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00:00Hiding out of the blue corner wearing the black trunks with gold trim. He stays six feet tall
00:05He weighed in at 12 stones six pounds
00:08He holds a professional record of 23 victories versus six defeats and one draw
00:14With 10 of those rings coming by way of knockout and he fights out of Sheffield, England
00:21Introducing the former Commonwealth middleweight champion
00:26Leah Cannonball Cameron
00:36And now his opponent the defending champion firing out of the red corner
00:42We're in the beige trunks with white trim. He stands six feet three inches tall
00:48He weighed in at 12 stones seven pounds
00:52He holds an undefeated professional record of eight victories opposite no defeats and one draw
01:00And he fights out of Darleston, West Midlands, England
01:08Introducing the Olympic silver medalist
01:12And the current reigning defending IVF International
01:18Land heavyweight champion
01:20Ladies and gentlemen
01:22The surgeon
01:24Ben
01:25Whittaker
01:30Okay guys, it's called you both in the restroom with what I expect
01:38Keep it clean, break straight away when cold
01:41Both of you watch your heads and clothes, good luck for your both
01:43Much love
01:44Come on here
01:46Power close to our referee
01:48Final words from the trainers
01:52Six months on
01:53One
01:55The reckoning
01:57Is upon us
02:05For the first round
02:08So here we go
02:09Ten rounds or fewer
02:10In a light heavyweight division
02:11Whittaker
02:13In the beige
02:14Cameron in the black
02:15Cameron with that tight guard
02:30He's got a simple method
02:32There's nothing flashy about him
02:33But doesn't seem to be too much all that special
02:35But when you look at the all-round package
02:38He's a fighter who knows who he is
02:41And what he is
02:42He will take that space
02:44He will creep in
02:45He will block and ride those punches
02:47And when he's close enough
02:48He will let his hands go
02:50And look to bring that kind of heat
02:52That Whittaker struggled to deal with
02:55When they met in Riyadh
02:59There's a nice right hand for the body from Whittaker there
03:01He just got that right hand in round the back of the guard there Whittaker as well
03:15Looking to the overhand right
03:17Half-court Whittaker round the back of that
03:19And Whittaker setting his feet
03:21And putting some gas on that right hand
03:27Whittaker's looking nice and relaxed to start off
03:29He's just getting behind that jab
03:30Picking his other shots off there
03:32Not looking for anything too big at the moment
03:35And his punches look sharp and crisp
03:37You know he's been placing them to the body up
03:39He's not there's no slow coming back
03:42Very sharp
03:44I feel that Cameron looks a little bit tense to be fair
03:49A couple of times he's thrown a slow left hook as he's stepping in
03:51Which is quite dangerous against a cattle puncher like Whittaker
03:54Who can come up with a sharp right hand over the top of that
03:57And Foster just having a quiet work with Cameron about letting one go round the back of the head
04:02Which he did do
04:07Into the final minute of round one
04:13Planting that jab
04:16Trying to pierce that guard
04:18Cameron
04:19Stepping across looking to let that right hand go
04:22He will bring this pressure as we said
04:24He will creep in
04:27Keep coming in
04:28He's not particularly explosive
04:30Doesn't have that burst of acceleration
04:33But the pace the tempo that he does bring is consistent
04:36That's a good right hand from Cameron
04:38They come on back from Whittaker
04:39Good response
04:41Yeah just consistent steady pressure from Cameron
04:43That's what he'll be just trying to get a little bit closer
04:47Round by round and trying to keep
04:49Whittaker working harder than he wants to hoping to catch up with him
04:53Yeah
04:54As the round fights go on
04:57Cameron's team will be expecting the first three rounds
05:00Whittaker's gonna be razor sharp and he's gonna be outboxed
05:02And he's gonna be taking shots
05:04But it's about can he tire him out down the stretch through the middle
05:07So into the second
05:12Yeah I think all the punching from Whittaker was crisp
05:14You know it was sharp
05:15There was nothing lazy when he when he was pulling the hand back after landing the shot
05:20Going up and down nicely head and body with the jab
05:26Cameron's gonna make sure that he brings his feet in rather than reaching
05:29Again counter punching
05:30When you when you're reaching you're overshooting yourself
05:32And you're lighted open for somebody like Whittaker to counter
05:35It's something he does tend to do is come over the top of that front foot a bit
05:41As you say he needs to keep those feet underneath him
05:47Left to the body there from Whittaker
05:53He's looking to
05:55Curl that right hand in round the back of the guard because
05:59Cameron has got those gloves up to protect the front of the face
06:03But maybe not so much round the back into the side of the head and the ear
06:13Whittaker just comes off the ropes and grabs hold of Cameron quite obviously there
06:17The referee gets in nice and quick
06:19A bit of blood coming from Cameron's nose there
06:25Probably the effects of that jab from Whittaker
06:26That's a better looking jab from Cameron just pops it out
06:33Varing up the weight of shot there Whittaker
06:36Good right hand though from Cameron there
06:40To Southcourt briefly looks to step in the bundle up to the body
06:43Having a bit more success in this round Cameron
06:46The important thing for Cameron
06:50Oh that's a great right hand
06:52She's there from Whittaker
06:53And he's well taken out and he's in big trouble here
06:56The referee is having a close look
06:58His legs are not steady
06:59He's sitting down on the ropes
07:01The camera has been stopped in
07:02Orbuster has jumped in and stopped the fight
07:06He got him going
07:07And he was on shaky legs at that point
07:10And then you can make the case that the ropes kept him up in that red corner
07:15The referee though let it go on a little bit longer
07:18And then jumped in and stopped him
07:19There's a little bit of commotion at ringside here
07:22Andy Lee just getting a hold of Ben Whittaker
07:25Cameron himself is looking to go and speak to Whittaker
07:28Without any kind of malice there at all
07:30There's an enormous amount of emotion flying around this ring
07:36Lee eaten up on the far side as well
07:38He seemed to take
07:40Referee Howard Foster calls us off to this contest
07:43At 1 minute 53 seconds of the second round
07:47Declaring your winner by TKO
07:51And still undefeated
07:53And still the IVF International
07:56And the heavyweight champion
07:59The Surgeon Ben Whittaker
08:08Thank you
08:09Thank you
08:12Thank you
08:14Thank you