Lee seeks knockout on road to title shot

ANDY LEE is aiming to produce a knockout performance against Willie Gibbs at the UL Arena tonight which will put the Limerick man back into contention for a world title shot.

Lee was pitching for a meeting with champion Kelly Pavlic before the end of 2008 but his plans were blown apart by a sixth round stoppage against Brian Vera in March. But the 24-year-old is keen to put that memory behind him.

Trainer Emanuel Steward admitted: “Andy wants to fight the best fighters in the world. Rather than find easier fighters, we wanted to fight the best available and we have a very dangerous guy in Willie Gibbs. It’s going to be a dramatic fight between punchers and I predict it won’t go the 10 rounds — someone will get knocked out.”