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00:00Behind words and they don't really believe in what they're saying. He truly believes that he's destined to cause a shock here
00:07So it's the surgeon versus the cannonball Ben Whittaker and the black trunks with red Liam Cameron in the purple
00:15Barry, what do you want to see early on from Whittaker?
00:19To let you know he's gonna dispatch of Liam Cameron as a lot of people think he's going to exactly this take the center
00:24Pressure him in that front foot, be sharp with every shot. You see a massive lack of showbooking
00:30He's done this a few times. He starts off the first round when he's positive, then he gets into it into his mode and starts to do a little
00:36A bit of entertainment. But this sort of stuff here when he's doing this, you see you see the potential
00:43Real intent is required especially early on in this contest you can see the difference in hand speed already
00:49So if there is a lazy shot that comes out from Cameron, it's important to Whittaker
00:54early on
00:56Looks to
00:57Exploit those weaknesses. Oh, he's doing well here. Just see that little lean back there. Sometimes Cameron tries to
01:03Make a impression come forward. He just leans back and then comes back with another punch
01:10Okay, a bit lower here Cameron just try and get some lateral movement of a body movement
01:17Looks like he is taking Cameron extremely seriously earlier in the week. He didn't think that would be the case
01:24Good shot
01:26Get angle, get back
01:28Touch him to set it up
01:30See Cameron has a bit of power as well. I'm not saying he's a knuckle-tardist, but he carries weight in every shot
01:35So you have to respect that
01:38That's the shot already I've seen for Whittaker. That full count of his right hand over the jab of Cameron
01:44That's the shot that's going to do the damage here
01:45That's the shot that's going to do the damage here
01:46It's a lovely pivot there though, wasn't there from Whittaker
01:49Go away, go forward with him
01:51Chest and relax
01:52Go forward with him
01:54Squeeze the ball with him
01:55Squeeze the ball with him
01:56Squeeze the ball with him
01:57I think in them clinches is where Cameron has got to try and rough up Whittaker
02:09In the arms
02:10Try and slide in the uppercuts
02:12One of the things I really like about Whittaker is his mentality
02:16He won a silver in the 2020 Olympics, but he said
02:18That was a failure for me
02:20You don't win silver, you lose gold
02:22I'm disappointed. I felt like a failure and I'm constantly trying to avenge that disappointment
02:28I've had a lot of people say that about a silver medal in the Olympics
02:32Again just shows the ambition that he has that he believes that he is the very very best
02:35They both threw right hand there, both landed
02:37And that just prompted Whittaker just to up the pace a little bit
02:45Trying to find his range is Whittaker
02:48He has a good uppercut on the inside
02:50That's something else we've seen from Whittaker
02:54The variation is so impressive
02:56He literally has every shot in his artillery
03:03Nice jab, good variation
03:05Back upstairs with my left, good work
03:15Keep breaking it down
03:17With the jab
03:18Use your feet as your defence
03:19Good start
03:24Okay, breaking down with your jab
03:39Use your feet as your defence
03:41Good start
03:43Good start
03:46Breathe
03:50Breathe
03:52Set yourself now
03:53Listen up
03:55It's about your jab
03:56And your feet
03:57Second round here
03:58Let's go
04:07Second round here
04:08Liam Cameron
04:10Earlier this week described himself as the Bitterbeev of Sheffield
04:14You agree with that Chris Mannix?
04:16Not so sure
04:17I'd buy that one
04:21You can see why Ben Whittaker likes the Pernell Whittaker comparison
04:25Whittaker made a living just a pointing shot with the reflexes, athleticism, just being where the punches weren't
04:31That's exactly how Ben Whittaker tries to fight
04:33My body there
04:34And no one moves that up a body better than Whittaker
04:36Good job
04:39There you go
04:42One thing Cameron does have in common with Bitterbeev, neither one of them has been knocked out
04:47Even though he's lost six times
04:48Downstairs
04:51That's kind of why I like this fight for Ben Whittaker
04:54Just the second ten round fight as a professional
04:57The most experienced opponent of his career
04:59Ninth professional fight
05:00These are the kind of guys that he needs to come up against to get rounds to see if he can hurt
05:05To gain that valuable experience before he gets to that next level
05:08Yeah I agree Chris
05:09He just needs to start targeting the body with the straight shots
05:12Cameron
05:13He's just sitting on all four upstairs
05:15Starts stabbing that jab
05:17Into the body of Ben Whittaker
05:19Talking to Whittaker there as well Cameron
05:21What Cameron is doing well
05:22He's keeping his hands up high
05:23Trying to cross most of the shots
05:24Smooth with the end of his shoulders, the elbows, the gloves
05:29Drop your shoulder there, don't take
05:34The corner of Liam Cameron really appreciating what he's doing right now
05:38The corner of that chop was blocked there from Whittaker
05:41That's the head of the chest
05:43Chopped downstairs
05:44Yes
05:45Over halfway
05:46Keep dropping that head
05:47He leans, he likes to lean to his right hand side of Whittaker
05:49That's what I bet he needs to punch down with the right hand Cameron
05:52There you go
05:53The one criticism I think of Ben Whittaker is that
05:56You've seen in the combinations the second of the goal
05:58He touches with the punches
05:59That's the right hand for Cameron
06:00That's the exact shot
06:06Working out boys, come on
06:09Get back, get back
06:11On that upper body
06:13On that upper body
06:15Can't get you in trouble
06:27Cameron's got to be careful getting caught into Whittaker's web, so to speak,
06:32the trash talking and tauntings.
