{"id":284495,"date":"2025-11-26T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284495\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:38:08","slug":"dillian-whyte-offered-comeback-fight-with-two-weight-world-champion-as-career-first-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284495\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte offered comeback fight with two-weight world champion as career-first targeted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dillian Whyte has been offered a huge showdown with Lawrence Okolie in Nigeria before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The ‘Body Snatcher’ returned in a huge clash with young prodigy Moses Itauma in August, but was brutally stopped inside one round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Whyte<\/a><\/p>\n

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Whyte has been offered a huge all-British clash with OkolieCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n

It was a severe blow to his hopes of returning to the top of the division, and Whyte subsequently faced calls to retire from the sport.<\/p>\n

Whyte then held extensive talks over a trilogy with Derek Chisora next month, but the bout collapsed with negotiations stalling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the 37-year-old finds himself at a crossroads with options thinning for a potential comeback.<\/p>\n

But boxer-turned-promoter Amir Khan has now revealed Whyte has been officially offered a clash with former bridgerweight and cruiserweight world champion Okolie.<\/p>\n

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He said: “We\u2019ve offered Dillian Whyte<\/a> the fight with Lawrence Okolie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s bad blood between the pair of them and it is a fight fans around the world have been calling for for a very long time. Lawrence is ranked No. 1 with the WBC. <\/p>\n

“Dillian was chasing that belt down for years. We\u2019re offering him a lifeline, a last shot to become world champion. <\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve made a very strong offer for him to fight Okolie and we hope he\u2019ll accept the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

CEO of Balmoral Group Promotions later confirmed the offer, which could see Whyte return before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Okolie has already been announced on the bill for December 19, which will also feature David Adeleye.<\/p>\n

\"Moses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Whyte was flattened by Itauma in quickfire fashion and needs a big response in any next fightCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

It is currently unclear if he is open to the clash, but if he accepts it will be his first bout in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Could Dillian Whyte vs Lawrence Okolie actually happen?<\/p>\n

Whyte and Okolie have a history of verbal back and forths.<\/p>\n

The pair first had heated exchanges on stage at their mutual press conference for a show headlined by Whyte’s planned clash with Joe Joyce earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

But the show was then eventually cancelled.<\/p>\n

Ever since, Okolie has insisted he would beat Whyte and upped the ante in verbal warfare.<\/p>\n

The fight was teased by Okolie in August, but it failed to materialise.<\/p>\n

\"MANCHESTER,<\/a><\/p>\n

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Whyte and Okolie have a jaded history and a fight makes sense<\/p>\n

Ultimately it will provide a timely opportunity for both fighters to try and improve their value in the division before 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte has been offered a huge showdown with Lawrence Okolie in Nigeria before the end of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,18892,16174,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-284495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-dillian-whyte","tag-lawrence-okolie","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}