 Wheatley was Australian correspondent for "Fight Fax" record book that was published and distributed worldwide during the 1990s by editor Phil Marder.Wheatley has had several boxing articles published in Australia's leading newspaper - "The Telegraph" over a fifteen-year period.In 2003 Wheatley was a commentator with Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Joe Bugner and Ern McQuillan jnr on ESPN Special "Ali - The Greatest of All Time".