Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron set for Easter rematch after controversial first fight

Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron are set to face each other in a highly-anticipated rematch on April 20.

This comes after a member of Cameron’s team told talkSPORT.com last week that the fight had been signed for Easter weekend.

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The pair will headline an Easter Sunday card at the BP Pulse LIVE Arena in Birmingham.

Frazer Clarke features on the bill in his first fight back since suffering a devastating knockout loss to Fabio Wardley.

He boxes Ebenezer Tetteh, who recently came up short against Dillian Whyte in Gibraltar at the back end of last year.

Elsewhere on the undercard, there is a barn-burning super-welterweight clash between Lee Cutler and Sam Eggington, while former European champion Tyler Denny is back in action against Elvis Ahorgah.

The main event was one of the most talked about fights of 2024 and fans will be delighted to see that it is finally over the line.

There were fears it wouldn’t get made after Cameron took to social media to declare that Whittaker’s promoter Ben Shalom had rejected a ‘very good offer’ from his promotional outfit, Queensberry.

“Hi, @BenGWhittaker [Ben Whittaker], [are] we doing this rematch or what?” tweeted Cameron last month.

“My promoter @Queensberry has made you a very very good offer for this fight.

“Your promoter @benjshalom [Ben Shalom] has knocked it back immediately saying he wants it on [a] BOXXER show so tell him to get his wallet out and let’s dance.”

Luckily, BOXXER managed to sign the rematch for their platform.

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Cameron and Whittaker’s inaugural encounter ended in controversy when they locked horns on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard on October 12 in Saudi Arabia.

In the dying embers of the fifth round, both men flipped over the top rope, resulting in Whittaker sustaining injuries that left him unable to continue.

Cameron had been on the ascendancy when the fight was waved off.

However, as more than four rounds had been completed, the bout went to a technical decision with the judges declaring it a split draw.

Cameron claims Whittaker was exhausted by the fifth round and ‘looked for a way out of their fight’.

The Sheffield boxer has been hounding him for a rematch ever since.

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Speaking to talkSPORT in October, he said: “He 100 per cent quit. Of course, he did.

“From the second round, he was breathing so heavy. He spat his gum shield out, he was holding me constantly, he was low-blowing me.

“And he basically dragged me onto the ropes. You can see him flip his head back.

“He was exhausted, I was quite surprised how easy it was.

“Ben Whittaker is in a really bad position because he has to fight me again. And he can’t beat me. There’s no way of that.

“He cannot beat me. There’s no way on this planet Earth he can ever beat me.

“Ben needs the rematch. I can go all different paths, obviously, with Frank Warren backing me.

“He needs that rematch. There’s no way out of it. The fans are going to demand it.

“Well, his fans and stuff and the internet, you know what it’s like, it can be an horrible place. All his followers have turned and given me the love and support.”