DILLIAN WHYTE believes Britain has the top three heavyweights worldwide, as he placed himself third on his top-five list.
Tyson Fury will be taking on The Body Snatcher in his next fight. He has two defeats on the record.
The 33-year old was defeated by Anthony Joshua in 2015 and lost to the Russian Povetkin on 2020.
The Jamaican-born fighter is now one of the most fearful in the division, thanks to his epic wins against Joseph Parker, Derek Chisora and the rematch against Povetkin.
Whyte uploaded a clip to his Instagram Story in 2020. A fan asked Whyte who he thought were the best active heavyweights.
He also stated that he thinks he is better than Andy Ruiz Jr. and Deontay Wilder, former world champions.
He stated that the top five heavyweights would be Tyson Fury and Joshua, Deontay wilder possibly, and Ruiz.
"Or one those guys, I suppose."
Oleksandr Usyk, a Ukrainian star who is unbeaten could be one of them. He has made the leap from cruiserweight to become undisputed champion and then snatched AJ’s belts in September.
Kubrat Pulev, who was beaten in the final round by Joshua in 2020, could challenge Ruiz Jr to be fifth.
Whyte is now focusing on his maiden fight for the world title with Fury later in the year.
He is still in dispute with the WBC, even though a split of 80-20 purse was announced after Frank Warren's winning bid for PS30.6million.
This would mean that the Brixton ace would only be able to claim PS6.1m from the purse, and Fury more then PS24m.
NO WHYTE NOISE
Since the shock announcement, Whyte has remained quiet with Eddie Hearn insisting that he is just concentrating on training for the fight.
Hearn stated that they have not received a contract as of this morning. It's not uncommon, but it's not what we have.
It's a process that you go through. Someone told me that I was quiet, but that I had lost the purse bid. It's not my fight for promotion.
"He's just chilling and training. Fury can be dealt with, and sometimes it's okay to just be quiet.
Do you really want to engage in a slanging match against Fury and expend all of that energy? Do your homework, train hard and then go knock Fury out.
"There is no discussion about another direction. This is the only direction. This is the fight.
