Dillian Whyte is out of his April 5 heavyweight clash against Joe Joyce after suffering an injury in training camp.

The pair were due to headline Queensberry Promotions' first ever show on DAZN at Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester in a few weeks' time.

An injury to Whyte has forced him out of the bout, however. Talksport were first to report the news.

Replacement options are now being sought for Joyce, who hasn't been in the ring since his defeat to Derek Chisora last summer.

Joyce was supposed to fight this past weekend down in Bournemouth on the Ryan Garner-Salvador Jimenez show against Patrick Korte but pulled out on fight week, presumably in an effort to not risk injury before fighting Whyte.

The April 5 bill, dubbed 'Heavy Impact' features two other big heavyweight fights including Lawrence Okolie vs Richard Riakporhe and David Adeleye vs Jeamie TKV.

Whyte hasn't been involved in a TV fight since his win over Jermaine Franklin in November 2022. In August 2023 he was supposed to rematch Anthony Joshua but the clash was pulled after the Body Snatcher failed a drug test.

Since then, he has fought Christian Hammer and Ebenezer Tetteh in low-level comeback fights, with the latter taking place in Gibraltar at the end of 2024.

Before the Chisora fight, Joyce had picked up a win before Kash Ali following two knockout defeats to Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang.

Due to a hand injury sustained during training camp, Dillian Whyte will no longer be able to compete in his scheduled bout on April 5 against Joe Joyce at the Co-Op Live in Manchester.

A replacement opponent is now being finalised for The Juggernaut and an announcement regarding this will be made shortly.