A confident Andy Lee insisted yesterday he will be patient during tonight’s return to the ring in New York against Detroit’s Darryl Cunningham.

Middleweight Andy Lee has inked a deal to fight Detroit veteran Darryl Cunningham in Washington DC next month.

LUIS “EL LEON” GARCIA is one to watch in 2012 following his impressive victory over promising light heavyweight, Alexander ‘The Great’ Johnson, at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California, on Saturday morning.

MIKE “THE REBEL” PEREZ has won all 17 of his fights — 12 by KO — since arriving in Cork from Cuba but tonight he will face his biggest challenge yet.

TWO of the three Cork-based Cuban boxers, Luis ‘El Leon’ Garcia and Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez will share the limelight with the former undisputed world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor when they feature on the undercard for his return fight against Jessie Nicklow at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California, on Friday night week.