OLYMPIC silver star Ben Whittaker had a spectacular debut, full of circus tricks and fanfare.
After refusing to celebrate his runners up finish, the 25-year old became famous in Tokyo. He had his heart set on the top of the podium.
On his pro debut, Ben Whittaker put on an amazing show
Second round: Olympic silver medallist wins KO
He made up for it with a legendary professional debut laced with needle, showmanship, and a vicious one punch finish of Greg O'Neill.
Benzo roared: "That's how you do a debut!
"I am my biggest critic, and I wasn't happy with my first round. However, I didn’t like the way he treated me at Friday's weigh-in so there was some needle.
"There were no nerves. I may have had too much fun during the first round. But I went back to mine and got told. That was all she wrote."
He walked to the Bournemouth Ring accompanied by his personal guitarist and pinged out his jab. After tangled with O'Neill, he lifted O'Neill into the air and lifted him like a ragdoll. Thankfully, he didn't fall to the ground like a wrestler.
Later, he threw bolo punts and made his opponent miss by miles. He stared out at the crowd as he searched for the shot o’Neill threw.
After the referee ordered them to stop, the Englishman was warned for a few cheeky clips.
He unleashed a vicious right hand straight out of Thomas Hearns' book, and O'Neill was correctly counted.
Whittaker's showboating was flawless on the Dorset coast, and he showed O'Neill respect after flattening him.
The light-heavyweight also has a list full of all-English foes he would like to defeat before he aims for a world title.
Next up, he'll be traveling to Jeddah as mentor and manager Anthony Joshua's undercard fight for the Oleksandr Uzyk fight on August 20.
