Birmingham, UK (April 19, 2025) – Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron both made weight today ahead of their epic Easter Sunday rematch at the bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, presented by BOXXER, live and exclusive on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

Whittaker and Cameron are set to renew hostilities in one of boxing’s most hotly anticipated clashes following the dramatic end to their first fight that finished with both men toppling over the ropes and out of the ring.

Their epic bank holiday weekend showdown will headline a huge card in the Midlands that also features the return of Olympic bronze medallist Frazer Clarke versus Ebenezer Tetteh, a mouth-watering super welterweight clash between Lee Cutler and Sam Eggington, and former European Champion Tyler Denny back in action against  ‘The Soldier’ Elvis Ahorgah.

Official weights from Birmingham:

10 x 3 mins – IBF International Light Heavyweight Championship

BEN WHITTAKER – 12st 7lb / 175 lb

LIAM CAMERON – 12st 6lb / 174 lb

10 x 3 mins – WBC International Silver Super Welterweight Championship

LEE CUTLER – 10st 13lb / 153 lb

SAM EGGINGTON – 10st 13lb 5oz / 153.31 lb

10 x 3 mins – Heavyweight contest

FRAZER CLARKE – 19st 10lb / 276 lb

EBENEZER TETTEH – 17st 3lb / 241 lb

10 x 3 mins – Middleweight contest

TYLER DENNY – 11st 7lb 5oz / 161.31 lb

ELVIS AHORGAH – 11st 7lb 5oz / 161.31 lb

8 x 3 mins – Welterweight Contest

ELLIOTT WHALE – 10st 9lb 5oz / 149.31 lb

LUCAS BALLINGALL – 10st 8lb / 148 lb

10 x 3 mins – Midlands Area Middleweight Championship

TROY COLEMAN – 11st 6lb / 160 lb

BRADLEY GOLDSMITH – 11st 5oz / 154.31 lb

6 x 3 mins – Super Middleweight Contest

MARK JEFFERS – 12st 3lb / 171 lb

RICARDO LARA – 12st 3lb 5oz / 171.31 lb

This event is presented in association with official partners Betfred, HELL Energy, That Prize Guy, Riyadh Season and Champion.        

BIRMINGHAM, UK (February 13, 2025) – Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron are set to renew hostilities in one of boxing’s most hotly anticipated rematches on Easter Sunday, April 20th at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, presented by BOXXER, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

Their epic bank holiday weekend showdown will headline a huge card in the Midlands that also features the return of Olympic bronze medallist Frazer Clarke versus Ebaneezer Tetteh, a mouth-watering super welterweight clash between Lee Cutler and Sam Eggington, and former European Champion Tyler Denny back in action against  ‘The Soldier’ Elvis Ahorgah.

In one of the most talked about moments of 2024, Whittaker and Cameron’s first fight ended in dramatic fashion with both men toppling over the ropes and outside the ring during the fifth-round of their light heavyweight clash.

With Whittaker unable to continue, the fight went to the judges’ scorecards resulting in split draw with two of the judges scoring the bout 58-57 either way and one judge scoring the fight even.

Turning professional under the BOXXER banner after claiming a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Wolverhampton’s Whittaker has established himself as one of the standout talents in world boxing, amassing millions of followers worldwide with his unique style and flamboyant showboating.

Cameron, also a decorated amateur having won multiple national titles, impressed against former IBO champion Lyndon Arthur last year to help set up a Riyadh Season showdown with Whittaker. The Sheffield boxer, who has been outspoken since the first fight, will not want to leave anything to chance as he looks to catapult his career forward by handing Whittaker his first defeat.

Ben Whittaker said: “This is an opportunity for me to give the fans a decisive result. There’s no doubt in my mind that this time, there will be no room for controversy. This time, we will finish it on my terms. To all the fans who supported me and even those that have doubted me, this one’s for you. April 20th, I’m home and I’m going to give the people something special.”

Liam Cameron said: “I’m pleased to get this fight confirmed. I feel like I was winning the last fight before he tried pretending to be a WWE star and pulled me over the top rope. I really believe I would have stopped him, but that’s in the past now, we’re ready to go on April 20th. I want to thank my manager and my promoters Frank and George Warren for helping to get this rematch over the line. I look forward to getting in there and finishing the job.”

