Dillian Whyte says he will always have the mindset of a challenger

Dillian Whyte believes he will always carry a challenger’s mindset even if he becomes world heavyweight champion as the Londoner revealed his hope to have more than one fight against Tyson Fury.

Whyte has waited years for a shot at the WBC title now held by Fury and is determined to seize his opportunity in front of a record post-war British crowd of around 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium.

Should he upset the odds and have his hand raised on Saturday night, Whyte’s status as the WBC’s mandatory challenger ahead of this showdown means there is no rematch clause in the contract.

But Whyte, who insisted his mentality would remain the same irrespective of this weekend’s result, is aware of Fury’s standing as one of the finest fighters of his era and so would welcome a return bout – despite the champion suggesting more than once that he will retire from boxing after this fight.

“I want to fight the best,” said Whyte. “Most believe he’s the best of all-time, why would I not want the fight the best of all-time again? That’s amazing. Imagine if I fight him two or three times.

“I’m not someone to run away from fights, I don’t want to fight someone nobody cares about and then go ‘I made this number of defences of the title’. I want to fight the best guys.

“It’ll be good if I win, but even as champion, I’ll still feel like a challenger. I won’t think ‘oh, I’m champion now, I call the shots’.

“If I’ve got £100million in the bank or £100, world champion or not world champion, I’ll still be the same guy. I’m a bit more calm, a bit more mature, but I’m still the same guy.”

A view held by many is that the awkward movement of Fury (31-0-1, 22KOs), who holds advantages in height, reach and almost certainly weight as well, means Whyte