Whyte vs. Sexton Plans Canned, Could Be Dereck Chisora Next
By Elliot Foster
Dillian Whyte will have to wait a little longer before fighting for the British title again.
The Brixton heavyweight, who challenged for the vacant belt last December in a clash against now-world champion Anthony Joshua in which he was stopped inside seven rounds at London’s O2 Arena, was set to box for the crown once more.
His promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed to Boxing Scene on Wednesday that Matchroom Sport were in negotiations to host a clash for the unoccupied prize between ‘The Body Snatcher’ (18-1, 14 KOs) and Sam Sexton (23-3, 9 KOs) of Norwich on October 7 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of the undercard to Ricky Burns’ first defence of the WBA super-lightweight title against mandatory challenger Kiryl Relikh, live on Sky Sports.
But those plans have had water poured over them after it was revealed that Sexton, who challenged for the belt against David Price in May, 2012, when he was knocked out inside four rounds in Liverpool, has a slight hand injury.
The former Commonwealth champion will only be out for a period of about a month, Boxing Scene understands, but Hearn confirmed that plans are underway for Whyte to fight Dereck Chisora, the former world title challenger and British and European heavyweight champion, on a date to be determined in December.
Whyte now looks set to face Chisora before the year is out, after his appearance on the Burns-Relikh card on October 7 in Glasgow, with the Sexton fight being looked at for early in 2017, providing all goes to plan.
