Dillian Whyte claims Anthony Joshua may want to fight him, but his team of advisers is stopping it from happening.
The British heavyweights squared off after Whyte’s knockout of Dereck Chisora at The O2 last month, with fans clamouring for the pair to fight again.
Whyte is suggesting Anthony Joshua’s team is holding him back
After Joshua dispatched the Brixton man in 2015, he went on to become unified world heavyweight champion.
However, his next move remains unclear with Whyte, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury in the mix for his next fight.
With Fury and Wilder likely to rematch one another this year for the WBC title, there is a vacant spot on April 13 to face ‘AJ’ for all his belts.
However, Whyte is not sure whether or not he will be the man fighting for the gold.
Chisora was brutally stopped in the rematch last month
He told Adam Catterall on The Sports Bar: “I called him out there live thinking the fight could be made and I was very disappointed with Anthony’s response.
“I was ready for him to say ‘Okay, let’s get it on’.
“Wilder is not going to fight him because he doesn’t want it and is fighting Tyson Fury.
“But from his answer – and the way he was acting – I think AJ might want the fight, but I don’t think his team wants the fight.
“I think AJ is going into the business now thinking ‘I can have mediocre, easy fights and still make a load of money’ so why not?
“Realistically, if he wanted to fight Wilder after Wilder came over with the $50million he still didn’t want to fight him.”
Before the rematch between Whyte and Chisora, Joshua claimed he declined a unification fight with Wilder because the money was not enough.
However, his British rival believes it is far simpler than that – Joshua is scared of a fight.