Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker, was a professional boxing match contested on 28 July 2018, for the WBC Silver and WBO International heavyweight titles.

[2] Since his WBC title eliminator victory over bitter rival Derek Chisora in December 2016, Dillian Whyte had fought Malcolm Tann (replacing first Mariusz Wach then Michael Grant) Robert Helenius (after talks with Dominic Breazeale broke down) and Lucas Browne.

On 24 April 2018, the WBC ordered Whyte to face Luis Ortiz in an eliminator bout for their heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder.

[3] Whyte stated that he felt 'betrayed' by this decision as he thought he was already in line to challenge Wilder next, given his number 1 ranking and WBC Silver belt.

The WBC made number 2 ranked Dominic Breazeale[4] the mandatory challenger, although they previously confirmed his win over Eric Molina was not a final eliminator.

[5][6][7] At the same time, the IBF also ordered Whyte to fight former world title challenger Kubrat Pulev.

[11][12] The PPV card began with wins for prospects Anthony Fowler, David Allen, Joshua Buatsi and Conor Benn.

Early in the 8th round Chisora landed a big right hand that dropped Takam, he beat the count but appeared to be on unsteady legs, Chisora immediately landed another heavy shot that flattened Takam, prompting the referee to wave off the bout.

This did not prevent him from carrying on going forward and trying to land big shots as Parker was wary of Whyte's power.

"[23] Parker's trainer Kevin Barry was very vocal after the fight regarding Whyte's rough tactics, claiming he should have had points taken off.