Ben Whittaker

Something tells me he's packing glass. I expect him to take a hard canvas nap as soon as he faces a live body.

 

Right now even Lyndon Arthur beats him with one hand

 

Not my thing. Disrespectful. I hope he gets flatlined while doing that.

Looking forward to this:

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He’ll get found out sooner rather than later.

 

He is definitely more skilled than Naz

 

Nas had crushing K.O power and an iron chin, its disrespectful to compare the 2. This guy will not make it at world level. Not saying he is a complete fraud, but if he steps up he will get seriously hurt.

 

Naz had a good career before the wheels came off.....thats not happening for Whittaker imo!! He will be found out much quicker

 

Wasn't impressed by his performance this weekend. His best asset is his ability to promote himself but I don't think he has the skills to back it up. He leaves himself too open to be hit and while he does know how to counter, he doesn't do it enough. He's another flashy fighter who looks great when he's allowed to do what he likes but when he's made to fight, I suspect he'll get exposed.

It's a shame you see fighters like this all the time, speed, reflexes, reach but they don't have the actual skills or ring IQ to match. Talent alone only gets you so far, if you're protected like Adrien Broner you can win titles vs weak opposition but the moment you step up and fight someone genuinely world class you'll get found out.

 

How so?

 

The show boating feels so forced and out of place too

Naz it felt natural when he did it before reverting back to boxing

Whittakers fights feel very disjointed to watch

 

No, Lyndon is pretty poor, would be a close fight though.

 

Naz was a better finisher.

 

In what way? Whitaker has not been in at the level Naz was in, Nz beat Kevin Kelly, who the hell has Whitaker beat thus far?

 

Looked supreme in the Ams. Haven't been too arsed to watch him show boat in the pros vs uber drivers.

Hopefully Whittaker fights Paulo Aukoso at some point who coincidently also has a cockiness problem

 

Thats the same i think. I watched him at the olympics in Tokyo, and I think he did really really well. I think he has a lot of skills and could be a generational talent. However since his drama queen behaviour when he didnt catch the gold, i smell somethig wrong and dangerous for him in his behaviour. He think that he is alredy a shiny star, and showboat against nobody. He remember me another british, Naseem, who was taught a hard lesson the very first time he fought AN élite fighter. But Whittakher doesnt have 1/10 of Naseem's charisma, qnd that makes him so annoying