There may be nonetheless time to resolve the continued rounds dispute forward of Ben Whittaker’s rematch with Liam Cameron, says the British Boxing Board of Management.
Whittaker will battle Cameron in a extremely anticipated light-heavyweight rematch on Sunday April 20, stay on Sky Sports activities.
They first met in October when Olympic silver medallist Whittaker was unable to proceed, attributable to harm, after each fighters fell excessive rope and out of the ring within the fifth spherical.
A technical determination then noticed the bout end as a draw.
That controversial ending nevertheless prompted options from Cameron that Whittaker ‘give up’, fuelling a fiery build-up forward of Sunday’s conflict on the bp pulse LIVE enviornment in Birmingham.
Days away from the rematch, the rival camps are locked in a dispute over whether or not the bout shall be contested over 10 or 12 rounds.
However the British Boxing Board of Management has mentioned there’s nonetheless time to resolve this concern earlier than Sunday’s battle.
Robert Smith, the overall secretary of the BBBoC, advised Sky Sports activities: “It’s a contract concern.
“There must be no want [for the Board] to intervene. Nonetheless time to resolve, which I am certain will probably be.”
‘Judgement day is April 20’
Whittaker and Cameron are attributable to face one another at a press convention on Friday earlier than Sunday’s contest. Their confrontation has been a characteristic of their pre-fight engagements.
“It received arduous in there and when it will get arduous, you need a manner out,” Cameron beforehand mentioned of Whittaker. “While you’re in ache and the battle’s not going your manner, he needed out of there.
“He needed no half [of it].”
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Talking on Toe2Toe, Matthew Macklin, Barry Jones and Wayne Elcock focus on how Ben Whittaker may strategy his rematch with Liam Cameron
Whittaker is a flashy fighter when he containers, famend for his showboating. However Cameron claimed he had been chastened by their first battle.
“He is modified a bit. He wasn’t the identical individual simply then [on the Gloves Are Off]. Fairly humbled, good man. Are available with a distinct strategy. I like that,” Cameron advised Sky Sports activities Information.
“I used to be there to get beat. He was there to point out what he was made from… I put a cease to it.”
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Ben Whittaker says he has loved life out of the limelight and has perfected higher methods to fall out of the ring for his rematch with Liam Cameron
Whittaker responded: “If he desires to go together with that [quitting accusation] it is nice, extra gas to the hearth.”
He’s although decided to settle the rating. “It was like a scene out of WWE,” Whittaker advised Sky Sports activities Information. “It is boxing. This stuff should not written and we get to run it again.
“Fortunately sufficient judgement day is April 20.”
He added: “It was my worst model and his greatest model. Once I flip up on April 20 you will notice my greatest model.
“A draw is just not what you need, it is a loss in my eyes, seeking to proper the unsuitable actually and I am excited to do this.”
Watch Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron 2 on Sunday April 20, stay on Sky Sports activities
