Ben Whittaker to Return in Homecoming – Liam Cameron Rematch ‘Front of Mind’

Ben Shalom has recently spoken on Ben Whittaker’s return to the ring. The former Olympian’s last outing was both bizarre and damaging, after an accidental fall out of the ring caused a premature end to Whittaker’s bout against Cameron on the Bivol Beterbiev undercard, ending in a split decision draw.

Allegations that Whittaker quit the fight, which was not going as smoothly as he might’ve wanted, have made a rematch with Cameron highly anticipated.

Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron

Ben Whittaker alleged an ankle injury prevented him from continuing in the fight following the pair falling out of the ring. Cameron, who previously lost a close decision to Lyndon Arthur, refuted this, stating he heard Whittaker’s team tell him to feign an injury to get out of the fight and avoid a loss.

Cameron maintains that Whittaker quit once he saw the fight was not going his way, with fans noting that Whittaker’s usual showboating was nowhere to be seen, and that Cameron was beginning to pick up rounds.

Besides an incident in which he broke a fans phone after being recorded in an airport, Whittaker has been radio silent on the incident, in which he earned the nickname ‘Ben Quittaker’ from many online.

He has only recently broken his silence on social media, with a clip from comedy movie Talladega Nights, in which Will Ferrell’s character is told his leg paralysis is not real and he’s pretending. The cryptic social media posts only continued, with Whittaker later posting an image of Lester Green, commonly known as ‘Beetlejuice’ on his Instagram.

Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron Rematch

In a recent interview, Ben Shalom has confirmed that Whittaker’s next fight will be in his hometown of Wolverhampton in February or March, and has said of the Cameron rematch, Shalom said, ”That is the fight that is at the front of my mind. The front of his mind”.

Whittaker now stands at 8-0-1, whilst Cameron now sits at 23-6-1.

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