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Dillian Whyte has revealed why he doesn't like Anthony Joshua

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Dillian Whyte said that he doesn’t like Anthony Joshua and is confident that he will beat AJ if the pair meet again

Dillian Whyte has lifted the lid on his bitter feud with Anthony Joshua.

Whyte beat his fellow British heavyweight on points in the amateurs in 2009 and wants to fight Joshua again.

The former kickboxer, who served a two-year ban after failing a drugs test, said their feud stems from comments they have made about each other over the years.

Speaking on Sky SportsRingside, the undefeated Whyte said: "I don't like him and he don't like me.

It got a bit heated and I offered him out to fight.
Dillian Whyte

"When he was in the Olympics, I supported him and said the only way he won't win a gold medal is if he doesn't train or doesn't want it.

"I don't know, he must have been drunk or something, he called me a drug cheat and said he couldn't take me serious and I only won [against him] because I had a kickboxing fight before.

"I said 'I didn't kick you, we had a fight and I punched you in the face and you fell to the floor'.

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"That got me angry and I retaliated and called him a few names and that was what sparked it."

Whyte, who has stopped his last 10 opponents inside four rounds, is now 14-0 compared to Joshua's 13-0 and is ready to fight him again.

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Whyte has been out with a broken hand and is not expecting to fight his rival during the summer, but was happy to explain exactly where the fall-out started - at a training camp with the Klitschkos.

"It got a bit heated and I offered him out to fight me and then it got calmed down," he said.

"He explained that 'his quotes got taken out of context, that's not what he said' and we were okay. I offered to spar with him before his fight with Konstantin Airich, but then he changed his mind in the evening.

"He came back and started ranting about some other stuff so there's no love lost."

To see Whyte explain it in full, click on the video at the top of the story.

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