{"id":62856,"date":"2025-08-12T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62856\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:33:08","slug":"dillian-whyte-vs-moses-itauma-the-bodysnatcher-encourages-anthony-joshua-to-fight-jake-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62856\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte vs Moses Itauma: ‘The Bodysnatcher’ encourages Anthony Joshua to fight Jake Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

British heavyweight Dillian Whyte says Anthony Joshua should fight Jake Paul for a lucrative purse, but insists he still has unfinished business with Joshua himself.<\/p>\n

Whyte, 37, will be a huge underdog against the highly rated Moses Itauma in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, talks about an unlikely match-up between two-time heavyweight world champion Joshua and YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul have intensified in recent weeks<\/p>\n

“It’s a business, man. If [Joshua v Paul] makes sense and does numbers, why not?” Whyte told BBC Sport<\/p>\n

“[Joshua] has won the championship twice, had a lot of fights and done a lot so I don’t know. <\/p>\n

“I’m sure he’ll make more money than he did in some of his title fights so sometimes if you can make some money then make some money.”<\/p>\n

Whyte lost to Joshua in 2015<\/a> for the British title in a memorable grudge match.<\/p>\n

A 2023 rematch was scrapped after Whyte failed a drug test. He protested his innocence, claimed he was cleared of any wrongdoing<\/a> and returned to action in March 2024.<\/p>\n

“I would love to have a chance to right my wrong,” Whyte said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British heavyweight Dillian Whyte says Anthony Joshua should fight Jake Paul for a lucrative purse, but insists he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-62856","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\/62856","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=62856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}