Dillian Whyte believes a battle between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder – two monstrous punchers – would end in emphatic fashion.
The pair were first in negotiations for an undisputed clash in 2018, back when Joshua had unified the division with a unanimous points victory over Joseph Parker.
‘AJ’ was just two fights removed from his compelling battle with Wladimir Klitschko, which saw him claim the IBF and WBA world titles after engineering an 11th-round finish.
Wilder, meanwhile, had just secured a career-best victory over Luis Ortiz, who gave a titanic effort but ultimately found himself on the receiving end of a 10th-round stoppage.
But then, after talks for the Joshua fight collapsed, the American entered his first encounter with Tyson Fury, retaining his WBC world title following a controversial draw.
Joshua, on the other hand, was relieved of his belts in 2019, when Andy Ruiz Jr scored a monumental upset by dethroning the champion with a sixth-round finish.
This seemed to put the nail in the coffin of a potential clash with Wilder, who would later suffer a punishing seventh-round stoppage defeat to Fury in 2020.
There were, however, multiple attempts to revisit their matchup down the line, with the pair still refusing to rule out a possible encounter.
In terms of who would win, though, former world title challenger Whyte has suggested one potential outcome to iFL TV.
“For AJ it makes sense, for Wilder it doesn’t. I think AJ will knock him out to be honest. I think AJ should have enough left in the tank to knock Wilder out.”
Whyte defeated Joshua as an amateur, but later suffered a seventh-round stoppage defeat to the Olympic gold medallist in 2015.
