FULL FIGHT! Ben Whittaker vs Leon Willings | Light-heavyweight bout 

I trully believe he is gonna be the best soon

@@chrisstoner99hes great but i dont think he will be the best. although he has great potential.

@@itachitobro he is ace😍 he won’t give up until he becomes king of the pirates😂

​@@itachitoyou'd be surprised. It depends on who will also be his next trainer as he is without one now. His fights show, he has great skill, power, speed, and like he has said he knows when not to use it. He's pretty much our modern day Emmanuel Augustus. A interesting boxer, who got screwed a lot sadly.

​@APAMVs I have alot to say when it comes to Augustus, most haters are casuals so they compare Whitaker to the late prince naseem(I also did so as well at first) who lost in his last fight with just simple basic Mexican boxing. Augustus will be remeberd for his tekken like style and his short noticed fights that still went the distance,Whitaker might be Augustus if Augustus had a proper coach, promoter, judges.

He's an Olympic silver medalist

​@@banjaman123Ben is Leon isn't..

Adam booth would be a good fit

I was thinking the same...

He's got great defence. Nice Philly shell. Just didn't have the speed (and reach?) to be able to match Ben offensively

The fact that people are hoping he gets knocked out is sad. U.K. fans are the worst.

If he carries on being cocky only one thing gonna happen

​@@JoshJackson-lq7tjwho do you think has the potential to beat him in the UK?

@JoshJackson-lq7tj He's not being cocky, it's his own unique style of boxing that he's being doing when he was young.

@@Michael-iv2dw LMFAO show me one single thing he has invented. It isnt his style. Its a bad wannabe ali style.

I don't see anyone hating Whittaker....stop making things up in your head.

Scroll up or down and it won’t take you long to find some hate. Stop pretending it doesn’t exist… Like it’s some foreign concept for an unorthodox fighter to receive criticism?

@@vuton7670 u also believe nothing is real

Another thing i have noticed the comentator and the audiounce are biased the way they are cheering the perfomances it is not balanced

Wondering how Whittaker would fare against a super aggressive opponent

Agreed - Willings looked very skilled, great head movement.

Downfall? Nobody in this fight, had any kind of downfall

it's not wanting anyone's downfall I watched boxing for 45 years + and the only one is going to cause his own downfall is whittaker very talented no power and getting caught as many times he did of an area titled fighter who took the fight at short notice there massive levels to this game look at the comments not everyone is wrong whittaker need to concentrate on mastering the craft or it won't be long before he gets starched out!!!! no hate here willings did a great job

Bro the hate and envy is unreal in the comments

@@whitwoodkidwhitwoodkid9794 Leon lost every round and Ben was clearly not taking him seriously it will take someone good for Ben too be serious

Have you watched The Prince through his career? That was a showboat fighter that could knock anyone out any time.

​@@theguyinmaine Your point being?

Why's he trying to entertain us?

@@briangingull9641That’s a dumb question. Go and ask him yourself.

@@briangingull9641that was probably the dumbest question I have ever seen on RU-vid

Mike Tyson never tried to entertain anyone, he came to destroy and that was what made him one of the most entertaining fighters to ever live...

​@@lg20922 different styles, 2 different boxers. If every boxer fought the same, nobody would watch boxing.

He's a tomato can.

@@anonymoushippopotamus3862A tomato can that showed Whittaker has no power and gets seriously complacent in fights…

​@Eze807you must have very low standards. He's a tomato can, no doubt. 😂

​@Eze807that guy didn't even land a punch before Ben Whittaker knocked him down. 😂

@@anonymoushippopotamus3862 A tomato can that Whittaker couldn't even hurt.

Leon was just like a turtle, defense is high but barely was snapping. Offense is the better defense too imo.

ah right the dancing and chatting up spectators mid round is confident "style" and non attention grabbing behaviour. I believe Whittaker is a very talented fighter non the less.

That's why I'm here too!

Are you having a laugh?! 😂

@@Nasim19872 I bet any money he could slap you around a ring for fun

@@Nasim19872 I’m sure you are much better

@@flash802 good, little boy. At least we cleared that up.

@@Nasim19872 don’t be silly we both know what would happen to you

Great combinations from Whittaker, Ben gave a fantastic performance, Ben should be proud of himself for getting the WIN.

He is a good boxer.. Composure in him..

Yeah…kept coming back for more beatings. Good thing Ben is no Ebenezer Scrooge. The kid does not have a miserly bone in his body.

