Dillian Whyte faces late stand-in Brian Minto on Saturday. What do we know about him?

Brian Minto has stepped in to replace Dominick Guinn as Dillian Whyte's opponent on Saturday. What do we know of him?

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With the unbeaten Whyte (15-0-KO12) signed up to face bitter rival Anthony Joshua for the British title this winter, he'll be looking to steal his fellow Londoner's thunder on the O2 Arena bill. Let's learn more about who'll be on the receiving end...

Where's he from?

He's a born and bred Pennsylvanian and still lives where he was born in Butler, which is a town 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.

That's not a bad record for a late replacement...

Nope. 41-9-KO26 suggests this isn't going to be a walk in the park for Whyte although at the age of 40, Minto may have passed the pinnacle of his career.

Has he been active of late, at least?

To an extent, yes. In March, he was the runner-up in a New Zealand Prizefighter cruiserweight tournament - winning twice before losing the final on a split decision.

Where was he before that?

Europe, actually. He fought in the heavyweight Prizefighter tournament in November 2013 - making the semi-finals before losing a unanimous decision to Michael Sprott. Prior to that, the intrepid Minto was in Poland losing a points decision to Artur Szpilka with the WBC interim Baltic title on the line.

All sounds a bit small-time. Surely with a record like that he's fought at a higher level?

Your guess is correct. While Minto has never really hit the heights as a heavyweight, in May 2010 he challenged Marco Huck for the WBO cruiserweight title in Germany. He acquitted himself well but retired after the ninth round having been knocked down three times.

Any other big names on his record?

Before the world title challenge, Minto had lost only three times and all of those were to significant names. His first defeat came in December 2004 when he lost an agonising split decision to former world champion Tony Tubbs for the USA West Virginia State heavyweight title. His second came three years later to former European champion Luan Krasniqi and his third was in December 2009 - a fourth-round knockout at the hands of Chris Arreola, who'd lost to Vitali Klitschko three months previously.

What's Whyte's attitude to Minto stepping in?

All I want is a good fight that will benefit me and benefit the fans. I don't want to fight someone that as soon I hit them they get knocked out.

He wasn't happy with the delay in his opponent being named in the first place - but Whyte is still determined to put some rounds in the bank rather than get carried away.

The Brixton fighter said: "All I want is a good fight that will benefit me and benefit the fans. I don't want to fight someone that as soon I hit them they get knocked out. Some guys like doing that in their career. I don't particularly like doing that. I know what I need to do at this stage of my career and that is to get some rounds."

Former Charlton and Chelsea defender Scott Minto, who now presents La Liga on Sky Sports, or former world middleweight champion Alan Minter.

How do the bookies see this one going?

It's not quite as wide as they have the Joshua v Cornish bout but it's still hugely in favour of the home fighter. Sky Bet offer Minto at 12s and Whyte at 1/33, with the draw 33/1.