Johnny Fisher believes he could set up a high-profile showdown with Dillian Whyte next. The popular "Romford Bull" fights Michael Pirotton this Saturday at London's Copper Box Arena, live on Sky Sports. Fisher is convinced him can put himself in the frame for a big-name opponent.
He's been linked to Deontay Wilder but believes there's a "good chance" he'll fight former world title challenger Dillian Whyte next. He's someone I looked up to when I was coming through the ranks," Fisher told Sky Sports. "He's given us some great nights.
I'm sure he would be a great bit of excitement for the Romford Bull Army." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player He added: "That's a big name fight. These guys have had fantastic careers in their own right. There's no bones about the fact that they're coming to the ends of their careers.
That's why it probably works proportionally to fight someone like me now. Because one, I've got a big profile but two, so have they. "The appeal for me and my fanbase is fighting them guys because they've got bigger names, the Wilders and the Dillian Whytes.
I've got a good chance of getting someone like Dillian Whyte, I really do think." Fisher is a hard puncher, while former world champion Deontay Wilder is a famously hard hitter. Just the prospect of putting them together generates headlines. "I've had a lot of people this week talking to me about fighting Deontay Wilder.
Listen I would never call on that myself. I wouldn't be that disrespectful to someone of the level of Deontay Wilder," Fisher reflected. "But of course I know the physicality and the physics of how heavyweight boxing works.
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