06:38Cameron's doing a lot better than many people thought he would so far.
06:41Yeah, and the dark arts sort of bending the rules slightly,
06:46but he needs to try and rough up and frustrate and annoy and even hurt.
06:50Ben Whittaker in the clinches.
06:57Go first, support it.
06:59In and go, in and go.
07:01Yeah, it's good.
07:11Suck it up.
07:12Good round.
07:13Push it nice and relaxing.
07:15Suck it up.
07:16Make him in front of him, drop the shoulder and feet.
07:18When you make him miss with your feet,
07:20as soon as he threw that chop to body and his hands,
07:22it didn't choke hold, did it?
07:24You see, when you're dominant,
07:26when you back him off,
07:27he's got him off balance all the time.
07:29When you're holding your feet,
07:30and letting him punch.
07:31When he goes drop in the head and punch,
07:33you know what?
07:34There's a couple of rounds on there where both fighters can be happy, really.
07:37You're seeing here Cameron landing shots of his own inside,
07:41sort of good variation of his own,
07:43but then there's been occasions where we've seen the pupil hand speed.
07:46There was that lovely right hand chopping down with the shot.
07:48As I said, Whittaker always likes to move predominantly to his right hand side when he slips,
07:53and that allowed Cameron to find the right hand,
07:56but there was nice work from Whittaker throughout the first couple of rounds.
08:02Well, Whittaker has been taking the distance in two straight fights
08:05after enjoying a four-fight knockout streak.
08:08So he'd love to get a KO here in Riyadh,
08:11but he's seen Cameron doing pretty well as we start round three.
08:15Oh, there's the counter right from Whittaker.
08:26That froze Cameron for a minute.
08:28I've got to get speed in that shot.
08:29Didn't we see it coming?
08:30Hey, but Cameron can take a lot of pain.
08:32This is a guy who completed a 100-mile ultra marathon.
08:36And we've seen everyone talking about the power of Whittaker with the lack of it,
08:43but the way that he's going to hurt his opponents is through speed,
08:47speed of shot.
08:48The opponent not seeing the shot coming.
08:50That was a glimpse there, that right hand over the jab of Cameron.
08:53And these are cutting combinations that Whittaker is throwing.
08:56The accumulation of punches.
08:58It's going to get there to Liam Cameron.
09:01Barry, why don't you think we've seen Whittaker kind of go full, cocky,
09:05but he's taking the pass.
09:06Oh, nice one here with Cameron.
09:08I think he wants to slow you down before he gets here.
09:11I think I thought it was because there's a step up for him.
09:13He wanted to make sure.
09:14But he has a good look at all his opponents in the third round.
09:16I think he's just thinking, let him slow down, let him make mistakes.
09:20I don't think Cameron really is taking the pictures yet.
09:24Once Cameron's that strong from 2.0,
09:26that's what we're going to do is work.
09:28That was a shotgun jab, wasn't it, Darren?
09:30A beautiful shot, sharp, short jab.
09:33And a couple of right hands as well.
09:35That's all left up from Cameron.
09:37Only 9% of our fans thought that Liam Cameron would win this fight.
09:41I bet those odds would be going up right now.
09:43He's having a real go here.
09:45Having a lot more success.
09:47He's going to slot these things to drag.
09:50Whits it coming to his kind of fight.
09:52Chris, you called Ben Whitaker the best prospect perhaps in all of boxing at the beginning of this fight.
09:59Is this what you thought you'd see from him?
10:01When you face fighters that are on different...
10:05Oh, right hand.
10:06That could have presented different challenges.
10:08Liam Cameron is an experienced guy.
10:10And he was, as we talked about earlier, a very competitive performance.
10:13He's a former champion.
10:15He's not a former Commonwealth champion.