BOXXER Founder and CEO Ben Shalom said: “There’s been a lot said since the first fight in Riyadh, a lot of questions have been asked. On April 20th, Easter Sunday, we will get the answers. Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron is one of the most eagerly anticipated and most talked about fights in British boxing. It’s the fight the fans have been calling for and it’s the fight both fighters have demanded. There was never any doubt from Ben Whittaker, this was the fight he wanted next, and what a fight we have to headline a huge bank holiday weekend show in Birmingham.”

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6×3 Welterweight contest
Robert Lloyd-Taylor 149.3lbs
Owen Durnan 142.5lbs

4×3 Super lightweight contest
Niall Fielding 139.4lbs
Jake Osgood 143.7lbs

6×3 Super middleweight contest
Oliver Zaren 167.8lbs
Thomas Lacroix 168lbs

6×3 Super welterweight contest
Clark Smith 158.8lbs
Jensen Irving 158.2lbs

6×3 Heavyweight contest
Matty Harris 264.1lbs
Yury Bkhaustsou 223.2lbs

WBA Continental Super Featherweight Title
10×3 Super featherweight contest
Sultan Zaurbek 129.6lbs
Roman Reuben Reynoso 132.6lbs

6×3 Middleweight contest
Niall Brown 164.4lbs
Jonathan Bouillot 160.8lbs

Live on Channel 5 at 10pm BST

4×3 Super bantamweight contest
Tom Welland 127.7lbs
Alejandro Farias 122.6lbs

WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title
10×3 Light heavyweight contest
Lyndon Arthur 175.8lbs
Liam Cameron 174.7lbs

8×3 Super lightweight contest
Khaleel Majid 141.5lbs
Alin Florin Ciorceri 145.4lbs

FIGHT NIGHT
When: Friday, June 21
Where: Premier Suite, Toughsheet Community Stadium, Burnden Way, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6JW
Time: Doors 5:30pm, first bell 6pm

Lyndon Arthur will be out to prove he remains one of the best light heavyweight fighters in the world, when he battles Liam Cameron, live and free-to-air on Channel 5, on Friday June 21.

The former IBO title holder returns to the ring this summer, fighting for the first time since his huge unification clash with Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia, last December.

Arthur faces ‘Cannonball’ Cameron at the Toughsheet Community Stadium and ‘King Arthur’ is laser-focused on getting back into contention as soon as possible.

The 32-year-old emerged from his 12-round showdown against Bivol with credit and at Return of the King next month, will have the bit between his teeth, ready to remind everyone why he is one of the leading 175lbs fighters on the planet.

But Arthur must overcome the highly motivated Cameron, who wants to make up for lost time after ending a five-year absence from the ring, late last year.

And the Sheffield fighter, a former national amateur champion, faces Arthur in destructive form having KO’d his last two opponents in the first round.

Lyndon Arthur said: “On June 21, I make my return and I’m ready to start getting back into the title picture.   
“Cameron is hungry for this, and coming to ruin my plans, but I simply won’t allow him to restart his career with a win over me.  It’s just not happening.” 

Liam Cameron said: “Everybody knows what I have been through, but the struggle will be all worth it, when I cause a huge upset on June 21.
“A win over Lyndon Arthur will take my career to a whole new level and opportunities as good as this one don’t come around very often, so I am going to make the most of it.
“This will be a life-changing night for me.”

Kalle Sauerland, Head of Global Boxing at Wasserman, said: “Boxing fans will witness a new, and improved, more confident, vicious, and devastating Lyndon Arthur on June 21, mark my words.
“Over the past 12 months, Lyndon reinforced his position as one of the very best light heavyweight fighters in the world, winning the IBO world title in dramatic fashion, which set up his huge Saudi showdown with Bivol last year.
“In Bolton next month, he launches a campaign to be king of the division once again and while Cameron comes into this highly motivated and knowing he can change his career with a win, Arthur has taken his game to new levels.”

Dalton Smith remained undefeated with fifth round stoppage over former three-time world title challenger Jose Zepeda in Sheffield, England.

