Ben Whittaker has made changes prior to his fight with Liam Cameron.
After an extraordinary fall, both fighters were tumbling out of the ring, their first match ended in a disputed technical decision -making.
They will be repeated Sunday in Birmingham, Live On Sky SportsAnd Whittaker wants a new trainer in his corner.
Former World World West World World Western World and Well-considered Professional Trainer Andy Lee is now working on the Olympic Silver Medal.
“I just saw a fighter who is hugely talented who need guidance, structure,” Lee told Sky Sports. “Behind all Persona is a very humble, honest, resolute young man.
“A talent like Ben needs mentoring. It needs channeling, it needs guidance, and that’s why I thought it would be a travesty to see such a fighter as this losing or not reaching its potential due to lack of right coaching.”
It will be an intensely pressurized apartment that exceeds in BP Pulse Live Arena in a high-stakes rematch, especially for a first match of a new coach-boxing partnership.
“Trust and relationship is built over time. We don’t have that luxury of time,” Lee said. “But a lot of talk is done during the training camp.
“You have to communicate, know what makes them cross and how they think.”
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Ben Whittaker says he will pass on the microphone to Liam Cameron when he wins their match. The gloves are off are available to look now fully.
He added Whittaker: “I see no ceiling on how good he is. I think he is potentially a world champion. I don’t want to go over the top, but from what I see in the gym, so exciting to see, such a pleasure to see, and he can do pretty much everything he wants in the sport.
“But you have to go through the steps and earn it. It’s not given just because you are talented. You have to work for it and earn it.”
Whittaker, early in his professional career, had previously tended to make headlines with his often spectacular showboating.
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Ben Whittaker threatened jokingly Liam Cameron with an egg under ‘gloves is off’ – but you will have to put in to see if the two shaken hands!
However, he was strongly criticized after a draw with Cameron. “That’s the nature of the world we live in day,” Lee said, “but it’s a good lesson for him because he has had the incredible heights of becoming viral with all showboating clips, and now he has had the opposite of it with criticism from every corner of the world.
“It’s probably a great lesson for him as a fighter, but also as a human being to take everything with a pinch of salt, the heights and the lows, praise and criticism.
“One day you are the hero and the next day you are the villain.”
It’s a must-win match for Whittaker. But going into Cameron -Rematch, Lee thinks his own reputation is in danger.
“We are both in it together. My reputation and his reputation are both on the line. We both work hard to win,” he said.
“I put it all on the line for legs. I back him back all the way.”
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Ben Whittaker says he ‘counts the weeks’ to his second match against Liam Cameron, ready to show him what he can do.
Why Lee?
It was Andy Lee who originally reached Whittaker after watching the first match with Cameron.
“I’ve always wanted a change. I knew it was going to come,” Whittaker told Sky Sports. “I would always change, but it was just when.”
Lee’s appeal as his coach was ready for Whittaker. “He is someone I have always looked up to boxing. He has done what I want to achieve, he is a world champion,” he said.
“He himself has produced masters, he is himself a master.”
Whittaker has moved his training camp to Dublin to work with Lee.
“You cut out the distractions and it’s just about having fun and working while you do,” he said.
“I love every minute of what I learn and we’re a good combination.”
Watch Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron Rematch on Sunday Live at Sky Sports.