Lee aims to claim place in history

While literary aficionados will be celebrating Bloomsday around the world today, middleweight Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) will try to add his own chapter in the tome of Irish boxing history when he challenges Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) for his WBC title in El Paso, Texas (4am, Sunday morning, Irish time).

Lee will have to face the champion in a cauldron of Mexican support at the Sun Bowl, with over 10,000 tickets reportedly sold, mostly to Chavez Jr. supporters.

The challenger says he is ready for whatever awaits. “The camp has gone very well. Everything went to plan, I’ve sparred the rounds and I’ve run the miles. I am feeling very positive. I know that I have done the work and I am boxing the best that I have ever boxed. I have done everything I can to give myself the best chance of winning. I have no excuses.”