Zepeda had a nice first two rounds and he was able to dart in and out landing quick combinations and straight lefts. Smith started to get o Zepeda in rounds three and four. Round five saw Smith land a perfect right to the body that sent Zepeda down for the 10-count at 1:25.

Smith, 139.6 lbs of Sheffield, ENG is now 16-0 with 12 knockouts. Zepeda, 139.6 lbs of La Puente, CA is 37-.5

Sandy Ryan Stops Terri Harper After 4; Retains Welterweight Title

Sandy Ryan defended the WBO Welterweight title with a stoppage after round four over former two-division world champion Terri Harper.

Ryan dominated and hurt Harper badly on several occasions. It was clear that Ryan was the boss in the fight and the corner of Harper pulled the plug on the fight following the fourth stanza.

Ryan, 146.2 lbs of Derby, ENG is 7-1-1 with three knockouts. Harper, 145.9 lbs of Denaby Main, ENG is 14-2-2.

Ishmael Davis Decisions Troy Williamson

Ishmael Davis remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over Troy Williamson in a British Super Welterweight Eliminator.

Davis, 153.8 lbs of Leeds, ENG won by scores of 117-111 and 116-112 twice and is now 13-0. Williamson came in over the 154 lb. weight limit at 158.2 of Darlington, ENG is 20-3-1.

James Flint Outlasts Campbell Hatton

James Flint won a 10-round unanimous decision over Campbell Hatton in a Central Areal Super Lightweight Title bout.

The fight was a war with both guys landing throughout.

In round nine, Flint was cut over his left eye. In round 10, Flint was all over Hatton and the son of the Hall of Famer was hanging on for most of the round.

Flint, 139 lbs of Dorncaster, ENG won by scores of 98-92, 97-94 and 97-95 and is now 14-1-2. Hatton, 138.7 lbs of Hyde, ENG is 14-1.

Leivars Stops Mirga in 9

Nico Leivars stopped Piotr Mirga in round nine of their 10-round super Bantamweight English Title Eliminator.

In round three, Leivars was cut over his right eye from a punch.

In round nine, Leivars landed a perfect left to the body that sent Mirga down for the count of 10 at 1:32.

Leivars, 121.3 lbs of Mansfield, ENG is 6-0-1 with one knockout. Mirga, 121.1 lbs of Southend, ENG is 7-3.

Liam Cameron stopped Hussein Itaba in the opening round of their six-round light heavyweight contest.

In round one, Cameron dropped Itaba with an uppercut. Moments later, it was a left hook tat put Itaba down again. Itaba got to his feet, but the referee stopped the bout at 2:32.

Cameron, 174.8 lbs of Sheffield, ENG is 23-5 with 10 knockouts. Itaba, 173.3 lbs of Dar-Es-Salaam, TAN is 16-9-3.

Leli Buttigieg won a six-round decision over Bartlomiej Stryczek in a super welterweight contest.

In round three, a big right from Buttigieg dropped Stryczek in the corner.

Butigieg, 157,2 lbs of Newham, ENG won by a 60-53 score and is now 3-0. Stryczek, 156 lbs of Bestwina, POL is 2-3.

Conan Murray remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Edgar Kemsky in a middleweight fight.

Murray, 158 lbs of Cusworth, ENG won by a 60-54 score and is now 8-0. Kemsky, 156.6 lbs of Belfast, NI is 3-7-1.

Sheffield, England – 19 December 2023 – GBM Sports will launch 2024 with a mega fight card in Sheffield on Friday 9th February at the Canon Medical Arena that will feature red-hot and unbeaten middleweight star Shakiel Thompson; European Super-Bantamweight Champion Thomas Essomba, who’s life story reads like a Hollywood script, and a blistering 50/50 English Super Bantamweight Title showdown between Stevi Levy and Ebonie Jones, all LIVE and FREE on TalkSPORT YouTube Boxing Channel.

GBM Sports Promoter Izzy Asif follows up his phenomenal ‘Clash on the Court’ event last October that officially opened the brand new Canon Medical Arena, the new home to the basketball teams the Sheffield Sharks and Hatters, with high praise from fans and media.

A breakthrough year for GBM Sports saw it secure a multi-fight broadcast agreement with the world’s largest sport radio station talkSPORT to live stream its events on the official YouTube Boxing Channel.

