Dillian Whyte secured the 24th victory of his professional career and remains on course for a world heavyweight title after a devastating knockout victory over Lucas Browne at the O2 Arena on Saturday night.

The 29-year-old landed a lethal left hook in the sixth round, dropping his opponent onto the canvas in the process.

In what was an impressive performance, Whyte now moves to within touching distance of a shot at WBC champion Deontay Wilder.

Whyte has recovered superbly after losing to Anthony Joshua at the O2 back in December 2015.

And following his latest victory, talk about a potential rematch between the two Brits has intensified.

Joshua, who goes head-to-head against Joseph Parker in Cardiff next weekend, spent Saturday evening running the rule over Whyte and Brown from his home.

And he even had a little flutter to spice things up, putting on £25 on Whyte to finish Browne off in the sixth round.

Joshua shows off his bet on Instagram

That’s precisely what happened.

And at odds of 25/1, Joshua ended up recouping a tidy £650 from SkyBet.

"Quick earner! I know my boxing," Joshua wrote on his Instagram story, alongside the fire emoji.

Well played, AJ - although we can’t help but think £25 is a pretty modest sum of cash for a multi-millionaire.

Whyte responds to Joshua's winning bet

Whyte, according to the Mirror, welcomed the news of Joshua’s winning bet and told reporters: "I back him to beat Parker as well in seven rounds.

"I give it to him between six and seven rounds because Parker's downfall is an offensive fighter and Joshua will love that.

"He punches all night long and I think Joshua will splatter him.

"Listen, we both know the game. he's leading the charge at the moment. I respect that.

"It's a rivalry, every great heavyweight had a rival, Holyfield, Lennox, Riddick Bowe, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and it's good to have a rival."

Whyte not interested in Joshua rematch - just yet

Whyte went on to claim that he would resist the lure of a rematch against Joshua - for now - adding that the prospect of a rematch taking place for all the belts is more appealing.

"This is a business, you know," Whyte added. "We want to fight Deontay Wilder because we fight him, beat him and go into (a fight with Joshua) as WBC champion, AJ as WBA, IBF and whatever else champion.

"If the opportunity comes where I get to fight Joshua, I'll take it, if the opportunity comes to fight Wilder, I'll take it. I don't mind.

"It will have to make business sense to me. I'm pushing my career upwards so whichever one.

"This man (promoter Eddie Hearn) is going to come to me and say ‘we have this (option), we have that’ but we want Wilder first but sometimes you don't get what you want in life."