No sooner had Dillian Whyte beaten Joseph Parker than he was already talking up a rematch against world champion Anthony Joshua.

There were no belts on the line back in July, but the 30-year-old's victory catapulted him back into contention for a title shot nonetheless.

The difficulty is that right now, AJ is in the final weeks of preparing for Alexander Povetkin.

Once that bout is out of the way, presuming the former Olympic gold medallist wins it, there will be calls for Joshua to face the winner of Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury - that contest is yet to be officially confirmed but it appears both boxers want the fight.

So, what next for Whyte? Dominic Breazeale and Jarrell Miller are potential opponents as he looks to get back in the ring before the end of the year.

However, Eddie Hearn believes the chance for a more comprehensive win over Dereck Chisora is the most likely option.

"Out of the three, it's the fight the British public want," the promoter said, per Sky Sports.

"I think Chisora has earned the rematch, to be honest. He looked finished against [Agit] Kabayel and then he produced that performance against [Carlos] Takam from the gods. How can you deny him the opportunity of a rematch?"

Whyte could be forgiven for thinking he has bigger fish to fry - indeed, that's what he told Chisora when they squared up at ringside of Tony Bellew vs David Haye in May.

Whyte's dislike of Chisora is personal

The Body Snatcher beat the 34-year-old back in 2016 via split decision and he admits there is still plenty of bad blood there, even if he now has a begrudging admiration for Chisora.

"For someone to have eight losses on their record and come back, it shows resilience," Whyte told iFLTV.

"Listen, I don't like the fellow because of the way he behaves, but what he's done in his career, he's done alright."

Chisora once threw a table at Whyte in the middle of the press conference, so it's quite understandable that the latter is not too enamoured with his old rival's antics. 

Hearn interjected to ask what would happen if they were to rematch, to which Whyte responded:

"I'll knock him out. I'll definitely knock him out.

"There's no way the fight will go the distance if I rematch him. I'll knock him out this time.

"I know exactly what I've got to do to knock Chisora out. I don't care what people think [about the verdict of the original fight in 2016].

"In a few years it's going to say 'W' next to my name, it ain't going to say 'L', so I don't care. I won that fight by at least three rounds, minimum." 

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