THE punching power of Mike “The Rebel” Perez was manifested in just 41 seconds of brilliance at the UL Arena on Saturday as he disposed of the Hungarian heavyweight, Sandor Baloghs, with just two punches.

ANDY LEE’S fight with Argentinean Alejandro Gustavo Falliga at the University of Limerick Arena tonight will be a rehearsal for a world title fight with Kelly Pavlik, according to trainer, Emanuel Steward.

HE MAY have been an hour late arriving but when Andy Lee walked in the door of his old club, St Francis ABC, on the corner of Mungret Street and Old St Francis Street, in Limerick, the reception was amazing and left one wondering just what it will be like when he enters the ring at the UL Arena on Saturday night.

WEEK’S of speculation ended yesterday when Alejandro Gustavo Falliga was handed the daunting task of squaring up to Andy Lee in the big homecoming fight at the University Sports Arena in Limerick on February 2.

Andy Lee's opponent for his homecoming fight in Limerick on February 2 has been confirmed - the unbeaten middleweight will be taking on Argentina's Alejandro Gustavo Falliga.

HIS career has been sensational — his return to Ireland dramatic — and now Andy Lee has promised his Limerick homecoming on February 2, when he headlines the city’s first professional boxing show at UL Arena, will be spectacular.

BRIAN PETERS would love to stage a world title fight involving Andy Lee and John Duddy in Ireland.

THE legendary Emanuel Steward predicts Andy Lee will be world champion before the end of 2008.

ANDY LEE is the best middleweight boxer in the world and he is just a few bouts away from a world title fight according to the Limerick man’s legendary trainer, Emanuel Steward, who was speaking ahead of tonight’s battle for the vacant Irish super middleweight title with Jason McKay at the National Stadium.

The Irish boxing boom continues apace this Saturday with two Irish titles up for grabs on the Ladbrokes.com Fight Night at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Unbeaten sensation Andy Lee will face the biggest test of his professional career to date when he battles with Jason McKay for the vacant Irish Super Middleweight title as part of the Ladrokes.com Fight Night at the National Stadium on Saturday, December 15.

NEIL SINCLAIR re-launched his career with a spellbinding victory on points over Latvian welterweight Sergejs Savrinovics on Saturday night in Cork.

JASON McKAY will have bigger scalps on his mind when he faces seasoned Romanian Mugurel Sebe in the “Battle on Leeside” at Cork City Hall on Saturday night.

THERE has not been a punch thrown in anger but already Cork’s Billy Walsh has made a dramatic impression on the forthcoming professional boxing show at Cork City Hall, erasing talented Dubliner, Patrick Hyland, from the programme.

UNDEFEATED Irish middleweight Andy Lee is training with world middleweight champ Jermain Taylor ahead of his appearance on the Bernard Dunne/Kiko Martinez undercard at the Point in Dublin on August 25.

Following the success of February's sell-out show at the City Hall, professional boxing returns to Cork on Saturday, August 18 for the 'Battle on Leeside'.

AFTER taking the Big Apple by storm, John Duddy has finally decided to return to his roots for a belated European professional debut and a build-up to a European title shot.

PROMOTER Brian Peters did his utmost to play it down after the three-round demolition of Yersin Jailauov at The Point, but Bernard Dunne could be moving rapidly towards a shot at a world title.

BERNARD DUNNE was reluctant to make any predictions other than to say that he is not going to lose this fight when he took time out to relax yesterday in advance of tomorrow night’s defence of his European Super-Bantamweight title against Yersin Jailauov at The Point.

BERNARD DUNNE will defend his European super bantamweight title against Yerson Jailauov from Kazakhstan at the Point Depot on March 25 in the first of four planned fights this year.

BERNARD DUNNE will box for the European super bantamweight title in Dublin next October or November his manager/promoter Brian Peters, confirmed yesterday.

BERNARD DUNNE will box for the European super bantamweight title in Dublin next October or November his manager/promoter Brian Peters confirmed yesterday.