Dillian Whyte has claimed he will gain revenge on Anthony Joshua when the pair meet in the ring for their eagerly-anticipated rematch.

Joshua, who has had great success in his professional career in heavyweight boxing, was defeated by his bitter rival in their younger days in the amateur ranks.

Although they were once good friends, tension had grown between the two, and they were clearly bitter enemies when they met in the ring for their first professional bout in December 2015.

Despite being rocked by Whyte earlier on in the fight, Joshua managed to overcome his first real test in the professional ranks as he knocked his bitter rival down in the seventh round.

But, roughly a year-and-a-half on from that memorable fight, it seems as if bad blood between the duo still exists.

With both British fighters enjoying great success in heavyweight boxing, a rematch between the two looks a certainty in the near future.

Recently when asked about a potential rematch, Joshua admitted he wants to take the south Londoner's 'soul' in a second fight.

Whyte has now responded by claiming that his long-time rival's comments are having no intimidating effect.

Speaking to Sky Sports, 'The Body Snatcher' said: "Anthony Joshua talks a lot of rubbish, he tries to pretend to be this bad, aggressive man whenever my name is mentioned, but he's not that way inclined.

"For me it's good. The worst thing in sport is not to be talked about, but my name is being mentioned with all the top heavyweights in the world. He's world champion and he's calling my name, so I'll take it as a privilege that the world champion is calling me out. I'm happy about that."

And, the 29-year-old also claimed he would relish the opportunity to avenge his defeat to the IBF, WBA, and IBO World Champion, and he believes he has worked out the formula to get the upper hand in the rematch.

"Fight him again it will be a different story," Whyte continued.

"He's shown that he's vulnerable when he gets put under pressure.

"You have to keep the pressure on him. It makes it a lot easier being there once and doing it on the big stage now. I believe I'm ready now for these big fights.

"Everyone thinks that these guys are gods and they're invincible. They are not invincible.

"We are men and in heavyweight boxing, everyone can get put over at some stage. It's just normal in heavyweight boxing. Every single heavyweight hits the deck at some stage in their career."

Despite being given his first taste of defeat in professional boxing by Joshua, Whyte has gone from strength to strength since their contest just under two years ago.

The Brixton fighter has won all of his four fights since that defeat, and has become the British title holder and WBC Heavyweight world champion.

He will be looking to retain his world title when he fights Malcolm Tann of the USA in Nebraska next weekend.

But, with the bad blood between Joshua and Whyte still in the public eye, given how entertaining their first fight was, the boxing world will undoubtedly relish the prospect of a rematch between the two British rivals.