Whittaker Returns Against Wallace On October 3

Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker returns to the ring Saturday to face Australia's Conor Wallace in Birmingham, headlining a weekend boxing schedule that also features rising American Omari Jones and Nigerian streamer Carter Efe's latest crossover bout.

Whittaker meets Wallace in a heavyweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">light heavyweight clash on DAZN at 2 p.m. ET, according to Bad Left Hook. Wallace fights outside Queensland, Australia for only the second time as a pro and makes his first trip abroad since turning professional. The Australian carries a lone blemish on his record, a 2021 majority decision loss to Leti Leti that he reversed by knockout 18 months later.

Jones And Efe Lead Friday Action

A day earlier, Jones squares off with Alan Sanchez in an eight-round bout from Orlando, Florida on Friday night. The Matchroom card also features knockout artist Jordan Orozco in a 10-rounder — Orozco enters 17-0 with all wins by stoppage, 12 of them inside three rounds. Red Owl Boxing runs a second Friday show from El Paso later that evening, with Naomi Cardenas facing Melanie Timko and Deonte Brown taking on Leonardo Padilla.

Thursday brings the latest Chaos in the Ring event from Lagos, Nigeria, streaming on DAZN at 1:30 p.m. ET. Carter Efe, billed as Africa's most followed Twitch streamer, tangles with rapper Speed Darlington in the celebrity main event. Bulgarian Olympian Radoslav Rosenov appears on the undercard for his fourth professional outing, per the Bad Left Hook report.

The Whittaker-Wallace undercard features three British title defenses. Bilal Fawaz puts his welterweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">super welterweight strap on the line against Eithan James, Sean Bruce defends the flyweight belt against Hamza Uddin with a vacant Commonwealth title at stake, and Ibraheem Sulaimaan brings the featherweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">super featherweight belt into a clash with unbeaten Sonny Hardy. Prelims begin at noon Eastern on Saturday.

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• Bad Left Hook — Ben Whittaker vs Conor Wallace, Omari Jones, Carter Efe, more: Boxing schedule and previews for October 1-3, 2026