Dillian Whyte will face off with Australia’s former WBA world heavyweight champion, the undefeated Lucas Browne on March 24th.
The fight will take place at the 02 Arena and Dillian Whyte will be defending the WBC ‘Silver’ heavyweight title that he inherited following his triumph against Robert Helenius in late October.
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“I can’t wait, I hate Lucas Browne and I want to hurt him,” said Whyte.
“He’s said some nasty things and he’s going to have to pay for them,” Whyte began by saying.
“I don’t think he really wanted this fight. A deal was in place before then he started to try and change the terms. He kept delaying things after we gave in to his demands and started saying there was a fight in America he was chasing.
We’ve bent over backwards and up till now, he’s been more interested in making excuses than taking the fight. It’s been frustrating but we’ve finally got over the hill now so let’s go.
“He’s a big guy with an unbeaten record so you have to rate him a bit. He carries some power. You have to respect Heavyweight power, it only takes one punch.
Done deal! Quite frankly this is going to be violent! @DillianWhyte v @lucasBrowne is on!! O2 Arena March 24 live on @SkySportsBoxingpic.twitter.com/jNvcYwNXRO
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) January 11, 2018
“I’m not overlooking Browne, I’m focused on going to town on him. If I don’t knock him out, I will not be happy.
The plan is to beat Browne and move closer to a World Title shot. Beating him should make me a mandatory challenger for a World Title – I’m highly ranked across the board, I’ll be a more than credible World Title challenger.
I’ve been building my way up so we’re set for a big year.”
“I’m genuinely looking forward to coming over to the UK again and bashing Dillian,” said Browne.
“If Helenius and Dereck Chisora hurt him, wait until he feels how I hit. I don’t like anything about him.”
“He’s a loud mouth and I want to take his head off.”
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— Dillian Whyte (@DillianWhyte) January 8, 2018
“I have absolutely no fears about coming to London and facing Dillian.”
“After you go to Chechnya to fight, nothing else compares. I’ve fought in England five times already and love fighting there.”
I know if I stop Whyte impressively I’ll be getting another world title shot.”