ANTHONY FITZGERALD was handed the opportunity of a lifetime with a shot at the EBA European middleweight title as chief support bout to the Guillermo Rigondeaux-Willie Casey WBA title fight at City West on March 19 but he was also handed a difficult opponent in Affif Belghecham.

ANDY LEE bounced back from his defeat to Brian Vera with a confident points victory over European Union middleweight champion Affif Belghecham at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night.

THE middleweight champion of France, Affif Belghecham, breezed into Limerick yesterday confident of playing his part in a French sporting double against the Irish tomorrow night.