Boxing: Ben Whittaker's rematch with Liam Cameron announced for April
2025-02-13
Category: sports

Ben Whittaker will fight fellow Briton Liam Cameron in a rematch on 20 April at the BP Pulse Live in Birmingham.The light-heavyweight rivals' first fight ended in bizarre circumstances last October when both men fell over the ropes and Whittaker was unable to continue because of an injury.The bout was declared a draw and neither man has fought since, with Whittaker nursing a back and ankle injury."This is an opportunity for me to give the fans a decisive result," Whittaker said."There's no doubt in my mind that this time, there will be no room for controversy. This time, we will finish it on my terms."Cameron, 34, was a massive underdog against the unbeaten Whittaker and has been campaigning for a rematch ever since.Many onlookers had Sheffield's Cameron winning the fight comfortably before it was stopped."I feel like I was winning the last fight before he tried pretending to be a WWE star and pulled me over the top rope," Cameron said. "I really believe I would have stopped him, but that's in the past now."Whittaker, 27, had an unblemished record before the draw against Cameron.The Olympian had cruised through his first seven fights as a professional and is regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the UK.Cameron battled depression and alcohol issues while serving a four-year ban from boxing because of an anti-doping violation in 2019.On the undercard in Birmingham, Frazer Clarke returns to action after the first defeat of his career, facing Ebaneezer Tetteh.Lee Cutler faces Sam Eggington in a super-welterweight fight and middleweight Tyler Denny returns from a loss to Hamzah Sheeraz to take on Elvis Ahorgah.