Ben Whittaker: “WBC Silver is nice, but I want gold”

WBC Silver Light Heavyweight titleholder Ben Whittaker shared his thoughts on a possible fight against WBC champion David Benavidez.

“I’m on my own path. When I get there, I want to beat them. I want to be the guy no one wants to fight. WBC Silver is nice, but I want gold. Everything in its own time,” said Whittaker.

As a reminder, on the night of November 30 Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) knocked out Benjamin Gavazi in the first round to win the WBC Silver title. Ready to Fight’s statistics for the bout are available via the link.

On November 22 Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) defeated Anthony Yarde by seventh-round TKO and defended his championship.