Agreed 100% British hate confidence you must bow and be humble 😂

Well that’s just silly but the point is that Willings took the fight on 9 days notice against a fighter who is said to be set for super stardom who has fought at decent venues all over the world in Commonwealth - world and Olympic finals . Whittaker at 26 has a heck of a lot more experience than the 23 year old Willings and has already experienced some big nights , Willings on the other hand has never been on a stage anywhere like the 02 and for him to put up a performance like that was a great achievement. I say onwards and upwards now for the lad and with the steady improvement likely I think he has a bright future .

That wasn’t much of a performance mate what you talking about he was a literal punching bag that shoulder rolled a few times 😂😂 forget the context look at things objectively, Ben absolutely smoked him technically and yet still people are putting him down and that’s the point - most of it isn’t even rational it’s just purely from the fact he’s a confident dude who likes to entertain and the British have never liked that (since Naseem Ofcourse but he just shoved it down your throats and made you like it) 😂

Toyed with him throughout, skill level is far apart, it's just like watching Izzy in his kickboxing days bro was too good for everyone

@@Bez618 Lol, no he wasn't.

Imagine against top level pros

Agree, but I think willings is pretty good, a little sloppy but for someone with his experience, he was quite good. This style won't bring whittaker to the top but je does have solid fundamentals which ue can revert to but je needs to get working on them and sharpening them more ASAP or he'll get hurt even ar european level

100%. All style no substance. Wait until Whittaker fights a man who comes forward and can really crack. He'll get ragdolled around the ring by a strong pressure fighter.

@@adamyeejy-sk9fhall style no substance would make sense if he didn’t have an Olympic silver medal

Willings showed me 2 things today.. 1 you cannot fight in the Philly shell without movement... His block parry roll left him open to punches he couldn't see coming..2 the weakness of the Philly shell is against good striker puncher and counter punchers. Yea but other wise to the untrained eye willings did great...very sloppy fighter who has a bad habit of throwing wild uppercuts which will get him hurt real bad one day

Agreed !

Yeah! Absolutely shocking

Talks like he's 14

​@@Geohillierneo😂🤣

You mean the best commentary ever.

How is 2 ko's a good knockout record? C'mon .

@@topfuelteddy He's got a 30% knockout record - not bad considering most of his bouts have been 4 rounders. Hardly a journeyman. He's a promising kid.

@@tullochgorum6323 I didn't say he was a journeyman, he's a decent young kid and did great on the night but he ain't no Julian Jackson .

Josh Kelly 2.0

Not really… styles make fights. You could say the same about Bivol and his KO percentage. You don’t have to KO everyone to be world class. Give Ben time to grow in the sport

Willings is very good

Whittaker nowhere near bivols level, bivols discipline is as good as it gets

Willings is better than area level

No way is Ben Whittaker going to step back in the ring with this tomato can. He just gave him a proper beating. That would ruin his reputation.

The hospital I’d imagine and quick

I cant wait

Because he’s going to be boxing any of them 2 years into his pro career? Neither of those 2 were champs 2 years into their career so why should Ben?

I dunno, Hamed had weird style and it worked very well. All just depends how it develops, because it's fun to watch

@@damreeds2360 It's crazy how many people want to watch Ben fail. Typical miserable British pessimism.

Leon Willings is going nowhere with that attrocious "Philly" and wild punches. Some of his right hands are wonderful, though.

It was Dan Azeez guest on commentary for the fight, potential future opponent 👍🏼

​@@SNOOPISIAHWas about to say this. Dan knew what he was doing.

I heard him,, 😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Why?!

Took fight on short notice, took him 8 rounds....kinda proved Ben has a power issue.

for getting dominated lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@shawnterrance7204 tbf he's a complete novice fighting at area level... Ben couldn't out him in 8 rounds was low key pathetic

@@gmcgrath123x 5 KOs in 7 if fights but has no power 😂😂😂

I don’t think Leon exposed anything. He landed some big shots but he landed few. Leon was winning…maybe 30 seconds of each round on average. But winning 30 seconds doesn’t mean he exposed anything. Shakur dominated Valdez. But Shakur admitted afterward that Valdez hurt him bad to the point where he considered going down to a knee. Did Valdez hurting Shakur expose Shakur? No. He still got whooped. Leon is the same. He didn’t expose Ben. Leon got his ass whooped. But he was tough. Just as Valdez was.

@@impervius8690 he exposed limitations in Whittaker's offence and defence. He's not nearly as experienced in either the time or opposition level Whittaker has had so I didn't expect him to show superior skills throughout. The fact is he made Whittaker look a lot worse than he should've against an opponent at this level.

