Liam Cameron’s trainer, Grant Smith, insists Ben Whittaker did not spit on him in the aftermath of Sunday’s fight.
Whittaker and Cameron met in a rematch last night at the BP Pulse Live Arena in Birmingham after their inaugural encounter last October ended in controversial circumstances.
Sky SportsWhittaker poked his head through the ropes and goaded Cameron’s corner post-fight[/caption]
In the dying embers of the fifth round, both combatants flipped over the top rope, resulting in Whittaker sustaining injuries that left him unable to continue.
Cameron was on the ascendancy when the fight was waved off and insisted that Whittaker had ‘quit’ while the judges declared the fight a split draw on a technical decision.
Whittaker was under immense pressure in their second fight and was booed into the ring by his hometown crowd.
However, ‘The Surgeon’ silenced his detractors with a punch perfect display.
In the second round, Whittaker rocked Cameron with a big right hand before closing the show with a follow-up flurry that sunk his adversary into the bottom rope.
Whittaker then made his way over to Cameron’s corner, poked his head through the ropes and celebrated in Smith’s face, prompting Cameron”s trainer to take a swipe at the Olympic silver medallist.
Several members of the boxing fraternity speculated that Whittaker had spat on Smith.
However, Smith informed iFL TV that this was not the case.
A X post from the boxing YouTube channel read: “Grant Smith has just confirmed to us that Ben Whittaker did not spit on him in the aftermath of his stoppage win over Liam Cameron.”
Whittaker also denied spitting on Smith post-fight.
GettyWhittaker stopped Cameron in the second round[/caption]
“You had everyone boo me, they portray me as a bad guy. At the end of the day I work very hard,” he said.
“I was roaring like a lion, if a little bit of dribble came out then a little bit of dribble came out. But at the end of the day Jesus is king.”
Sky Sports pundit Dave Coldwell described Whittaker’s post-fight outburst as “classless”.
But Whittaker’s new trainer, Andy Lee, rushed to his client’s defence.
“The barrage of insults he’s had to put up since the first fight with Cameron… not many people could put up with what he’s gone through,” said Lee.
“His emotions are bound to get carried away. He is an emotional guy and he did lose control, but this is a champion.”
