Whyte wants to 'fight the best' despite being knocked out by Fury

Dillian Whyte still wants to ‘fight the best’ despite being knocked out by Tyson Fury… with the Body Snatcher claiming he will ‘100 per cent’ win a world title as he seeks a rematch with the Gypsy King or another bout against Anthony Joshua

• Dillian Whyte has vowed to continue his career after losing to Tyson Fury
• The Body Snatcher said he was upset with the ‘push’ by Fury in round six 
• Whyte claims he will ‘be world champion one day’ as he seeks his next fight
• He said he was ‘still one of the best fighters around despite Fury knockout

Dillian Whyte has insisted his quest for a world title is not over after his defeat to Tyson Fury as he targets a rematch with the Gypsy King, another bout with Anthony Joshua or a grudge clash against Deontay Wilder in his next fight.

Whyte said he ‘still wants to fight the best’ after he was knocked out in the sixth round of his WBC world heavyweight title contest with Fury at Wembley on Saturday – although the Brixton fighter claims he was illegally ‘pushed’ by the Gypsy King.

The Body Snatcher told Sky Sports he believes he can ‘100 per cent’ win a world title as he enters the next phase of his career.

Dillian Whyte is targeting a potential rematch with Tyson Fury as he seeks to continue his career

Whyte was knocked out in the sixth round – but claims he was illegally ‘pushed’ by Fury

‘I still want to fight the best,’ Whyte said. ‘Listen, win, lose or draw on Saturday, I would have a few more fights against the best guys and then retire. I still want to do the same thing. Nothing has changed.

‘I don’t know what Wilder is doing. I just need to come back and I want to fight everyone I lost to again and try to avenge my losses.

‘One hundred per cent [I can win a world title]. Even he [Fury] himself said it, I will be world champion one day, so let’s see.’

Fury has claimed he will retire after beating Whyte, which could vacate the WBC title, while there could be other chances in the heavyweight division as Joshua is set to face Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch for the WBA, WBO and IBF titles the Ukrainian won from the British boxer in September. 

Whyte said he could take on Anthony Joshua in a rematch of their 2015 grudge bout

Joshua is first seeking to win back the titles he lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in September

‘We’ve got to wait and see,’ added Whyte. ‘Opportunities are still there. I’m still one of the best fighters around.

‘Okay I’ve had a loss, I need one fight to come back, but it’s not the end of the world for me. 

‘My team are realists, and they’ll tell me straight you’re done. They would have told me, “Yeah, that’s it, you’re out.”

‘It’s a hard pill to swallow obviously. At the time, I felt disappointed, because I felt like I disappointed everyone, but now we’ve calmed down and we’ve had a think about it, I’m going to have a little break with my family and stuff, and then I’m ready to go again.

‘We don’t quit, we just keep going.’

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