Sunday\u2019s light heavyweight rematch between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron is currently scheduled for 10 rounds, according to event promoter Boxxer and the British Boxing Board of Control.<\/p>\n
There has been confusion, however, after Cameron \u2013 who held the fancied Whittaker to a surprise technical draw last October \u2013 claimed to have been sent a contract for a 12-round fight. His promoter, Frank Warren, had insisted that until an amended contract was issued then Cameron will indeed fight over the championship distance.<\/p>\n
Cameron today posted on social media: \u201cBoxxer have my terms to accept to change the fight to 10 rounds but they are refusing to send me a contract to vary the deal and are trying to suggest they can change the rounds without a contract. Going into fight week not knowing how many rounds I\u2019m fighting is a joke for me and for my opponent. As I post this it\u2019s still a 12 round fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron, 23-6-1 (10 KOs), is the more seasoned at professional level and has been involved in 12-round bouts four times in the past. That\u2019s in contrast to the 8-0-1 Whittaker who only turned professional in 2022 and is yet to go beyond 10.<\/p>\n
When asked by BoxingScene whether the fight was 10 or 12 rounds, Boxxer\u2019s Ben Shalom told BoxingScene via text message: \u201c10 \u2013 confirmed with the Board [of Control] and communicated to all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n
This was verified by Robert Smith of the BBBoC. \u201cAs things stand it\u2019s 10 rounds,\u201d he told BoxingScene. \u201cBut I haven\u2019t seen any contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The contest is set to take place at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham. Whittaker withdrew from the first bout, citing an injury, after the tangled pair tumbled over the ropes and landed on the ring apron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s light heavyweight rematch between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron is currently scheduled for 10 rounds, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[12926,12924,1935,12925,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-19820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-ben-shalom","9":"tag-ben-whittaker","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-liam-cameron","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114337630304244525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}