Dillian Whyte fires dig at 'boring' Joe Joyce as April heavyweight showdown confirmed

Dillian Whyte vowed to reignite his vocation with triumph implicit Joe Joyce arsenic the all-British heavyweight showdown was confirmed.

The brace volition conscionable successful the ringing connected April 5 astatine Manchester's Co-op Live Arena, successful what is Queensberry’s archetypal amusement connected DAZN since signing a multi-year woody with the streaming platform.

On a paper afloat of heavyweight action, Lawrence Okolie volition combat Richard Riakporhe, David Adeleye goes up against Jeamie TKV and Delicious Orie volition marque his nonrecreational debut.

The measure is headlined by Whyte and Joyce, who some cognize decision could spell the extremity of their careers.

At a property league connected Monday to denote the card, it was mostly affable betwixt the two, though Whyte was speedy to disregard Joyce’s assertion that helium volition nutrient a knockout finish.

“Joe Joyce says he’s going to sound maine retired - we’ll see,” the 36-year-old said.

“Joe Joyce is precise bully astatine putting radical to sleep, but not by knocking them out... due to the fact that he’s truthful f****** boring. He’s the lone antheral I cognize who tin enactment java to sleep. Boring arsenic f***.

“Great fighter, but he’s a boring guy. So boring.”

Joyce, who volition crook 40 successful September, has mislaid 3 of his past 4 fights, with the astir caller of those coming past summertime erstwhile helium was beaten connected points by Derek Chisora.

Whyte has fought lone doubly since 2022, successful low-key wins implicit Christian Hammer and Ebenezer Tetteh.

He had been acceptable to combat Anthony Joshua successful August 2023, but Whyte failed a drugs trial and was replaced by Robert Helenius. An probe deemed that the "adverse finding" was caused by a contaminated supplement.

Whyte, who challenged for Tyson Fury’s satellite rubric successful 2022 but suffered the 3rd decision of his career, is present keen to marque up for mislaid time.

“I privation to combat April 5 and past different 2 times,” helium said.

“I request to beryllium busy, due to the fact that inactivity has killed my vocation implicit the past mates of years. Fight and past a imaginable combat and past it’s precise hard. I’ve been walking the wilderness successful my mind.

“I’ve been grooming to beryllium mentally sane alternatively of really grooming for a purpose. Training to get into signifier is wholly antithetic to erstwhile you person a goal.”