Dillian Whyte has set out his path beyond Saturday’s showdown against Moses Itauma.
Whyte faces top unbeaten prospect, Itauma in a crunch clash in Riyadh on Saturday, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
‘The Body Snatcher’ has only lost three times in his career to Anthony Joshua, Alexander Povetkin and Tyson Fury, a loss which saw his world title dreams dashed in six rounds at Wembley Stadium in April 2022.
The 37-year-old gained revenge over Povetkin, but missed out on the opportunity to avenge his 2015 loss to Anthony Joshua after their scheduled 2023 meeting was shelved with Whyte failing a drugs test.
The Brixton man insists rematches with Joshua and Fury, who retired in January, remain at the top of his hitlist.
“I would love to avenge my two defeats,” Whyte told DAZN at Tuesday’s grand arrivals.
“I’d love to fight for a world title again.
“I don’t think I done myself justice last time.
“Sometimes you can have a good camp and then last minute things can happen and sometimes mentally you arrive there and you’re there but you’re not really there.
“I think that’s what happened to me in the Fury fight, but it is what it is.”
Despite his experience, Whyte is a major underdog to defeat the 20-year-old, but a victory would accelerate him straight into world title contention, with Itauma the number one ranked contender with the WBO in the pursuit of undisputed heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk.
Itauma has breezed past his first 12 professional opponents, but Whyte, who is on a run of three straight wins, believes it could be too early for the Slovakian-born Brit to face him.
“He’s a great fighter,” he told IFLTV.
“He’s achieved a lot already.
“He’s doing his thing, he’s good.
“He’s doing what he’s supposed to do.
“He’s beating the guys up that he’s supposed to beat up and doing everything that’s asked of him, but sometimes you f*** around and find out.”
