Peters: I tried to set up Lee v Duddy showdown

PROMOTER Brian Peters spoke yesterday of his efforts to get Andy Lee and John Duddy into the ring and revealed that, despite a lucrative offer, both camps had rejected the deal because neither wanted to be tied into a bout with European champion, Matthew Macklin.

Lee re-ignited the Duddy debate at the weekend after he stopped 40-year-old Troy Lowry, in four rounds at the Horseshoe Casino in Indiana and claimed: “There has never been a better time for the fight. It is a fight where the stakes are stacked high and a fight that neither of us can afford to lose. It will be a defining moment in our careers.”

But Peters claimed yesterday he wanted to put the record straight on his recent efforts to make the much-mentioned fight happen, pointing out that a recent offer to both camps was rejected.