Ben Whittaker has joined forces with Tyson Fury’s assistant coach Andy Lee forward of his rematch with Liam Cameron.
The pair will meet once more on April 20 on the BP Pulse LIVE Enviornment in Birmingham following their contentious inaugural encounter final October.
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Whittaker and Cameron each flipped excessive rope within the dying embers of the fifth spherical, leading to Whittaker sustaining accidents that left him unable to proceed.
As greater than 4 rounds had been accomplished, the battle went to a technical resolution with the judges unable to separate the fierce rivals.
One choose favoured Whittaker at 58-57, a second scored the bout 58-57 for Cameron, whereas a 3rd had it 58-58 even, which means the competition was declared a cut up draw.
Cameron claims Whittaker was exhausted by the fifth spherical and was merely ‘searching for a manner out of the battle’ whereas the Olympic silver medallist has by no means shared any medical proof of his accidents.
His promoter Ben Shalom claims Whittaker suffered a sprained ankle and aggravated a neck harm on the way in which down.
Shalom went on to confess that Whittaker was in ‘a foul manner’ after the draw and can be making ‘enormous adjustments’ to his camp.
Based on Ring Journal, the primary of these huge adjustments is his coach.
Whittaker turned over as knowledgeable underneath the watchful eye of SugarHill Steward, earlier than switching again to his former novice coach and godfather Joby Clayton final yr.
Nevertheless, he has since packed his baggage and travelled to Dublin to begin his camp with new coach Lee on the Ballybrack Boxing Membership.
Lee grew to become the primary member of the travelling group to win a serious world title when he stopped Matt Korobov for the WBO middleweight belt in 2014.
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He has since gone on to grow to be a well-respected coach whose gymnasium is residence to former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker and fast-rising Irish welterweight Paddy Donovan in addition to Fury occasionally.
His revival of Parker’s profession has obtained specific acclaim from the boxing fraternity.
And whereas Whittaker is on no account down and out, Lee’s expertise in serving to fighters rebuild after important setbacks will probably be invaluable.
The Irishman’s model may also be acquainted to Whittaker, as like his first coach SugarHill, Lee is a pupil of the Kronk Gymnasium.
Lee turned professional with the SugarHill’s mentor Emanuel Steward in 2005 and labored with him up till his passing in 2012.
Explaining his resolution to overtake his camp and work with Lee, Whittaker stated: “Earlier than, I used to be good and cosy, I used to be at residence with my novice coach [Clayton].
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“However now I have to do one thing to be exterior my consolation zone and that’s the place I’m in now.
“A brand new voice, new ears, new eyes, all of that stuff actually, simply somebody who can critique you otherwise and see issues that different folks haven’t seen earlier than.
“I need to get higher if I can, I need to enhance and these are issues I have to do.”
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