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Dillian Whyte has said heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua remains the No1 in world boxing despite rants from Deontay Wilder. Speaking to Sky Sports, Whyte said Anthony Joshua is backing him to defeat Deontay Wilder, but still wants to defeat him and might climb into the ring in Cardiff.


Joshua's Promoter Eddie Hearn had told WBC heavyweight champion Wilder to firstly face Whyte, his No 1 ranked challenger, before a fight with Joshua, who puts WBA 'super' and IBF belts at stake in a unification clash with WBO title holder Joseph Parker this Saturday.


According to the report, Whyte believes with Joshua-Wilder talks at a standstill, his old foe is eager for him to rip the title from the American, setting up the prospect of an historic world heavyweight bout for all the belts in Britain.


"Listen, AJ wants nothing more than me to go and fight Wilder and beat him, and for me and him to set up a rematch as both British world champions.


"That's boxing history. That would be bigger than him fighting Wilder. That's proper history - two British fighters on British soil for all the world heavyweight titles at once. That's pure history."


Whyte who hinted that he would be by the ringside at Principality Stadium said he could issue his own challenge to Joshua if he emerges victorious.


"He doesn't need to grab the mic. I will probably try and run in the ring anyway, and be like 'Let's do it!'. I would like to fight AJ another two or three times over my career. I think it's one of those fights where we work hard, we'll always be motivated, and we'll always want to beat each other up. We just have that chemistry.


"Joshua is always No 1 on my list, simply because, we don't like each other," he said.There is a lot of needle, but we have a lot of respect for each other also, and we just do something to each other that makes each other want to fight."