Kiwi boxer Joseph Parker has expressed his intentions to fight in the UK later this year, and has called out highly regarded British heavyweights Dillian Whyte and Joe Joyce.
Parker is coming off back-to-back decision wins over Derek Chisora, where he won and then defended the WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title.
The 30-year-old recently signed a lucrative long-term promotional deal with Sky Sport UK, under its 'BOXXER' promotional banner, in hopes of becoming a two-time world champion.
He believes he can return to the former heights of his career, and suggested a rematch with Dillian Whyte, who is coming off a TKO loss to Parker's training partner and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
"I believe with my full heart that I can be champion of the world again. I know there's a lot of supporters, I know there's a lot of doubters but I don't care. I want to go out there and give it everything I have," Parker told Sky Sports UK.
"I'll fight any heavyweight out there, it doesn't matter who it is. I want to fight the biggest and the baddest heavyweights out there because I know what I can do when I have a great camp and I'm mentally focused on the fight."
"Dillian Whyte is another great fight, he's coming off a loss to Tyson Fury but we had a very great fight in 2018 - a very entertaining fight and a very close fight. If we do run it back, I'll get the better of him," Parker said.
"Dillian Whyte has been knocked out a few times now but it doesn't mean that he's got a weak chin, it just means that the guys that fought him landed real good punches at the right time; precise, hard punches."
Parker lost his WBO title to Anthony Joshua in 2018, before another defeat to Whyte for the vacant WBO Silver and vacant WBO international titles.
Should his rematch with Whyte fail to materialise, Parker has his eyes on another British heavyweight, Joe Joyce, as he looks to map out his road to the title.
"I know I can knock anyone, I just have to land that punch. I know I haven't shown it in recent times but the time will come where I start landing the big shots," he told Sky Sports UK.
"He's been rocked a few times and saying that if I do everything well in training camp, prepare the best I can and do everything right, [I can]. I know there's a lot more to give and a lot more to show. I just need more time with [trainer] Andy Lee. I need more time in the UK to work on these things," Parker said. "I can do the business on Joe Joyce."
"That's a fight that can still happen, the Joe Joyce fight. I know that Ben Shalom [Parker's new promoter] is in talks with Frank Warren and his team and Joe Joyce and his team, so it's a fight that we can make."
"It was a goal of mine to be champion of the world and I did achieve it thanks to everyone involved who helped to get me there. But this time I want to be champion and I'm doing it for myself and for my own family," he said. "I feel like the passion and the motivation is a lot more than what I had before.
"I can't really pinpoint how it's going to happen but I reckon two or three fights and then I can do it again."
"I can't wait to be back fighting top fights, I can't wait to be back in the UK," Parker added. "The fans there are the best I've seen.
"September, October, we've got something lining up very soon."
