{"id":215078,"date":"2025-10-15T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/215078\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:22:08","slug":"ben-whittaker-set-for-scheduling-clash-as-bbc-boxing-return-thrown-into-late-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/215078\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Whittaker set for scheduling clash as BBC boxing return thrown into late chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV&#8217;s British heavyweight title fight is set to be postponed following an injury to the latter.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were set to headline a BOXXER show on October 25 at Derby&#8217;s Vaillant Live Arena in what would have been the first event to be shown on the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/bbc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TKV is coming off a controversial KO loss to Adeleye\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry Promotions\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/100A9911.jpg\" data-caption=\"TKV is coming off a controversial KO loss to Adeleye\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/100A9911.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>TKV is coming off a controversial KO loss to AdeleyeCredit: Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry Promotions<\/p>\n<p>However, TKV sustained a rib injury during training camp that has ruled him out of the original fight date.<\/p>\n<p>BOXXER are now scrambling to reschedule the contest, with November 29 understood to be in play.<\/p>\n<p>If the date gets the green flag, then it would lead to a scheduling clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3645690\/ben-whittaker-return-fight-date-venue-eddie-hearn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Whittaker&#8217;s Matchroom Boxing debut<\/a> against Germany&#8217;s Benjamin Gavazi in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker previously plied his trade with Ben Shalom&#8217;s BOXXER, but jumped ship to Eddie Hearn&#8217;s Matchroom earlier this month following the expiration of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>BOXXER could avoid the clash by finding a replacement for TKV to ensure the event still goes ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) have confirmed that any rearranged bout would still be for the vacant Lonsdale belt.<\/p>\n<p>However, finding a credible opponent on such short notice is proving difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Going up against Whittaker&#8217;s return would also likely reap better rewards than their current clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/joseph-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Parker<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/fabio-wardley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Wardley<\/a> &#8211; a bout which holds massive implications for the glamour division.<\/p>\n<p>Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV&#8217;s recent form<\/p>\n<p>TKV (8-2) is coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3089167\/david-adeleye-jeamie-tshikeva-ko-joe-joyce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">controversial knockout loss to David Adeleye for the British heavyweight title in April.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adeleye caught TKV with a heavy shot well after the referee had called break, leading to an eventual stoppage in the sixth round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clarke stopped Tetteh early in April\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/frazer-clarke-punches-ebenezer-tetteh-988699657.jpg\" data-caption=\"Clarke stopped Tetteh early in April\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/frazer-clarke-punches-ebenezer-tetteh-988699657.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Clarke stopped Tetteh early in AprilCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The BBBofC went on to order a rematch after TKV&#8217;s team launched an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>However, Adeleye chose to vacate his title and fight Filip Hrgovic instead.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Clarke vs TKV was ordered for the vacant strap.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke (9-1-1) has previously competed for the British title on two occasions against Wardley.<\/p>\n<p>The first of those came in March 2024, with the bout ending in a draw before Wardley blasted away Clarke in the opening stanza seven months later.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke has since returned to winning ways with a <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3135500\/frazer-clarke-opponent-grabs-referee-brutal-ko\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blistering stoppage of Ebenezer Tetteh<\/a> in April, and is now being given a third crack at domestic boxing&#8217;s biggest prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV&#8217;s British heavyweight title fight is set to be postponed following an injury to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[100087,703,711,49,48,86589,104185,82],"class_list":["post-215078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-ben-whittaker","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-frazer-clarke","tag-jeamie-tkv","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}