Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron fight ended after ring flip

The combat between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, led to weird circumstances on Saturday as the competition needed to be ended following the fighters falling out of the ring.

Whittaker, 27, and Cameron, 33, had been within the fifth spherical of their gentle heavyweight contest when the previous backed on the ropes. Each males then flipped excessive rope and landed closely outdoors the ring.

They returned to their ft gingerly, however Whittaker, an Olympic silver medalist from the Tokyo Video games, was in apparent discomfort. He left the venue in a wheelchair.

The combat was scored as a cut up draw, with two judges scoring it 58-57 every manner and the third scorecard degree on the time of the bizarre incident.

Whittaker was taken to the medical tent contained in the constructing to evaluate a proper leg harm earlier than an ambulance arrived to take him to a close-by hospital, in keeping with a report on the DAZN broadcast.

The competition was going down on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol’s bout with Artur Beterbiev, a long-awaited conflict between two undefeated gentle heavyweight world champions.