Matchroom promoter then went on to add that he would like Whyte to then avenge his defeat against AJ in a rematch swiftly after.
Joshua knocked the ‘Body Snatcher’ out in spectacular fashion during the seventh round of their British title dust-up back in December 2015.
When asked by iFL TV who Hearn would like to see Whyte face in his next two fights, the 38-year-old said: “Deontay Wilder and then Anthony Joshua.
“I do want to see him win a world title or fight for a world title.
“I want to give him the opportunity to fight for a world title.”
Whyte will be headlining a fight for the first time since suffering his only defeat of his professional career at the hands of the 2012 Olympic gold medallist.
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And Hearn has revealed that should he prevail against the former WBA ‘World’ heavyweight champ, a world title match-up surely awaits him.
He added: “This is the kind of night we’ve been looking for for Dillian Whyte because he’s been on the undercards for pay-per-view nights so this is the breakout night.
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“Live on Sky Sports, he’s going to have about 9000 in the O2, Live on HBO across America, number one in the WBC, top five in virtually all the other governing bodies.
“This is a breakout fight, this is the one that after you get the win you say, ‘what more have I got to do?’”
Whyte is currently ranked as No 1 in the WBC rankings, where he currently holds the WBC Silver title.
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