Ben Whittaker was left crying tears of relief after brutally knocking out Liam Cameron in their rematch.
Whittaker faced new rival Cameron for a second time, looking to right the wrongs of their famous first meeting which ended in controversy last year.
The pair did battle and ‘The Surgeon’ looked well and truly up for the challenge from the opening bell.
He crushed Cameron in the second round in a brutal and simply brilliant stoppage, to put an end to their rivalry.
After confronting his opponent’s corner, Whittaker felt a rush of relief and delight at his win.
And footage has shown him returning to his own corner overcome with emotion.
He leaned on the top rope clearly in tears, where he was comforted by trainer Andy Lee.
His corner supported him and Whittaker went through a rollercoaster of emotions as the result was announced.
talkSPORT commentator John Rawling commented on the emotional scenes, adding: “I tell you something I’ve just spotted up there.
“This shows stressful the fight was for him, when he was up there he had tears streaming down his cheeks.
“That’s the relief to get this all out of the way, one way or another.
“But there were tears of relief on the face of Ben.”
Sky SportsWhittaker delivered but was spotted in footage in tears of relief[/caption]
Whittaker was visibly emotional during his interview and looked truly relieved to have got the job done.
Despite criticism, he held up the hand of his opponent in a show of real sportsmanship after the final bell.
And he saluted his own display, insisting he had come through a lot to get to this stage.
He added: “You heard everybody boo me, they portray me as a bad guy.
“But I work very hard and my emotions came out – and I was roaring like a lion. If a little bit of dribble came out a bit of dribble came out.
“Liam told me nobody hit me like that. But what happened in Saudi needed to happen for me, I needed that reality check.”
GettyWhittaker beat Cameron comfortably and now has the world at his feet[/caption]
His trainer Lee also paid tribute to his brave display after the final bell.
He told talkSPORT: “I’m very satisfied, I don’t think it could have gone any better given the pressure he was under.
“He was crying, it was just an expression of emotion but considering all he has gone through.
“The disrespect, the comments etc. He has been written off, he’s an Olympic silver medallist.”
Whittaker now has a big future ahead of him.
