Whyte labels Hearn a ‘c***’ after admitting he doubted rematch against Joshua ‘would sell-out’

Dillian Whyte has labelled Eddie Hearn a ‘c***’ after the promoter admitted he doubted whether a rematch with Anthony Joshua would sell-out the O2 Arena. 

Of course, the 20,000 seater sold out within an hour but the Matchroom Boxing chief had allowed a few Twitter trolls to get into his head before tickets went on sale.

‘I made a mistake,’ Hearn told Boxing UK. ‘ I started looking at Twitter and I started to let people dim my light. 

‘Started letting people get into my head about whether this is actually a big fight… 

‘And then I started to think “oh maybe it’s not going to sell-out” and I sat down with Frank Smith and I was like “do you think this is going to sell-out?” and he’s like are you “f***ing mad”.’

Whyte labeled Eddie Hearn a ‘c***’ for doubting whether the Joshua rematch would ‘sell-out’

Back in 2015, Joshua stopped Whyte in the seventh round of a vacant British title fight

In the comments section of the video Whyte took aim at Hearn’s uncharacteristic naivety, writing: ‘What a c***’. 

When Joshua squares off against Whyte next month there will be more than just pride on the line. 

If AJ suffers defeat then he will also lose the opportunity to face Deontay Wilder in a blockbuster showdown over in Saudi Arabia at the back end of the year.

Hearn recently revealed that an agreement in principle has been reached between both parties but that the fight will be taken ‘off the table’ by the Saudis if Joshua loses to Whyte. 

‘I don’t know how the Whyte fight goes,’ he told talkSPORT, ‘But we’ve been told categorically that the deal on the table is not the deal if he loses to Dillian Whyte.

‘They didn’t want him to fight Dillian Whyte. It was almost like, “Please, don’t fight Dillian Whyte. You don’t need to. We’ve got this fight in December.” But AJ was like, “No. I want to fight”.