Monday 17 October 2016 10:24, UK
Dillian Whyte has branded Lucas Browne a "big baby" and questioned whether the Australian is willing to settle their feud in the ring.
The Brixton man is the newly-crowned British heavyweight champion after stopping Ian Lewison in the 10th round earlier this month and hopes to fight once more before the end of the year.
A domestic fight with Dereck Chisora is yet to be agreed and Whyte is prepared to target other rivals including Browne, who has exchanged heated words with 'The Body Snatcher' on Twitter.
Browne is waiting to discover his next opponent after being granted another shot at the WBA 'regular' belt following a legal dispute and Whyte would welcome a future fight with 'Big Daddy', if he regains a version of the world title.
"Yeah I definitely want to fight Lucas Browne," Whyte exclusively told Sky Sports. "Lucas Browne is a big baby. All he does is whine and cry about everything.
Lucas Browne is a big baby. All he does is whine and cry about everything.
"He keeps talking about he's a world champion, he wants his world title back. He needs to fight some contenders. He says I'm not ranked, but clearly I'm ranked 13 in the WBC. Lucas Browne is not even ranked in the top 40 of the WBC.
"Me and him would be a good fight on Sky Sports. That would be a fight that everyone would tune into."
Whyte had been expecting to face Chisora in December but thinks the Finchley fighter's recent actions are a clear indication that he no longer wants the fight.
"That's a fight that I want and it's one that I've been trying to get for a while, but Dereck hasn't been playing ball," said Whyte.
"He hasn't been doing what he needs to do to build the fight, to make it a big fight. Dereck is really silly, because you should be building the fight.
"I think Eddie Hearn told him to fight on the Glasgow card in Scotland to help build the fight. To bring us closer, to hype the fight, and he decided to go and fight in Stockholm against a nobody on a non-TV show, or whatever.
"He's not doing the right things to build the fight, which suggests he doesn't want the fight. He's doing a lot of talking and not a lot of fighting. Let's hope in between now and the new year, the fight can get agreed."
Malik Scott, a close friend of Whyte, has agreed to battle unbeaten Cuban Luis Ortiz in Monte Carlo on November 12, live on Sky Sports.
Whyte hopes the American will emerge victorious and has laughed off the fearsome reputation of his opponent, who is nicknamed 'King Kong'.
"I think Malik has got the skills to outbox him," he said. "I don't know why people are saying he's the man that no one will face. I'll fight Luis Ortiz, I'll fight anyone.
"He's a good fighter, but I don't see this mystical thing around him that everyone is raving mad about. 'He's the bogeyman,' I don't really think so. Like everyone else, he's there to be knocked out and there to be beaten."
