Dmitry Salita, promoter of Jermaine Franklin, thinks the rumoured rematch between Anthony Joshua and DIllian Whyte is nothing greater than “movie star boxing’ and that it’s a “huge occasion” somewhat than an enormous combat.
‘AJ’ has had a chronic rivalry with Whyte for over a decade, after dropping to the ‘Physique Snatcher’ in his third beginner bout.
Nevertheless, the rating was settled within the skilled ring, because the two-time world champion knocked Whyte out with a deadly uppercut again in 2015.
Now, following back-to-back defeats, Joshua is trying to get his profession again on monitor, with Eddie Hearn detailing plans for a warm-up combat in April, earlier than dealing with Whyte as soon as once more in the summertime.
As for Whyte, the 35-year-old struggled to beat Jermaine Franklin in November, profitable an in depth majority choice.
Salita advised Boxing King Media {that a} rematch between the 2 Brits makes little sense, as it will not be the assertion win for Joshua that’s desperately wanted in his profession.
“This Dillian Whyte combat with Anthony Joshua in the summertime, to me, that doesn’t say something. It’s not an announcement for Anthony Joshua, it’s movie star boxing. Each of the fellows are huge names, and it’s simply movie star boxing.”
“It’s like Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor, like Floyd Mayweather preventing Manny Pacquiao now. Two excellent fighters, sooner or later in time, however the truth that they’re preventing one another at present? Dillian Whyte is 1-3, in case your counting his combat with Jermaine, which was simply the mercy of the judges. It ought to actually be counted as a loss and he acquired stopped [in his other defeats].”
“He’s an enormous identify and I feel Dillian has it in him, perhaps, for yet another combat, however he must combat somebody like Jermaine or an Otto Wallin. Any person actual, not a Demsey [McKean] sort of man, an actual man that individuals can say, ‘ what, Dillian has nonetheless acquired it, he’s positive’. Solely then would a combat with Joshua be significant.”
“Talking purely as a boxing fan, at present, Dillian Whyte versus Anthony Joshua is an enormous occasion. It’s not an enormous combat.”
It seems as if Salita’s man will probably be subsequent in line for Joshua, as ‘AJ’ makes his comeback in April. A combat which even Eddie Hearn has admitted will probably be a make or break for the two-time heavyweight champion.