Whittaker: "It's an honor to spar with Opetaia."

Former UFC middleweight titleholder Robert Whittaker has spoken out about training together with IBF light heavyweight division one boxing champion Jay Opetaia.

"Jay is undoubtedly one of the best [boxers] in the world. I'm honored to spar with him, simply because I can benefit from it. No one in the UFC middle division has cooler boxing skills than him. When I work with him, I can see what he uses and what weaknesses he identifies in me. It helps me improve my reflexes, vision and timing. Boxing is his territory. I'm boxing against a world champion, so it would be arrogant of me to think I can be better than him," - quotes Whittaker BJ Penn.

Recall that Whittaker is scheduled to fight Hamzat Chimaev on October 26 at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.