Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has confirmed that a contract was indeed received for an August rematch with Anthony Joshua.

Earlier this month, Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, claimed in several interviews that Whyte and his handlers rejected his offer for the rematch.

Whyte would later come out and dispute Hearn's version of the events, by claiming that he never turned down the fight.

In response to Whyte's statements, Hearn had an official contract put together and issued it last Friday.

However, Whyte is not pleased with some of the contractual terms - specifically the addition of a rematch clause.

It's customary for the A-side of the equation to include a rematch clause in the paperwork, but Whyte - should he win - has no interest in doing an immediate third fight.

Whyte, in victory, would rather move forward to a potential clash with Deontay Wilder in the month of December. Hearn is attempting to finalize a showdown between Joshua and Wilder for the month of December in Saudi Arabia - with Joshua aiming to stay busy with an August fight.

Whyte's ultimate goal is to secure the December opportunity by handing Joshua another defeat in August.

"Well we had a contract, the contract's with my lawyer and my lawyers have gone back to him. But there's a lot of things that have been said publicly that are not happening when we're negotiating. They said it was gonna be a standard contract, but it's not, there's a lot of things in the contract now that they didn't say was gonna be in it," Whyte explained to Talk Sport.

"It's like this, he said, 'We're gonna send a simple contract,' and then they sent a very complicated contract with a lot of hoops and a lot of hooks to hook me in. I don't want that, I just want a simple contract, simple fight, winner moves on and has a big fight in Saudi Arabia. This fight for me is about the opportunity, it's not about the money, that's why I'm taking the fight for the money they've offered me. But now they're trying to put a rematch clause in there that ties me up for a year and messes everything up, I'm not interested in that. I just want a straightforward fight, winner moves on, that's it.

"I'm not happy with the rematch clause for one. And then also there's other little things in there that would tie me in. If I fight AJ and beat him, I can't just move on and go and fight in the big fights. They want the ability to change the date and the venue. I'm like, 'No, let's just have the fight on August 12 and that's it.'" It is about the opportunity, but with the rematch involved - if I beat him then I don't get an opportunity, I've got to wait and fight Joshua again. Obviously the big carrot and the big prize is to fight Deontay Wilder in December in Saudi Arabia. I would love to fight Joshua, beat him, then go on and fight Wilder and beat him. These are the two guys I've been trying to fight for the past six or seven years."

In their first encounter, in December of 2015, Joshua knocked Whyte out in the seventh round. The two British rivals also fought in the amateurs, with Whyte coming away with the win.