Conor Wallace says he has faced bigger punchers than Ben Whittaker during his understated professional boxing career.Whittaker had been on a knockout streak before he locked horns with Wallace on Saturday night at the Utilita Arena in his hometown of Birmingham.Whittaker stunned Wallace with some sharp shots in rounds three and five, but the Irishman insists he wasn’t troubled by his adversary’s powerGettyUnder the tutelage of esteemed trainer Andy Lee, Whittaker had blasted away Liam Cameron, Benjamin Gavazi, Braian Suarez and Richard Rivera inside the opening two rounds. When he was matched against Wallace, an untested Northern Irish boxer plying his trade in Australia, many anticipated that the travelling fighter would fall to the same fate.Opening up as a 7/1 underdog with the bookies, Wallace was outclassed for the first three quarters of the fight, and was stunned by some sharp shots in the third and fifth rounds.From round nine onwards, Wallace began to claw his way back into the fight, repeatedly snapping back Whittaker’s head in the tenth, and knocking him onto unsteady legs in the 12th and final stanza.Whittaker held on for dear life to hear the final bell and win a reasonably wide unanimous decision, thanks to some good early work.Wallace joined talkSPORT’s White and Jordan show on Tuesday to dissect the performance and talk up a potential rematch.During the conversation, he was asked whether Whittaker’s punch power had troubled him at any stage during the contest.Wallace assesses Whittaker’s punch powerHis response: “To be honest with you, it is definitely not the hardest that I have ever been hit. “I took his shots pretty comfortably, and I think I showed that. I was having a bit of fun in there.“But it is more so the sharpness, if you know what I am trying to say.Wallace rallied well in the closing stages of the contest and had Whittaker in real trouble in the last roundGetty“[The issue is] the speed at which the punches come at you.“Obviously, when someone is fresh and fast [it is tricky], that is why he was dominant in the early rounds.”What’s next for Whittaker?Whittaker is now the mandatory challenger for unified WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol after winning his IBF final eliminator against Wallace.That fight likely won’t happen until the summer of next year at the earliest, and so Matchroom Boxing are seeking another fight for ‘The Surgeon’ in the meantime.A rematch with Wallace is being considered, as are domestic dust-ups with Anthony Yarde or the winner of Willy Hutchinson vs Joshua Buatsi on November 7.Watch Boxing on DAZN*If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenueSign up to DAZN to access the definitive subscription for boxing fans.Upgrade to DAZN Ultimate from just £24.99/month, guaranteeing access to 185+ fights annually, a minimum of 12 pay-per-views at no extra cost, as well as every Lega Serie A match and other elite football access.Alternatively, DAZN Standard is just £15.99/month, with the caveat you will have to pay for pay-per-view events.Click here to sign up.