Resorts World Arena, Birmingham - Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker took another stunning stoppage in the third professional fight of his career, sending a resilient opponent in Jordan Grant tumbling to the canvas and unable to answer the referee’s count just seconds into the 3rd round with a savage left hook to the temple.

Whittaker totally outclassed Grant across the short amount of time the fight lasted, intelligently forcing him into the corner of the ring with footwork and firing off crisp, fast shots to the head and body without allowing Grant to return fire for even a second, minimizing all risk. This culminated with a perfect 1-2 from Whittaker straight through the middle of Grant’s guard at the end of the 2nd round that almost ended the fight, but Grant battled on for the start of the 3rd, where he was then beaten into submission.

With his unquestionable self-confidence, brash style in and out the ring, and a penchant for showboating to his opponents, Ben Whittaker has already become a marmite figure in boxing. But everyone, whether they love him or hate him, can’t deny he is one of the world’s finest boxing talents and looks destined for greatness in professional boxing.

Ben Whittaker said to Sky Sports after the fight: “I came out here just to have fun. All these people paid their hard-earned money, I wanted to give them a show. I could have got it done in 20 seconds but I thought we'll go a bit longer. I've done the rounds in camp, it's only right."

Promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer views Whittaker as a future superstar.

"He's a character but we need characters in boxing and he's a character that's going to cross over to the mainstream and be a figurehead for boxing. He has everything to be that but also he's an extremely talented fighter. That's where his confidence comes from. He's fought all the way around the world, in a really tough division both in the amateurs and now in professional [boxing]," Shalom said to Sky Sports.

"He's excelled, but doing it in a way where people want to watch him fight, want to watch him speak, want to watch him come to a press conference. That's what makes a superstar. He is the full package. I think he's going to be headlining arenas. It's a big reason why we're in Birmingham. We believe he's going to be the face of British boxing but also be a huge star in the Midlands, massive in Wolverhampton. I see him headlining and selling out this arena over the next couple of years."