Undefeated Sheffield Middleweight Thompson (10-0-0, 6 KO’s), features on the card via Sky Sports and promoter BOXXER, faces a competitive test against a former European Kick Boxing champion in Gino Kanters.  

The fast rising Sheffield star has amassed an unbeaten ten-fight record with over half coming by stoppage and aims to deliver a powerful performance to demonstrate that he is ready to challenge for belts this year.

Sheffield based Cameroonian, Essomba (12-8-1, 4 KO’s) who made headlines around the world when he and his teammates from the Cameroon boxing team walked out of the athletes’ village at London 2012 and defected.

Just over a decade later and an incredible journey that could by turned into a Hollywood movie, Essomba was crowned European Champion in May when he sensationally dethroned Italian Alessio Lorusso in Monza.

Now calling Sheffield his home after being granted full citizenship in 2020, Essomba will make the first defence of the title on home turf against the tough Frenchman Konki (14-1-0, 1 KO).

Essomba said, “I’m just so happy to be defending my EBU title at home and looking forward to putting on a show for my Sheffield people.  A massive thank you to my brother Sunny Edwards and Chris from RCP Electric who have funded this fight for me and thank you to GBM Sports and Izzy Asif for putting the show on.  After all the messing around from the French team, I’m looking to causing Konki a lot of problems on the night.”

Levy (9-2-0), Norfolk’s first ever female professional boxer, and Portsmouth’s Jones (4-0-1), a former soldier in the Royal Engineers, collide in a real 50/50 battle with the Vacant English Super-Bantamweight title on the line.

A dearth of hot Sheffield talent from the GBM Sports stable will all feature as they continue to build their careers in 2024.

Unbeaten super-featherweight Faraqat ‘Frak’ Ali (8-0-0) defeated Mexican Christian Lopes Flores last time out and is now on the edge of contention to challenge for the first title of his career.

With three out of four opponents stopped early, dynamite punching prospect Nohman Hussein (4-0-0, 3 KO’s), who also works as an NHS Cardiac Arrest Practitioner, continues to raise pulses whenever he fights.

Former Sheffield Sharks basketball star Neptahali Nembhard (1-0-0) made a successful transition to boxing and follows up his pro debut victory when he totally outclassed Vasif Mamedov.

Conisbrough Welterweight Joe Hayden (11-0-0) looks to maintain his winning record as he looks to keep on course for his first title tilt.

Even more Sheffield boxers’ fighting out of the talent laden city feature on the card, starting with cruiserweight talent Sheldon McDonald (7-1-0, 2 KO’s), mentored by local legend Johnny Nelson, who aims to continue his 3-fight winning run with a victory as he targets titles.

Liam Cameron (21-5-0, 8 KO’s) is another boxer on the card with a remarkable life story that could be made into a movie.  The Sheffield favourite made a triumphant return in October by defeating Robbie Connor after five years out of the ring after serving a four year ban following a failed drugs test and alcohol issues.  Conquering his demons, Cameron is now focused on getting himself back into title contention.

Colourful unbeaten super-middleweight Red Johnson (4-0-0) is back to thrill the fans with his own brand of entertainment in and out of the ring.

Another incredible story on the card sees super-welterweight Owen Durnan (1-0-0) who overcame cancer to make his pro-debut with a victory just last month and now have his second fight.

Finally Bree Wright (Burbeary) (4-0-0, 1 KO) has turned her life around after she was close to taking her own life, suffering mental issues and family tragedies only to be inspired by Tyson Fury’s own comeback and now she is an unbeaten pro with an unbeaten record.

Promoter Izzy Asif is thrilled to put this card together and begin 2024 with a bang.  He said, “Boxing is a sport driven by the stories and characters in the sport and you won’t find a fight card with more real life Rocky stories than on this one.  Each one of them has an inspirational story and how they overcame the odds to be on this card.  GBM Sports promote great shows with in-arena entertainment for the fans to creates an electric atmosphere, but primarily it’s the fighters and fights that make it the event.  This is the start of a big 2024 for GBM Sports, our biggest year yet, where we intend to stage eight shows around the UK and really stamp our brand nationally along with our new broadcast partner talkSPORT.  Watch out!”