Lee gearing up for ‘rough’ French test

ANDY LEE takes the biggest step of his career when he meets the French and European Union middleweight champion, Affif Belghecham, in what could turn out to be an eliminator for a European title fight at the UL Sports Arena in Limerick on November 14.

The Limerick southpaw chose Thomond Park for the press conference to announce details of the Yanjing Fight Night because it is there that he hopes to box for a European title or, indeed, a world title at the first available opportunity.

The names of Matthew Macklin and John Duddy were probably mentioned more times than his upcoming opponent at yesterday’s gathering when Lee insisted he would relish the chance to fight either of them.