Ben Whittaker introduced his rivalry with Liam Cameron to a conclusive end in April and the Olympic silver medallist has an array of choices for his subsequent battle.
Promoter Frank Warren has a roster of light-heavyweights in his secure together with Willie Hutchinson, Lewis Edmondson and Ezra Taylor. Warren would pit any of them in opposition to Whittaker however the first identify he volunteered was former world title challenger Anthony Yarde.
“Anthony’s back in the mix now. It’s exciting times in that light-heavyweight division. I love to see some of my guys in with Ben Whittaker,” Warren advised Sky Sports activities.
“Josh Buatsi’s there as well. He’s still there. There are some great fights to be made in that division.”
Callum Simpson, the brand new European super-middleweight champion, may very well be a shock entrant to the light-heavyweight division if he strikes as much as hunt down a battle with Whittaker.
George Groves, a former WBA super-middleweight world champion, advised Sky Sports activities: “[Simpson] is primed to go in with an honest identify and construct a pay-per-view battle as a result of he is obtained such a following domestically inside Barnsley and I feel that expands from there.
“If he was in with a Ben Whittaker, who is super-famous online and does massive numbers and is very commercial, with a local hometown boy who’s got tremendous support and an exciting style of fighting to watch, that could be a route for him to maybe get into a massive fight.”
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Highlights from a thriller at Oakwell as hometown hero Callum Simpson stopped Ivan Zucco in spherical 10 to say the European tremendous middleweight title
Although Groves does see the potential for Simpson to maneuver into world class at 168lbs.
“Matched right and accordingly, and if he can make some improvements I think he’s certainly capable of being in there and among it,” Groves stated. “I’d like to see him go back to the drawing board and improve across the board in many ways if he’s going to crack on at the top level.
“You are speaking about him shifting out of his division chasing fights, I do not like that. In case you’re super-middleweight, strive your greatest [there]. However he is large for the load, or so he appears. If he will find yourself at light-heavyweight at some point, then perhaps do it sooner quite than later.”
