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Dillian Whyte set to fight Dominic Breazeale after talks with Antony Joshua collapse as WBC order rivals to meet for interim title
- Dillian Whyte is set to fight Dominic Breazeale for interim title after WBC order
- Whyte said last month that a rematch with Anthony Joshua was not on the cards
- He had been in talks with Joshua over a potential heavyweight clash in April
- Breazeale is the mandatory contender of the WBC heavyweight division
Dillian Whyte is set to fight Dominic Breazeale after the WBC order an interim title in the heavyweight division.
Whyte has been waiting on news of a fight since talks between him and Anthony Joshua over a rematch collapsed.
With the heavyweight division waiting on the rematch of Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, the WBC moved to fill a void.
Dillian Whyte (pictured) will take on Dominic Breazeale in a WBC interim title fight
Breazeale has said before that he wanted to be part of a fight that would please the fans
Breazeale welcomed a clash with Whyte earlier this month, saying he felt the fight would appease the boxing fans.
He said: ‘I hope he does make some type of deal with the PBC, if not some type of a deal with the personnel that’s around for me and him making a fight.
‘People have talked about it for a while. I am a fan-pleasing type of guy, so if that’s what the fans want to see, I’m all for it.
Breazeale has also said before that he won’t pass up opportunities to fight for the WBC title
‘At the same time, I’m not going to pass up opportunities to fight for the WBC title, to go down there to fight Dillian Whyte. I hope he does make some type of a deal.
‘He can come here to the United States and he can get all he wants of Dominic Breazeale.’
Whyte produced a brutal knockout of Dereck Chisora to win their heavyweight rematch
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