Britain's next boxing superstar? 'He can reach Canelo/Bivol level'

Ben Whittaker approaches boxing with a "real life WWE" mantra. He understands and relishes the theatre, but appreciates and adheres to the business, strutting into the professional ranks bearing signs of a veteran delicacy to flick the switch between flashy salesman and steely-eyed technician. 

He peacocks for the cameras and showers himself with compliments because he believes he works hard enough to vindicate it all in the ring, he will raid food buffets and feast on his mum's cheesy potato pie as his favourite cheat meal because he knows he will burn it off.

Behind the brash talk and the bravado lies 3am runs, 6am swims and an Olympic silver-medalist who has kept humility up his sleeve amid a rise stuffed with success-bound projections and predictions.

Whittaker recently committed his future to BOXXER and Sky Sports as widely-coveted property at the top of the amateur class, shouldering the pressure as one of British boxing's most gifted and compelling prospects. It is as though he is used to it all.

"I'm the face of the sport. I've got the skills, I've invested in myself with people like SugarHill [Steward] so I'm taking it serious and if you want a bit of charisma, a bit of controversy, I'm the man for that," he told Sky Sports.

"When I came in the gym, I was told I was going to be a star so I said 'I will be a star'. Today people are saying I'm going to be a star, and I will be a star.

"At the light heavyweight division, who have you seen with dynamic speed, skill, power, the looks, the tallness, the reach, you tell me who else has got that at the light heavyweight division. I've got it all really.

"I talk a bit of rubbish really but I know I can back it up. That's why I talk like this."

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