 He was also an IBF official on bouts featuring world champions Vic Darchinyan, Lovemore Ndou, Nonito Donaire and Muhammad Rachman.Wheatley was voted Vice President of the International Boxing Federation in Acapulco Mexico in 2000

There have been eleven (11) Australian based boxers who were successful in capturing IBF world titles

.Lester Ellis IBF super featherweight champion 1985 Jeff Fenech IBF bantamweight champion 1985-86
Barry Michael IBF super featherweight champion 1985-86,Kostya Tszyu IBF light welterweight champion1995-97&2001-2005,Vic Darchinyan IBF flyweight champion 2004-2007,Robbie Peden super featherweight champion 2005
Gairy StClair IBF super featherweight champion 2006,Lovemore Ndou IBF light welterweight champion 2007
Daniel Geale IBF middleweight champion 2011-2013,Billy Dib IBF featherweight champion 2011-2013, Sam Soliman 
IBF middleweight champion 2014.