Whittaker signed with Eddie Hearn’s promotion this month and is wasting little time in getting going
Ben Whittaker’s next fight has been announced, as the divisive Briton makes his debut under Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom.
Whittaker signed with the promotion this month and is wasting little time in getting going with the next phase of his career.
The Olympic silver medalist will take on Germany’s Benjamin Gavazi on 29 November, fighting in his hometown of Birmingham at the NEC arena.
It was in Birmingham that Whittaker, 28, stopped Liam Cameron in April, in his most-recent fight. With that, Whittaker silenced some of his doubters, after he fought Cameron to a controversial draw last October. In their first meeting, Whittaker was unable to keep boxing after the sixth round, in which he tumbled over the top rope with Cameron and suffered a back injury.
“Ben Whittaker is the greatest signing any promoter in the world could have made,” said Hearn in a press release on Tuesday. “And he levels up from the get-go with a major title shot in front of his home fans in Birmingham, on what is another unmissable card, stacked with huge fights.”
Whittaker (9-0-1, 6 knockouts) and 30-year-old Gavazi (19-1, 13 KOs) will clash over the vacant WBC Silver light-heavyweight title, while Molly McCann competes on the undercard in her second fight since trading the UFC Octagon for the boxing ring. Liverpool’s “Meatball Molly” made a successful debut in professional boxing in September, securing a stoppage win against Kate Radomska.
Upon signing with Matchroom this month, Whittaker said: “I came very close to signing before, but I’m here now, and that’s the main thing.
“I first met Eddie as an amateur when I was training in Sheffield, and ‘AJ’ [Anthony Joshua] was there in the gym. We always knew this time would come, and I’m very happy that this moment has finally arrived to work together.
“I’m grateful to Eddie and Frank Smith [Matchroom Boxing CEO]. All my family have known this is where I always wanted to be. I remember being shown around [Matchroom HQ] during Covid, and Eddie said then he wanted to make me a star and make me a champion.
“It didn’t quite pan out then but we’re here now, with a better haircut than I had back then, and as a better version of me. I think with Eddie and Matchroom Boxing, I will become even more of a household name and one day become a world champion.”
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