10:17You know, very good out of charge.
10:19Especially in the youth stages of his career.
10:22He's no doubt to fight.
10:24Let him go.
10:26Let him go.
10:27Let him go.
10:28Come on, then.
10:29You're winning rounds.
10:31Fuck him up again.
10:33Go with me.
10:35Go with me.
10:37He starts doubling up the left hook.
10:39I'm going to go inside Whitsaker.
10:41Upstairs, then back downstairs.
10:42This is a little bit predictable with the shots.
10:45See Cameron's just covering up.
10:47He's happy to ride some of these combinations.
10:49He's just kind of gapped into where his hands go.
10:52No showboating so far for Ben Whitaker.
10:55It is all business.
10:57So far Cameron giving about as good as he's getting.
11:03That's good when you're backing him up.
11:15Ben.
11:16Benjamin.
11:17Benjamin.
11:18That's great when you're backing him up.
11:21Still back him up with the jab.
11:23Okay?
11:24Still give yourself room to punch.
11:27Drink.
11:29Oh, Whittaker is trying to put out some pressure on Cameron there.
11:34And it's a good shot.
11:35But ultimately, I thought, you know, late from the stage,
11:37it was Cameron and Andy with a bigger shot there.
11:39Whether you're trying to be evasive
11:41and not maybe having the success that he normally has in fights.
11:44He's making people miss with ease.
11:46Some of the tricks that are working for him,
11:48not quite working here tonight.
11:50And Cameron showing that experience of,
11:52not just management at distance,
11:55but also just being able to rough it up a little bit.
11:57not with that sorry right hand,
11:58and making Whittaker have the big ball
12:00that we've seen before.
12:05Ana Ola Depot reporting that Whittaker changed gloves
12:08at the very last minute in the dressing room
12:10before coming out the fight.
12:12Make of that what you will.
12:14Wait.
12:15I am going.
12:16I am going.
12:18Yes.
12:19Step in with a jab.
12:21Drop the head.
12:22Drop the head.
12:24Nice.
12:25Good shot.
12:26He's having a variation, Cameron.
12:28He's looking for his own right hand
12:30over the jab now of Whittaker.
12:32He's got to get back to basics here, Ben Whittaker.
12:35He's behind the jab.
12:36Good variation with the shot.
12:37The openings will start to present themselves.
12:40He looks a bit tense.
12:41You've got to give Cameron credit for that.
12:42But he looks a bit tense.
12:43In the first round,
12:44he's probably flowing his work.
12:46He was smooth.
12:47I know he looks a little bit,
12:48just a little bit tighter.
12:49Darren, did you have to win in that third round?
12:51I looked close, but I think if I had to pick a winner,
12:53I would have gone with Cameron.
12:54I like the shot that he just landed with the right hand.
12:56Every time Whittaker slipped to his right,
12:57and he's finding the shot again,
12:58and he's up in the tempo.
12:59He's found that self-belief now in this contest,
13:00and he's really putting it into place.
13:02Keep that squeeze.
13:03Squeeze and punch.
13:04Punch.
13:05Squeeze, punch it out.
13:06That's a low blow there.
13:07The referee didn't see it.
13:08Hold it, referee.
13:09Hold it.
13:10Hold it.
13:11Hold it.
13:12Hold it.
13:13Hold it.
13:14Hold it.
13:15Hold it.
13:16Hold it.
13:17Second time there from Cameron.
13:18That's it.
13:19Oh.
13:20Squeeze in.
13:21With the right hand,
13:22right hand.
13:23Every time Whittaker slipped to his right,
13:24and he's finding the shot again,
13:25and he's up in the tempo.
13:26He's found that self-belief now in this contest,
13:27and he's really putting it into place.
13:29Keep that squeeze.
13:30Squeeze and punch.
13:31He's trying to be a little bit more aggressive here,
13:34and with that,
13:35it's become an easier target
13:36than we've ever seen before.
13:38Don't you push him off here.
13:39Over halfway.
13:40Go first.
13:41Don't like it.
13:42Yes.
13:43Yes.
13:44Yes.
13:45Yes.
13:46Good spell here for Cameron.
13:47He really fancies this.
13:48Go first.
13:49First, Liam.
13:50I would say this fight going about as well
13:52as you could expect for Liam Cameron so far.
13:54Good score.
13:55Good response.
13:56Come on, man.
13:57Let it go.
13:58Let it go.
13:59Let it go.
14:00Here, but he pushes in.
14:01Through the gears!
14:03Guys, yes!
14:04Winnecker promised to punch the big nose off of Cameron's face.
14:09Well, that's not happening so far,
14:11is it?
