By Edward Chaykovsky

British heavyweight contender Dereck Chisora is laughing, because his domestic rival Dillian Whyte is chasing after a world title shot with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.

Last December, as part of the Anthony Joshua-Eric Molina undercard in Manchester, Chisora and Whyte went to war for twelve rounds in one of the best fights of 2016.

After the smoke cleared, Whyte walked away with a twelve round split decision victory. Many observers at ringside felt Chisora had done enough to win the fight.

The fight between Whyte and Chisora was sanctioned by the World Boxing Council as a world title eliminator.

But Chisora will not be facing Wilder any time soon.

Wilder is making a voluntary defense on February 25th in Alabama against Polish contender Andrzej Wawrzyk.

Should Wilder win as many expected, he would then be obligated to make a mandatory defense. The mandatory has not been established. Last December, Bermane Stiverne and Alexander Povetkin were set to fight in a final eliminator, but the bout was canceled after Povetkin tested postive for a banned substance.

Stiverne pressed the WBC for an immediate shot against Wilder and his request was denied. The sanctioning body advised him that he was required to fight in an eliminator to earn the title crack.

It won't be surprising if the WBC ordered Whyte and Stiverne to fight each other in a final eliminator - while Wilder pursues a unification with WBO champion Joseph Parker.

Chisora wants the rematch and believes Whyte should forget everything else and step in the ring with him.

"Dillian Whyte is dreaming," Chisora exclusively told Sky Sports. "He’s not going to fight nobody else until he fights me. It’s all dreams, it's all nonsense he’s thinking of. He cannot even go out in his normal local shop and go buy something. People are probably walking up to him saying: 'you really lost that fight, to be honest.'

"I had people come up to me, saying 'you know what, great fight, you won that fight. I had you up by two rounds.' I’m not knocking Dillian. I didn’t make a great fight by myself, I made a great fight because Dillian was in the ring. I made him fight my fight. He had to dig deep and fight hard."

"In the return fight, he’s going to get knocked out. The simplest thing is - Dillian Whyte can’t hurt me. In the 12 rounds I had with him, he did not hurt me at all. I was not in trouble, I was not bothered by the selection of his punches. I don’t have not fear of him, but he’s got fear of me. Dillian Whyte hasn’t got any power. He hit me with his best shot, didn’t even bother me, and he knows that. I hit him with my best shot and he was asleep and I hit him with another one and I woke him up. I’ve already got a psychological edge over him. I won the first fight."