Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is hoping to become the next mandatory challenger to WBC world champion Deontay Wilder.

Whyte is not looking for his own crack at gold after Wilder's planned rematch with Tyson Fury fell apart.

The World Boxing Council had ordered Whyte to face Dominic Breazeale in a final eliminator for the WBC interim-title.

But now Breazeale is the likely next opponent for Wilder, which leaves Whyte's immediate future in limbo.

If that fight goes forward, Whyte believes that he should automatically become the mandatory challenger to Wilder. On the other hand, Breazeale is technically the current mandatory challenger.

"Right now, I don't know, because the Wilder-Tyson Fury fight fell out of bed," Whyte told Sky Sports.

"The WBC, they ordered me against Breazeale. Hopefully they will honour that and keep true to their word, and they will give me the mandatory position.

"If Wilder wants to fight Breazeale, I should become the WBC automatic mandatory, because Dominic Breazeale is pulling out of the fight, not me."

There were ongoing negotiations for Whyte to face IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Anthony Joshua on April 13th in a world title fight at Wembley Stadium in London, but their contest fell apart after Whyte felt the offers coming his way were a bit too low.

Whyte does not regret his decision to walk away from the table.

"No, you have to believe in yourself, you have to be patient in this game, and sometimes you need to take backward steps to move forward, that's all it is," said Whyte.

"I know my value. I've built my way back to being No 1 contender in two governing bodies. I'm the highest ranked fighter across all the governing bodies. The fight only gets bigger."