😂😂😂😂 and after this fight, whittaker will stop training forever

Chillout bro we all saw the clip 😂

@@Ollichapmanrg yeah but ppl act like he doesn’t take the sport seriously mate.

@@longlostcoder6322 lol no but hes definitely a hype job. No where near as good as people make him out to ben😂

@@Ollichapmanrg I agree, but he’s just starting. And it takes a lot of practice to fight like that. In general as someone who has boxed.. not even on this level. It’s hard.

@@longlostcoder6322 yes and there is admitting when someones a hype job, for an olympic fighter and the amount of respect people are putting on his name i dont think hes earned it in the pro ranks..

whittaker will get humbled once he meet a top tier boxer...

Yall act like he didn't just start his career...he doesn't have the experience to even be brought up in the same category...let him get experience...he only had like 8 fights under his belt

Silver medal in Olympia.... This guy is a monster

Spot on . He ain’t no Nassem hammed and he doesn’t have reaction skills like him either so he should cut the act before he makes himself look stupid

But that wont be for a long time yet, he,s only just starting his career.

Don’t be daft, Ben will not box like that against serious fighters he’s not that foolish, he’s been in there with top fighters in the amateurs.

I hope so.

I think in his mentality i dont think he cares about a knockout really

hes 8-0 with 6kos mate😂

He got 75% ko's W what are you talking about?

@@amadoumakhtarmbodj1633 yeah over a bunch of nobody’s. Needs to be in with some1 worthy. That’s how boxing works. They called gimmie fights.

Also the Tattoo on his back is from one piece

@@recodegamesstudio hajime no ippo tattoo on his arm too

@@recodegamesstudioShirohige no Oyaji😢

Yep. This is the comment…

Calling an Olympic silver medalist mediocre from the comfort of your couch is CRAZY

@@damreeds2360boxing fans are allowed a opinion, even if we are not professional boxers !!

​@@damreeds2360Olympians often don't make for great pros.

​@@damreeds2360Audley Harrison told us all we need to know about Olympic medals

@@ryanletchford2450 he’s an exception to the rule. Look at Usyk, AJ, Muhammad Ali, lomachenko, Lennox Lewis, Andy Cruz Gomez I mean the list goes on.

I guess you never seen prince nassem fight 💀💀 its nice to see different fighting styles. When someone like you sees the cocky guy get knocked out you can smile about it.

I hate disrespect. GGG and Pacman would never do that.

@@kimcousins1125 it’s show boating. It’s like drunken boxing. If you watch his interviews he trains hard for that.

mouthing off to the corner is just being a c*nt

Great win for Whittaker, congratulations to you & all of the team !.

I don't think he made it easy

he could always fall back and become a RU-vid commenter like you

@@DeterminedFC XD

@DeterminedFC The truth hurts, don't hate a man for sharing his opinion. I hope I'm wrong, but when you cockily rub people up the wrong way and make a bit of a mockery of low level opponents you have to expect criticism.

@@DeterminedFC😂

@@DeterminedFC hey Farty Breath, Ben Whittaker is ingraining stupid mistakes by showboating time after time. If he doesn’t change his approach he’ll still have those mistakes and won’t be able to switch them off when he’s challenging the big boys.

He struggled to stop a area level fighter clearly he has no ability to box ..... Looked absolutely silly last night

People been asking for boxing to be entertaining again yet seem to hate this guy more than anyone else, these boxing fans are lost 🤦🏾‍♂️. Dude has 6 pro fights and they're acting like this is his level as if all the top boxers became Champions in 8 fights.

@@winstonpeanutbutter Ben looked shocking last night his showboating was cringe

@@lrtvhighlights3687 you should step in the ring with him since he has no ability to box, you'll floor him I'm sure.

What I'm trying to say yes showboat but he is not Naseem Hamed.He can go far if he doesn't do something stupid because at higher levels he will not get away with that.

I can't lie that's a powerful statement 🤔

@@The_World_Champion. ive got nothing against Whittaker and hope he does well his style is entertaining and very similar to the prince, but the comparison to prince Naseem i dont think will be matched he hasn’t got the KO power to take him to the levels the prince was at (just my personal opinion hope he proves me wrong)

Totally agree, don't know if anybody noticed but the other guy is also not Mike Tyson.

Copying who? It's Naruto. People imitate that all over the globe

Out of them 2 in the ring, who do you think British people will naturally support? Think about it mate. Use your eyes.

Agreed. Looks a massive clown