Dillian Whyte says Anthony Joshua would be “perfect” for his next fight but questions whether his side will risk a rematch after their shock loss to Daniel Dubois.

Joshua is considering his options as he is unopposed in his planned return fight at Wembley this summer after Tyson Fury announced his retirement, following his fifth-round stoppage loss to Dubois in September. .

Whyte’s rematch with Joshua was called off in August 2023 after the Brixton man returned an “unfavorable analytical result” in a drugs test, but after an investigation confirmed it was caused by a contaminated virus, the Joshua, 36, has been allowed to resume his career. Replenish.

The 36-year-old, who made his comeback against Ebenezer Tate last month, told Sky Sports: “(Joshua) sounds like a good fit for me. They don’t need to ask me twice. They talk about me as an option but they didn’t say anything to me so it was just their negotiating tactic but I was ready to fight and I was ready to fight again.

“If he wants to fight, then all they have to do is call me. I’m always ready to fight AJ. No problem for me. But, personally, I think he’s done.

“I think he made a huge mistake not to get an immediate rematch with Dubois. It’s a world title fight, a great payday and a great opportunity to avenge his knockout loss. He will always have to live with the memes of being slapped in the face during the game” Du Bois at Wembley.

“When I lost to (Alexander) Povetkin, on my way back to the dressing room, I barged into Eddie Hearn’s live interview and demanded an immediate rematch. Everything else until I beat him in the rematch None of it matters. It’s a mentality thing. I want to fight AJ and Tyson again because they both beat me, even though it was a one-on-one fight with AJ (White knocked out in his first amateur fight). and defeated Joshua).”

Deontay Wilder has also been considered an option for Joshua despite suffering two consecutive losses, including a knockout loss to Zhang Zhilei last June.

“Wilder is the biggest liar in the history of boxing,” White said. “A complete coward. He has been hiding from me for five years. He has been embarrassed and exposed repeatedly. Shouldn’t he be chasing Parker and Teacher Zhang for a rematch? He is a fool and has no sense of shame.”

But White heard Joshua is still eager to resolve their bitter rivalry.

“He’s going to show up and fight me. If I fight AJ, if we’re 100 years old, he’s going to show up and fight me,” White said.

“Me and him will always be a good battle. We just have that chemistry. I don’t want to lose to him and he doesn’t want to lose to me and we want to prove each other wrong. We want to knock each other out, So it’s always a good fight.

“Eddie[Hearn]has said publicly that Joshua might fight me next, but whether he wants to fight me or not, I don’t know if he or his people want to, and then we’ll see. I’d love to retire him.”

Joshua has been absent from the ring since the Dubois defeat and White believes he will suffer another brutal defeat against the former world champion.

“Maybe AJ underestimated him because he’d worked out with him and seen Dubois quit a few times,” White said.

“Maybe he was thinking, if I just throw a punch, he’s going to give up, but it’s weird. I don’t understand. He puts his hands down, jabs and backs away, and it’s a weird fight.

“The reality is you’re fighting a huge boxer, a guy who weighs over 17 stone, who’s as muscular as you are, as strong as you are, and you put your hands down and throw a The uppercut was crazy.

“There’s no way (he could fight me like that). I marked him pretty good last time with my hands up, so imagine if he did that (against me).”