Ben Whittaker vs Jordan Grant (06-05-2023) Full Fight

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00:00 I want to see a good clean fight, I want to see a break clean, protect yourselves at all times, touch gloves.

00:10 [CROWD CHEERING]

00:13 69% of you thinking that Ben Whittaker has got what it takes to go on to become a world champion,

00:19 there's a long, long way to go before he gets to that kind of level.

00:24 This is good, he finally made the light heavyweight limit yesterday, a good habit to get into.

00:30 No title on the line, so you could argue he didn't have to, but I always like to see that.

00:35 Just look at the size of him in there, Whittaker.

00:39 It is like somebody has just inflated him since we saw him on the scales yesterday, that's not unusual.

00:47 But looking up at the ring, there does seem to be a couple of weight divisions between the pair of them.

00:53 Looking through a right hand over the top there, Grant, he wasn't that far away with it.

00:57 You say that Andy, but he's quite slim I think Whittaker, he's very tall, but he's quite lean and slim,

01:04 where you look at Jordan Grant and he's quite chunky, isn't he?

01:08 It's thick.

01:09 Yeah, very thick set, big legs.

01:11 There's the showboating.

01:16 Just looking out at the ring, people at ringside, Grant is not going to be distracted by any of that.

01:24 Whittaker just hopping in on one foot there, I don't think they're really going to be able to control this,

01:33 the training team, this is how he's going to choose to do things, he's just that kind of character.

01:40 Looking to try and measure that right hand.

01:43 Nice one too there from Whittaker, just got the distance on that one, but Grant did well with it,

01:55 he was just sinking into that blue corner, took the heat off it.

01:59 Grant is doing well to stay concentrated, regardless of what's going on and what Ben's doing,

02:05 he's getting a bit of a telling off here.

02:07 Just asking them both to tidy things up a bit I think there really,

02:16 there was an indication that somebody was using the elbow a touch.

02:21 A blow maybe had gone slightly low.

02:27 Just waving that lead hand and looking for the right there Whittaker,

02:32 but just pulled off it slightly, Grant is looking for that right hand himself every now and again.

02:37 I think we're quite down to arms and there's just no real conviction in the shot

02:42 and he's expecting something to come back.

02:44 Again Whittaker just engaging with somebody in the crowd here as we enter the final stages of the first round.

03:07 Leading off with that right hand.

03:11 He seems to be talking to our colleagues, to Dan Aziz, we're quite a distance away,

03:17 that's going to be a hard conversation to have to be honest.

03:19 I think it's Johnny who's shouting.

03:21 Nice one too there from Whittaker and then just steps off.

03:26 Just trying to beckon Grant in towards the end of the first round.

03:38 Just trying to beckon Grant in towards the end of the first round.

03:40 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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04:19 Whittaker just staying on his feet in between rounds there.

04:31 There's that lovely jab, just stepping into it.

04:33 What do you make of all of this, Macklin?

04:35 Because if you're the trainer, what do you do with this?

04:38 He's locked in, laser focused in the gym.

04:40 Everybody says so, but you can't really stop him doing that.

04:44 It's just who he is.

04:45 Yeah, exactly.

04:46 I think he just, Sugarhill, knows what he's signed up to when he agreed to train.

04:51 He won't have just done his research of who he is, how he's been spent.

04:55 Probably had many conversations and thought he accepts that that's part of his alter ego.

05:00 That's part of his ring persona.

05:05 And you've got to remember, Sugar works with Tyson as well,

05:08 so he's probably used to a little bit of flair.

05:11 Absolutely, that's a very good point.

05:13 He's used to handling big characters.

05:15 Right hand into the body there from Whittaker.

05:17 He's found that a couple of times in the early stages.

05:20 Had a chat with Jordan Grant, a long chat just before the weigh-in.

05:27 He runs a tiling company, Knockout Tiling.

05:30 He's had that for about a year, but he's dedicated to the boxing.

05:33 Again, there, the one-two lands, but he's got the gloves up, Grant,

05:36 and just allowed himself to just be knocked back into the ropes.

05:39 Takes those again on that guard, but there's a big swelling coming up

05:43 underneath that right eye, which will be a problem for him, maybe.

05:50 Looking for that right hand over the top,

05:52 but he's got through with maybe a jab there or a right hand, Whittaker.

05:57 Good body shot.

05:59 Again, just tapping with the lead hand there, Whittaker,

06:12 winding up for the uppercut.

06:14 Every single time he gets Grant to the ropes,

06:17 I can see all three of us are just waiting for something to happen.

06:20 We're just waiting for the shot to come.

06:23 He's just taking his time, he's just tapping away,

06:26 and he's one big shot. We're waiting for a great body shot again.

06:29 That eye's a mess, though.

06:31 You can see it swelling up almost by the second.

06:33 It's worse than it was when I saw it square on about 15 seconds ago.

06:37 The swelling mostly underneath the eye, but you can see it on the eyebrow as well.

06:40 The referee just having a word there with Whittaker

06:43 about getting Grant in a little bit of a headlock.

06:47 When you see it on screen there, it doesn't look quite so bad,

06:50 but from ringside up close, it looks worse.

06:54 Just in and out with his feet there, Whittaker.

07:00 Right hand, cocked and ready to go.

