Bets are high for Ben Whittaker when on Sunday 20th April enters their match with Liam Cameron, lives on Sky Sports.
Unexpectedly, they pulled their first fight after they had set off from the ring and had to go to a technical decision.
Speculation has ran since then, whether Whittaker could or should have continued (injuries prevented him from fighting) and whether Cameron was on the struggle to actually win this struggle.
Whittaker must mention the Sunday fight to the definitive conclusion, says the former world title challenger Matt Macklin.
Sky Sports The Macklin box expert believes that Whittaker can’t afford to lose it.
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Whittaker says he hand over the microphone to Cameron as soon as he wins their struggle. Gloves are off that are available now in full tracking
“It’s very difficult to see (the way back if loses). Even if it exists, I don’t think there will be a way back where we believed it would go,” Macklin explained.
“The trajectory he was before the fight was people thinking that he would not only be a world champion, but would probably be a unified world champion and a huge star paid for seeing.
“If you were making a business plan, you would focus on it, hit the heights.
“His profile and star moved on the right lines, but his development as a warrior was probably not yet. It is not because he has no ability or potential is not there, because he had no meaningful struggles to take him there.
“It’s a meaningful struggle, the last was a meaningful struggle and almost came a trimmer. This time he has to deliver.”
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Whittaker jokingly threatened Cameron with an egg during “gloves are turned off” – but you will have to tune in to see if both of them shook your hands!
The first struggle took place at underestimation in Riyadh. On Sunday, Whittaker will be the main in front of his home fans in Birmingham.
However, the local man Macklin, no foreigner of the great fighting in his hometown, believes that the extent of this opportunity is disrupted by the Olympic silver medalist.
“I think Whittaker can do it well. He was already in big phases, certainly as an amateur, a box in the Olympic finals, ”said Macklin.
“I know the amateur versus professional is different, but he was in high -pressure situations before there was a lot on the line. I think he will stand to challenge and use pressure to bring the best of himself.”
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Whittaker says “counting down weeks” to his second fight against Cameron, ready to show him what he can do what
He warned that in the fight in your hometown: “You have to remember that you will focus and you will not be distracted because there are more people and each of you wants a little.
However, Macklin added: “Whether he wins or loses, it will not become the pressure of the fight in Birmingham, it will be whether it is good enough or not.”
Watch Whittaker vs Cameron 2 on Sunday 20th April Sky Sports
