{"id":557642,"date":"2026-03-22T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557642\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:06:09","slug":"no-truth-to-anthony-joshua-vs-dillian-whyte-boxing-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557642\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Truth&#8217; to Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte Boxing Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn has updated the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing<\/a> news regarding the ongoing speculation that Dillian Whyte is a prominent candidate for Anthony Joshua to return to the ring against in a rematch of their 2015 fight in London.<\/p>\n<p>Since that night, Joshua has gone on to become a David Beckham of British boxing, competing in a succession of stadium fights, and scalping the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin, and Francis Ngannou through the years.<\/p>\n<p>Whyte, meanwhile, has flirted with world title level, beating Parker, Povertkin, and Jermaine Franklin. He is in need of a bounceback, though, following his brutal, first-round loss to rising star Moses Itauma.<\/p>\n<p>Now, their paths could cross once again with Joshua in need of a stay-busy opponent.<\/p>\n<p>That was never the original plan. After breaking Jake Paul\u2019s face in a crossover bout just before Christmas, Joshua appeared set to head into a similar type of bout against the kickboxing icon Rico Verhoeven. However, following an accident in which the lives of two of his close friends were taken, AJ remains in recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Boxing Scene, Hearn clarified that rumors linking Whyte to Joshua are premature, even if he is open to entertaining the match-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[There is] absolutely no truth at all [to that rumor],\u201d Hearn said. \u201cNot one conversation about Dillian Whyte.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cBy the way, I don\u2019t rule out Dillian Whyte, but absolutely never been mentioned in a conversation with me and AJ, and there\u2019s no negotiations \u2013 nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua has been training hard, per Hearn, which brings clarity to a possible return date for the hulking fighter. \u201cI think July is a sensible month to target,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn finished: \u201cWe\u2019ve still got to get some clearance from some doctors on his development, but he feels good. I spoke to Joshua last night, and this morning he said, \u2018I\u2019ve had a great week. I feel amazing.\u2019 That was his words: \u2018I feel amazing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll start planning his next fight very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn has updated the latest boxing news regarding the ongoing speculation that Dillian Whyte is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-557642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}