07:03 Huge right hand from Whittaker.

07:06 He begins to dance as Grant gets back to his feet pretty quickly there.

07:11 That was a big shot, a solid shot.

07:15 He maybe got up a little bit too quickly there, Jordan Grant.

07:18 He could have done with the eight count,

07:20 and 28 seconds remaining in the round.

07:22 Whittaker looking to close in here, winding up with that right hand again.

07:26 He's got to try and keep things tight here, Jordan Grant.

07:29 Get that guard up, which is exactly what he's trying to do.

07:33 That was the shot we were all waiting for.

07:36 We knew it could come at any time, and he just pulled it out the bag.

07:40 The clock might save him here.

07:43 [CROWD NOISE]

07:47 There's that lead right hand, and a touch of gloves between the two.

07:51 You just look at that forehead as he walks back to the corner there.

07:54 Gerry Higgins of Strain will have a long, hard look at him here.

07:57 The referee just having a quick chat with him as well.

08:00 [MUSIC]

08:05 Stevie, get the hard one.

08:07 [MUSIC]

08:11 Trying to save an elbow.

08:13 [MUSIC]

08:25 Well, there's a knockdown.

08:27 That long, straight right hand.

08:29 There's a reaction to it from Whittaker.

08:32 Touch with the left hand, and then sends a right through.

08:36 Well, you know, there was precision there, very accurate.

08:39 Lovely right hand straight through the guard.

08:42 That's not what caused the eye swelling, though.

08:46 I didn't see that.

08:48 No, the eye had come up well before that.

08:51 I think the scariest part about the backhand that came through is it wasn't even...

08:55 Oh, and he's stabbed again here, and down right to the very start of the round here, Jordan Granite.

09:00 In comes the towel from the corner.

09:03 [CROWD NOISE]

09:05 And this fight is over. Whittaker up on the corner post on the opposite side of the ring.

09:12 Well, that was over before the round had really even started.

09:18 Gran came into the center of the ring, got caught, and you can see the balance just go completely,

09:27 and the towel came in.

09:29 You could tell that the corner were having a real close look at things between rounds.

09:33 And over comes Whittaker just to commiserate with his fallen foe there.

09:39 Well, we haven't seen him for a while.

09:45 He's got plenty to say.

09:47 If you talk the talk, you have to walk the walk.

09:49 This is just the third professional fight.

09:51 There is a long, long way to go, but he's walked the walk there, okay?

09:56 Yeah, definitely. Definitely.

09:58 And he's, you know, we didn't get to see too much, but what we see, he's good.

10:04 And, you know, we knew he, you know, you don't give silver medals at the Olympics,

10:09 and everything else he's won.

10:10 But even on the few, on the very relatively short professional career he's had,

10:16 he's been impressive, you know.

10:18 His accuracy, his patience, even cutting the ring guard, you know, very good, really good.

10:26 What I was about to say before he got the second knockdown is even when he landed the first by hand,

10:30 it wasn't, so we're looking at the second knockdowns this.

10:34 Left hook.

10:37 Yeah, just blocked it and then left hook.

10:40 Short left hook as well.

10:41 Good accuracy.

10:43 You know, didn't try and wind it up too much, just back, quick short left hook, just turned it over.

10:48 In both shots, you can't say that the real power shot he did was not really, like, substantial behind it.

10:55 It still has that effect on people.

10:57 The speed and the accuracy, though, and the timing of the shot.

11:00 And the towel was quick to come in there for him.

11:06 Gerry Higgins, he came straight out of his corner, he's looking to open up with that right hand.

11:12 Gets caught with the left, it's right up above us.

11:15 And you could just see the balance that deserted him straight away.

11:19 Whitaker was ready to go with the right.

11:22 But what he did there technically was absolutely spot on.

11:25 You know, he just turned his body, blocked his shot with the right elbow, his own.

11:29 And then, because he's turned his body to block the shot, his left hook's already cut.

11:34 So it's only a short little pivot, and he generates the power.

11:37 Well, let's do some matchmaking.

11:42 There's a West Midlands fighter who's English champion, Ricky Summers.

11:45 Good, solid, very seasoned pro.

11:48 Caught the British title challenge, he won that title, the English title against Joel McIntyre eight weeks ago.

11:53 He's from down the road, he's got all sorts going for him that fight.

11:56 And I'll just put it to you two, if you're Summers, do you fancy that?

12:00 He'll get well paid for it, and he might fancy his chances of showing Whitaker what life in the pros is about.

12:06 Well, look, if he's got to fight Ben Whitaker sooner rather than later, you know, before he gets the experience.

12:12 And it's a big fight, if it happens here in the resorts world the next time they come back here.

12:17 That's a no-brainer, really.

12:19 Well, we'll have to wait and see.

12:22 They're just getting that rope nicely assembled, and time for a selfie, I think, there with the trainer.

12:27 Unbelievable.

12:28 He was nice in every single way, in every aspect, even the performance of the match.

12:37 Ladies and gentlemen, referee Christopher Dean calls his stop to this contest at 13 seconds of round number three.

12:48 Declaring the winner by TKO and still undefeated, the surgeon Ben Whitaker!

13:03 3-0 for Ben Whittaker and we will be hearing from him very shortly.

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