DILLIAN WHYTE has warned Anthony Joshua he will chin him if he approaches his ring on Saturday.
The Brixton Body Snatcher is headlining his own Sky Sports pay-per-view but old rival AJ has been signed up to commentate on the Alexander Povetkin battle.
The London pair go way back to an amateur 2009 battle Whyte won above a pub but Joshua got his revenge in a 2015 pro scorcher.
The pair’s relationship seemed to have healed last year when Whyte boxed on the undercard of Joshua’s rematch win over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia.
But the animosity has heated up again and Whyte, 32, has ordered AJ to stay in his commentary box in Eddie Hearn’s Essex garden.
The WBC’s interim champ said: “I am glad he is here working for Sky, it is about time he put something in my pocket.
“He always talks s***, he has done it for years. One minute he is a good boy, then he is a bad boy and then he is good again. He talks s*** the whole time.
“I was cool with the cat after he got beat by the little fat guy but then he just started talking s*** about me, he was saying he might come to my fight and get in the ring but he thinks this is WWE wrestling.
“If he steps to me I am not having it. If he steps to me I am not going to let him push me, if he is in my personal space I will start swinging.”
Whyte goes face-to-face with Povetkin on Saturday with Joshua still waiting on a date for his clash with Kubrat Pulev.
Bulgarian bruiser Pulev recently branded AJ “arrogant” for letting his attention drift towards a mega clash with Tyson Fury.
