DILLIAN WHYTE is still waiting for his next fight to be confirmed. Itโs a source of frustration for promoter Eddie Hearn. โPeople donโt want to fight Dillian Whyte. Heโs a handful. ย Heโs a real handful. Heโs got a great chin, he donโt stop throwing punching, heโs strong. Itโs frustrating,โ Hearn told Boxing News. โHe just keeps coming back at you.โ
Hearn had hoped for Whyte to challenge WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. โThey donโt seem to want the fight. Itโs frustrating trying to get Dillian Whyte an opponent. Every fighter that weโre asking for money we are giving it to them and theyโre still coming back and not accepting the fight. Weโve offered Wilder three million dollars and US TV. Itโs probably four million dollars. And heโs making one and a half,โ Hearn continued.
The plan is for Whyte to box on the Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev undercard in Cardiff later this month. โWeโre desperate for an opponent for the 28th, we want him on that card,โ the promoter said.
With Wilder now fighting Bermane Stiverne on November 4 in Brooklyn, Dominic Breazeale, another former Joshua opponent, is currently without a fight. Hearn wants him to box the Brixton man. โDillian fights Breazeale and then the winners can fight the winners,โ the promoter said. โBreazeale comes off and weโll fight him on the AJ card.โ