Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron: Date, exact ring walk, TV channel and live stream for The Surgeon’s return

BEN WHITTAKER returns to the ring for fourth time this year with The Surgeon facing the toughest test of his career.

The Olympic silver medallist, 27, is facing Liam Cameron – once a prospect himself before a drugs ban took five years off his career.

Cameron, 33, pushed former world title contender Lyndon Arthur to a close decision in June, with many believing he won that fight.

Now he faces Whittaker, the fans’ favourite and social media star who is looking to continue his march up the light-heavyweight rankings.

When is Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron?

• Whittaker vs Cameron takes place on Saturday, October 12.
• The fight is on the undercard of the Dimitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev mega-fight.
• It will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in front of an expected 30,000 fans at the Kingdom Arena.
• The fight will be 10 rounds with the ring walk expected at approximately 7.30pm (10.30pm local).

What TV channel is Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron on and can it be live streamed?

• The meeting is the second fight on the Riyadh Season card, which will be a pay-per-view event.
• DAZN and TNT Sports have confirmed they will offer the PPV at £19.99.
• Sky Sports also have the rights but are yet to announce a price.
• UK viewers can also live stream it on the DAZN and Sky Sports apps and Discovery+.
• In the US, the undercard is available on ESPN+ for $14.99 – the main event will be free.
• Alternatively, SunSport will bring you all the action as it happens with our LIVE BLOG.

What is the full card?

• Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol (for IBF, WBC, WBO and WBA light heavyweight titles)
• Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta
• Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke (for British heavyweight title)
• Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey (for IBF cruiserweight title)
• Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron
• Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman (for WBC women’s featherweight title)
• Mohammaed Alakel vs Jesus Gonzalez

What’s been said?

Whittaker said: “If I’m the real deal I’ll make it look easy, if I’m not, I’ll make it look hard.

“If you’re a true fighter you will deal with it well under pressure and when the pressure is on I love it the most.”

Cameron said: “I know how good I am. I’m not a mug, do you know what I mean?

“Do you know when you spar easy people and you know it’s easy and you can do what you want?

“When you spar hard kids, you have to be on your ball, and this is one of them [for Whittaker].

“You can do all this s***. I’m not saying he’s not going to do it with me – I don’t know – but you’ve got to have a bit more about you, too. It’s not that easy.

“That guy he fought who’s on his highlight reel [Khalid Graidia], he’s a 42-year-old fella.

“Lost nearly every fight and been stopped about three times, and he’s tiny for the weight.

“When I watched [Whittaker], it actually made me laugh. But I don’t really want to disrespect him.”