LONDON, England — Ben Whittaker has enjoyed his summer.

After banishing his demons with a second-round stoppage in a much-anticipated Liam Cameron rematch on April 20, the 28-year-old has taken time out to recharge and assess the landscape.

Speculation was rife about the light heavyweight's future after Sky Sports let their four-year deal with BOXXER expire without renewed terms.

While other BOXXER-backed fighters have made their stance clear as they patiently await news for fight dates, Whittaker was busy elsewhere.

Whether exploring the culture in Japan, modelling for Paris Fashion Week, business trips in Germany or supporting stablemates in marquee fights, he's purposely kept schtum on his next move.

The 2020 Olympic silver medallist (9-0-1, 7 KOs) has previously been keen on conquering the domestic scene at 175 pounds but many of his contemporaries are now booked with bouts.

Lewis Edmondson-Ezra Taylor is set for the Joseph Parker-Fabio Wardley undercard on October 25 for British honours, with both having stated their desire to face him at some stage.

Dan Azeez, who Edmondson beat via 12-round majority decision to win the Lonsdale belt in October 2024, returns next Wednesday in his native Nigeria as part of the Brandon Glanton-Marcus Browne undercard, to be streamed live on DAZN.

The Ring's No. 10-rated contender Willy Hutchinson (18-2, 13 KOs) will end an injury-enforced layoff against Mark Jeffers (20-1, 7 KOs) next month while Zak Chelli won the English title with a 10th-round stoppage of Adam Hepple in June.

The possibilities are endless but Whittaker's promoter, Ben Shalom, knows of the need to avoid pushing him too quickly otherwise another disastrous outcome could rear its head.

It's been little under a year since he began working under Andy Lee at the Ballybrack Boxing Club in Dublin, Ireland after the controversial ending to his first fight with Cameron proved a blessing in disguise.

Ridicule and criticism were par for the course on social media. They rumbled on before the rematch was announced and divisive predictions were made.

Whittaker's stock has risen again since that humbling experience though, so now is time to capitalise where he sells the most tickets and generates interest.

While exercising caution as far as matchmaking is concerned, Shalom told The Ring of his immediate plans with an unbeaten contender many are clamouring to see.

"We are hoping, the plan is that we'll do a headline show with him in November in Birmingham," he said. "We're currently in talks to make it happen, I will talk to his team again this week."

Shalom confirmed that, as it stands, Whittaker's headline fight will feature on a different bill to the proposed Frazer Clarke-Jeamie Tshikeva fight for the vacant English heavyweight title.