Dillian Whyte claims chance Marbella meeting between rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua was STAGED

Dillian Whyte has claimed Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua‘s chance meeting in Marbella was staged and branded the pair ‘jokers’.   

WBA, WBO and IBF title holder Joshua revealed he had bumped into WBC champion Fury while holidaying in the Spanish resort in July and the pair were pictured having a chat by the side of the road.

The two heavyweights are set for a showdown fight in the summer of 2021 but Whyte could disrupt those plans because he is set to receive a WBC mandatory title shot early next year.

Dillian Whyte has claimed the meeting between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua was staged

Anthony Joshua (right) and Tyson Fury (left) bumped into each other while holiday in Marbella

And the 32-year-old mocked the casual encounter between the two rivals, claiming he would have given them a more hostile reception.

‘That looked so staged,’ he told Sky Sports.

‘Those two just met at the right time and the right place, and they were just having a casual chat?

Whyte is set to receive a mandatory WBC title fight with Fury in the early part of next year

‘The way they speak on social media – they want to do this to each other. It looks like it was just staged.

‘I was just laughing. I was thinking to myself, ‘look at these two jokers’. If I see someone and they’re talking smack about me and saying they are going to do this and do that, then when I see you, have the same energy.

‘I’m not going to be standing outside your car window, standing on the sidewalk speaking to you. Come on man.’ 

Whyte will defend his WBC interim title against Alexander Povetkin on August 22.