Ben Whittaker’s new trainer Andy Lee ahead o...

Ben Whittaker has made adjustments forward of his rematch with Liam Cameron.

After a rare fall, that noticed each fighters tumble out of the ring, their first battle resulted in a contentious technical choice draw.

They may rematch on Sunday in Birmingham, stay on Sky Sports activities, and Whittaker could have a brand new coach in his nook.

Former WBO middleweight world champion and well-regarded skilled coach Andy Lee is now working with the Olympic silver medallist.

“I simply noticed a fighter who’s immensely proficient, who wants steerage, construction,” Lee instructed Sky Sports activities. “Behind all of the persona is a really humble, trustworthy, decided younger man.

“A expertise like Ben wants mentoring. It wants channelling, it wants guiding and that is why I believed it might be a travesty to see such a fighter like this lose or not attain his potential due to lack of the correct teaching.”

It will likely be an intensely pressurised event, headlining on the bp pulse LIVE area in a high-stakes rematch, particularly for a primary battle in a brand new trainer-boxer partnership.

“Belief and relationships are constructed over time. We do not have that luxurious of time,” Lee stated. “However a whole lot of speaking is completed in the course of the coaching camp.

“You need to talk, know what makes them tick and the way they assume.”

He added of Whittaker: “I do not see any ceiling on how good he’s. I believe he is probably a world champion. I do not wish to go excessive however from what I am seeing within the health club, so thrilling to look at, such a pleasure to look at and he can do just about something he desires to within the sport.

“However it’s a must to undergo the steps and earn it. It is not given simply since you’re proficient. You need to work for it and earn it.”

Whittaker, early in his skilled profession, had beforehand tended to make headlines together with his typically spectacular showboating.

He was although closely criticised after the draw with Cameron. “It is the character of the world we stay in at the moment,” Lee stated, “however it’s a superb lesson for him as a result of he is had these unbelievable highs of going viral with all of the showboating clips and now he is had the reverse of that with criticisms from each nook of the world.

“It is in all probability an excellent lesson for him as a fighter but in addition as a human being to take every part with a pinch of salt, the highs and the lows, the reward and the criticism.

“Sooner or later you are the hero and the following day you are the villain.”

It is a must-win battle for Whittaker. However going into the Cameron rematch, Lee believes his personal status is in danger.

“We’re each in it collectively anyway. My status and his status are each on the road. We’re each working laborious to win,” he stated.

“I am going to put that every one on the road for Ben. I again him all the way in which.”

Why Lee?

It was Andy Lee who initially reached out to Whittaker after watching the primary battle with Cameron.

“I all the time needed a change. I knew it was going to come back,” Whittaker instructed Sky Sports activities. “I used to be all the time going to alter however it was simply when.”

The enchantment of Lee as his coach was clear to Whittaker. “He is an individual I’ve all the time appeared as much as in boxing. He is executed what I wish to obtain, he is a world champion,” he stated.

“He is produced champions himself, he is a champion himself.”

Whittaker has moved his coaching camp to Dublin to work with Lee.

“You narrow the distractions out and it is nearly having enjoyable and dealing whereas doing it,” he stated.

“I am loving each minute of it, I am studying and we’re a superb mixture.”

Watch the Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron rematch on Sunday stay on Sky Sports activities.