14:12It's almost the other way there.
14:13The other way around there with a large-fluried shot from Cameron.
14:17You know, this is not the style that Winnecker wants to fight.
14:21I think he doesn't want or doesn't need a fight in the phone booth, he needs to keep this fight a little bit more at distance, keep using the entirety of the ring, not to say he can't win fighting on the inside, but that's where Liam Cameron wants to be.
14:32Why do you think he's doing it, Chris?
14:34I don't know, I think he's trying to back up what he was saying all week long since this fight was announced that he's not in my league, his camera, that's basically what Ben Whittaker's been saying and if I box as well as I can, fight as well as I can, this will be over shortly.
14:51Going about it, like you say, Chris, they won't wait.
14:54If you listen to us in the build-up of this fight over the week and then saw this bout and what you're doing, you're like, we're all liars.
15:00This is not how, Whittaker's not taunting him, he's not fighting like Prince Nassim Hamed, he's just in there in a phone booth with Liam Cameron.
15:11Some stars of British boxing in the house, there's Lawrence Akoli, the reigning WBC Bridgeweight Champion of the world.
15:21The only time he's having success is when you hold your feet and let him punch you.
15:36Pass me an ice towel, please.
15:37OK.
15:38The ice, ice pump.
15:39OK.
15:40Benjamin.
15:41Benjamin.
15:42Benjamin.
15:43Hey.
15:44Hey.
15:45Hey.
15:46Keep it long.
15:47Long boxing.
15:48Get into your rhythm.
15:49OK.
15:50I'm a winner.
15:51Boxing.
15:52Too close at the minute.
15:53I'm a winner.
15:54I'm a winner.
15:55Boxing.
15:56Too close at the minute.
16:03You mentioned Hamza Shiraz there, Barry.
16:05A lot of talk about Janabek Al-Manalee against Hamza Shiraz.
16:08I want to see that fight.
16:10That's a really good fight.
16:11That's a really good fight.
16:12Two big guys are off and away.
16:13Disney Bowl.
16:14That's it.
16:15Boxing.
16:16You can't really make the way to it, let's be honest with it.
16:18But yeah, it's a really good fight.
16:19I think he was Carlos Adalas.
16:21Carlos Adalas.
16:22Carlos Adalas.
16:23He's got to give you a title if he doesn't fight down to Shiraz.
16:28Boxing.
16:29He's totally probably the most from the ad season here.
16:32Well, that's the charm.
16:34It's what you said, Chris.
16:36I think you've got to go back and do what you're good at.
16:39I think there's a bit of peer pressure here, I think.
16:41And sort of pressure from people, I guess, who say he lacks a bit of power, a bit of strength.
16:46And for Cameron.
16:47As Whitaker says, no, he just hit me on the arm.
16:49He's been fighting the wrong fight.
16:51That mouthpiece comes out.
16:59Can't give him that water there.
17:01That's going to give him a sip of water.
17:03He's going to rinse off the mouth guard.
17:06I don't know if I've ever heard a trainer perhaps say this, but maybe they should.
17:09Hey, Whitaker, drop your hand and start showboating a little bit.
17:13It sounds stupid, but like, he goes a throw and a run to himself when he's showboating.
17:19He expresses himself better.
17:22This is his welcome to the pro game.
17:24Ben Whistaker.
17:25At some point in your career, you have that fight when you realize that this isn't amateur boxing anymore.
17:31This is a different sport.
17:33It was someone that doesn't have the resume or the pedigree that you do.
17:37He knows how to fight, knows how to manage rounds.
17:40And we're seeing that with Cameron.
17:42And Cameron's talking trash in the ear of Ben Whittaker when they clinch.
17:46Go first!
17:47Go first!
17:48Go first!
17:49Don't wait!
17:50Squeeze it up!
17:51Who would have thought that?
17:52All week, Cameron said, I'm not much of a talker.
17:54Yeah!
17:55Yeah!
17:56Yeah!
17:57Yeah!
17:58From Cameron again.
18:03Cameron upset about some low blows there.
18:05Ruff said, keep going.
18:07Little blood coming out of the nose now of Cameron.
18:14Still waiting to jump!
18:15Yeah!
18:16Move it there for Cameron.
18:18I was going to say, that's what Whittaker's going for.
18:21Three times!
18:22Three times a year!
18:23Shush!
18:24Quiet!
18:25That was low.
18:26The next one's a point.
18:27Do you understand that?
18:28That was low.
18:29The next one's a point.
18:30Do you understand?
18:31Stern warning there for Whittaker about low blows as the corner of Cameron was erupting.
18:38He's in a real fight here, Whittaker.
18:40A real fight.
