The future?
OLYMPIC silver medallist Ben Whittaker was unveiled last week as the latest signing for Boxxer and Sky Sports. Turning pro with all the trappings of stardom, Whittaker now has to prove he can deliver in the prizering.
A slick, stylish boxer, Whittaker also possesses a less visible quality. Grit. He went to the Olympics carrying a damaged shoulder. “If you look back now, you’ll see, especially the Brazilian [Keno Machado] fight and the Russian [Imam Khayaev] fight, all I used was my left hand. It was one.
