{"id":608570,"date":"2026-04-15T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608570\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:49:11","slug":"ben-whittaker-v-braian-nahuel-suarez-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608570\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Whittaker V Braian Nahuel Suarez Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"842\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-at-12.36.54.webp.webp\" class=\"css-filter size-full\" alt=\"Ben Whittaker Vs. Braian Nahuel Suarez Breakdown\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: boxingscene&#13;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHWpW-jVtP\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/tag\/ben-whittaker\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2047\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Whittaker<\/a> faces Braian Nahuel Suarez in a light heavyweight clash on Saturday in Liverpool, as we preview this fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker was elevated to the main event after former world champion Callum Smith was forced to withdraw from his clash with David Morrell due to a training camp injury. For Whittaker, this fight is a crucial \u201cstay busy\u201d hurdle before a highly anticipated U.S. debut later this year. Whittaker enters the fight with a first-round knockout of Benjamin Gavazi. Suarez boasts a staggering 95% knockout ratio, with 20 of his 21 wins coming by way of stoppage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Fight<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what we do \u2013 The Surgeon is gonna turn up and put on a spectacular performance. It\u2019s gonna be good to be back. I\u2019m excited and locked in. \u201cI\u2019m in a big position with Matchroom behind me. I have to win and look good. If you don\u2019t win, the show doesn\u2019t go on. I can fight from all angles, and now it\u2019s showing that I can hurt people, too. It\u2019s going to be an exciting year for me. I know how good I am, but you can\u2019t rush the process. I want to get there as a champion,\u201d Whittaker said\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan with Ben is we\u2019ll keep him nice and active. He was supposed to be the co-main on the Boots [Ennis] card [in April]. Now he will be back in the UK next month and then co-main event stateside in June,\u201d Eddie Hearn stated\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Approach<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker\u2019s primary goal will be to utilize his height and reach advantage to keep Suarez on the end of his jab. By keeping Suarez at range, Whittaker forces the Argentinian to lung in, creating the perfect counter-punching opportunities. Whittaker\u2019s footwork is his greatest defensive asset. He will likely employ a \u201chit-and-move\u201d strategy\u2014landing two-punch combinations and then pivoting out.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez\u2019s approach will be built on sustained pressure and physical intimidation. Suarez knows that at range, he loses. He will likely sacrifice his own defense in the first two rounds to \u201cwalk through\u201d Whittaker\u2019s jab and get into the pocket. His goal is to turn a technical boxing match into a brawl.<\/p>\n<p>The Card<\/p>\n<p>Ben Whittaker vs Braian Suarez<\/p>\n<p>Molly McCann vs Ashleigh Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Joe McGrail vs Aaron Hayden<\/p>\n<p>Leo Atang vs Viktar Chvarkou<\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/category\/boxing-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING boxingnews.COM<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram: boxingscene&#13; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHWpW-jVtP\/ Ben Whittaker faces Braian Nahuel Suarez in a light heavyweight clash on Saturday in Liverpool,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-608570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}