18:41Cameron really, really growing in this contest.
18:44Believing in himself.
18:45He's almost having the first and the last say of the arguments.
18:50I need another faster hand spot.
18:52Let's get the stronger punches.
18:54I'm tired.
18:55There he is.
18:56Let's go!
18:58Oh, Π½Π΅Ρ.
18:59Go!
19:00Who's fighting a post?
19:01Who's fighting a post?
19:02Where's the movement guys?
19:04For Whittaker?
19:05Sometimes it's hard to get out of the pattern of the fight.
19:07You got to try and break that pattern.
19:10But he reared up and fired and Whittaker stood there and took it.
19:14Oh what?
19:15It's far too easy to hit.
19:17He's a bubble.
19:18Good work with Cameron here though.
19:19It's just your 300 million pounds.
19:20Boy, we're learning a lot about Whittaker here.
19:22here and it's not good stuff that we're being educated about.
19:28He's getting hit by a much slower fight.
19:31Oh, and wait a minute.
19:33They've gone Royal Rumble WWE style.
19:45Both guys seem to be injured here.
19:48Oh, he's protecting his arm.
19:50He's protecting his arm.
19:52The wheelie man over there as well.
19:54That wouldn't look great.
20:00Let's watch this again.
20:05Watch how they're locked up on the arms as well.
20:07Look at that.
20:08He's almost bent his back over there.
20:12Credit to the security team there.
20:15He just managed helping them to hold it on the front.
20:18Does Cameron push him or does Whitaker pull him?
20:20There's a little bit of both there.
20:21Whitaker's holding off.
20:22I think it was a little bit of both there as well.
20:25Ten seconds got him.
20:32Second down.
20:34Round six.
20:35Three.
20:37Chris, what's the verdict here?
20:39How should this be played out by the referee in the doctor's ring side?
20:42Well, first we have to see you give Whitaker as much time as possible to continue.
20:48If he can't, it looks like he's going to give it an effort there.
20:52He will go to the judges' scorecards.
20:54Look, I will say Ben Whitaker was looking out of sorts before this happened.
21:02It wasn't looking good.
21:03It wasn't looking great for Ben Whitaker.
21:06Ben, come on!
21:07I didn't want to say it, but there will be some people watching at home right now saying, hey,
21:12maybe Whitaker looking for a way out of this.
21:14It looks like a leg injury of some sort.
21:27But it was not a good night at the office for Whitaker at all.
21:36No, but look, I say out of sorts.
21:38I don't want to take anything away from Liam Cameron.
21:40Who's, as we look now, in his blue corner on his toes bouncing around.
21:45He's very tired of the weighty box there.
21:48You can see it again.
21:49It's crazy.
21:50But watch the leg.
21:51It's the leg injury, so keep an eye on the legs.
21:55It's all he hasn't heard.
21:56It's back there, because they're locked above the shovels,
21:58and they're locked above the legs as well.
21:59It looks like the right leg, so keep an eye on the right leg of Whitaker.
22:02You see it there, nothing seems to be happening yet.
22:05All right.
22:12Chris, what do you think?
22:14Well, the referee talking to the British Boxing Board of Patrol Commission over there,
22:19and I believe, as it seems unlikely,
22:21Ben Whitaker can continue.
22:22They are going to go to the scorecards on this one.
22:24To be fair, it looks like a right leg injury,
22:27but it could be a bad nerve that maybe shot down the right leg.
22:31Yeah, Ben Whitaker looks like he's got his shoe off there in the corner.
22:36This fight's not going to continue.
22:37That's a result.
22:38It's going to go to the scorecards.
22:39You see right now members of the commission
22:40chowing up the scores ringside as we speak.
22:43But I guarantee you one thing, this fight will happen again.
22:46We'll do an x-ray on it in the Medic's Room.
22:48All right.
22:49You want the guys to take your gloves off now?
22:51Should we take this?
22:52Yeah, they're going to take his gloves off, so this fight is over.
22:55What happens next?
22:57We'll just have to wait and see.
22:58Nothing about this fight is what we expect.
23:00Obviously no one expects this to happen,
23:02but also how the fight plays out at this point.
23:04We thought Whitaker was going to dance a merry tune,
23:07and Cameron was going to make him try and work for it,
23:09but not the contest we saw where Whitaker held his feet,
23:11trying to work and be stronger, more physical than the contest,
23:15and Cameron, more than matching him in those last kind of rounds,
23:18it did really well.
23:20Well, right here in Riyadh next week,
23:22a more gentle sport, or at least we hope so,
23:24as Riyadh's season presents six of the biggest names in tennis,
23:28including Rafa Nadal.