Ben Whittaker Faces Conor Wallace With Little Buzz

Menu Results Schedule Rankings Videos Tickets Forum Contact Us Menu Rankings Schedule Results Boxing Live Ben Whittaker Faces Conor Wallace With Little Buzz Google News Preferred Source By Boxing News 24 Desk - 09/23/2026 - Comments Matchroom’s countdown poster for the October 3 fight puts Ben Whittaker front and center in gold gloves, treating Conor Wallace like an afterthought tucked near the bottom. That tells you everything about how this IBF final eliminator is being sold. Matchroom wants the spectacle, yet they are hiding the very man brought in to provide a test at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on DAZN .

The sanctioning body slapped a number two ranking on Wallace, dangling a mandatory shot at Dmitry Bivol for the victor. Matchroom calls this Whittaker’s most demanding fight to date, yet their own promotional material treats Wallace like a ghost.

Wallace is a heavy-handed southpaw who thrives on forward pressure, precisely the style that gave Whittaker fits against Liam Cameron. Cameron refused to play along with the showboating, got right in Whittaker’s chest, took away his operating room, and forced a difficult inside brawl that ended in a bizarre technical draw. That fight exposed the cracks in Whittaker’s viral persona.