BEN WHITTAKER was brought back down to Earth following his stunning Matchroom debut after finding out his house had been burgled.
The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist brutalised Benjamin Gavazi in the first round of their Birmingham bust-up.
Ben Whittaker scored a sensational first-round KO of Benjamin Gavazi on Saturday night
The Olympian was on cloud nine after his blowout victory
Whittaker returned home to a burgled house
Brummie lad Whittaker was on cloud nine after his emphatic promotional bow with Eddie Hearn.
But his joy soon turned to anger and frustration when he returned home and discovered thieves had ransacked his house/
And the scoundrels had even made off with his IBF light-heavyweight international belt.
Whittaker revealed the robbery in a video on his social media channels just hours after the fight.
The 28-year-old said: “Highs and lows of the sport.
“[I] come back [from my fight] [and my] house has been burgled.
“But Wednesbury, I got a big, big reward. Find these people — let me know.
“They’ve even took my IBF [International] belt. What are they going to do with that?”
Ben Whittaker pleaded for people with any knowledge of the break in to get in contact with him
“Let me know, hit me up in the DMs. [There’ll be] a big reward. Much love.”
The break-in ruined what should’ve been a special night for Whittaker, who started his namesake with an absolute nuke of a right hand.
After having his hand raised, he said: “When you walk out pretty like that, you have to back it up and that’s what I did.
“Andy [Lee] said in the locker room, ‘What you do in sparring is enough. Just go out there, work behind your shots, and it will all come together’.
“And damn, I looked good. At the end of the day, I could see he was a game kid; I could see it in his eyes.
“This was an opportunity to change his life. “But at the press conference, he let something slip.
“He said, ‘I’ve got nothing to lose’. Well, I’m a person who has everything to lose.”
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