Ben Whittaker is the latest fighter to return from a fight to find out his home has been robbed.<\/p>\n
Whittaker is a 2022 Olympic silver medalist in boxing and current IBF International light heavyweight champion. On Saturday, he won the WBC Silver light heavyweight title by knocking out Benjamin Gavazi<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n That was a quick win, but not quick enough to get him home in time to stop his house from being burgled.<\/a> In a new video released on social media, Whittaker revealed that robbers had used the fight as an opportunity to come and clean him out.<\/p>\n \u201cHighs and lows of the sport,\u201d Whittaker said in the clip. \u201cI come back and my house has been burgled. Wednesbury, I\u2019ve got a big, big reward. Find these people, let me know. They\u2019ve even taken my IBF belt. What are they going to do with that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLet me know, hit me up in the DMs for a big reward, love.\u201d<\/p>\n While the WBC Silver title is barely a title and more of a signifier of star status, the IBF belt was legit \u2026 so it\u2019s extra insult that Whittaker would have it stolen.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t an uncommon occurrence \u2014 Manny Pacquiao<\/a> and Naoya Inoue<\/a> have also had their homes robbed while they were at a fight. Ryan Garcia\u2019s<\/a> house was robbed when he was on a trip to announce a fight. And this extends to MMA as well: Marlon Vera<\/a> and Ciryl Gane<\/a> have both been targeted while out of town fighting.<\/p>\n