Boxing fans claim Ben Whittaker’s entrance is ‘worst you’ve ever seen’ in Diversity-themed ringwalk
BRITAIN'S brash boxing hope Ben Whittaker caused a sensation of an unexpected kind - as fans dubbed his ringwalk the "worst ever".
The Olympic hero made it seven wins from seven fights by outpointing Leon Willings - but only after a dodgy Diversity-style entrance.
Benzo's pre-fight walk-on was described as choreographed by Ashley Banjo.
The street dancer led troupe Diversity, judges on Dancing on Ice and co-presented Saturday-night BBC game show Can't Touch This.
But Whittaker's ringwalk - a mix of tumbling dancers, cloud effects and streaks of fire - looked more like something from Eurovision.
And viewers piled in with a mainly negative response to the lavish mini-display at the O2 Arena on the Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke undercard.
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One called the light-heavyweight star's arrival "the worst you've ever seen".
Another joked: "Didn’t realise we were back at GCSE drama."
Other thumbs-down verdicts included: "Underwhelming" ..."Got bored before he came out tbh" ... and "Load of nonsense".
And one enthusiast fears Whittaker is already getting too big for his boots.
He wrote: "Only had 7 fights and walking in like a world champ!!!"
But a few fans were in Whittaker's corner - claiming the ringwalk was "cool".
And he went on to beat Willings comfortably - 78-73, according to the referee's scorecard.
"Good fight," reacted one fan, and "Lover his style, please don't change," urged another.