Olympic silver medallist and social media phenomenon Ben Whittaker returns on the undercard against light-heavyweight Ezra Arenyeka for the WBA gold light-heavyweight title.
“You’ll see why I’m no undercard but the main event come Saturday,” Whittaker, 27, said.
“I’ll take you through a couple of rounds. Every time you’re about to stumble, I’ll pick you up again.”
Nigeria-born Arenyeka, now based in Cheshire, was relatively unknown before he gatecrashed a news conference before Whittaker’s previous bout and demanded the fight.
“I feel like a kid in Disneyland,” said Arenyeka, 28, who is studying for a business PHD.
Londoner Dan Azeez – who faces Croatia’s Hrvoje Sep – said “the journey starts again” after his light-heavyweight loss to Joshua Buatsi in February.
“I’m ready to prove that I’m still one of the best light-heavyweights, not just in Britain but the world,” Azeez said.
In the most entertaining exchanges, cruiserweight Isaac Chamberlain dismissed opponent Jack Massey’s claims that he is feeling the nerves for their European title contest.
Massey promised a knockout and called Chamberlain a “clown”, to which the reply came: ‘You’re just a big lump that can fight a bit.'”
