Dillian Whyte saw an opening after Johnny Fisher labored to a majority decision over Michael Pirotton on Saturday. Fisher looked exhausted after his Zuffa Boxing debut and went to a hospital for precautionary checks before being cleared. Whyte promptly called for the fight. The harder question is whether Zuffa should pay to make it.

“I’d fight Johnny Fisher, and I’d knock him out,” Whyte told Sky Sports.

Fisher’s struggles make that an easy challenge to issue. Pirotton lasted ten rounds and forced Fisher to work well beyond his early bursts of power. Whyte would expect to press him inside, attack the body, and test whether his stamina ho