Lee aims to further world title ambition

Andy Lee might have only found out about tonight’s fight on Tuesday, but the Limerick middleweight believes it could be a career-altering evening in his quest to become world champion.

The 29-year-old takes on Ferenc Hafner as part of a stacked undercard for the super-middleweight clash between Carl Froch and George Groves at the Manchester Arena. And, incredibly, it will be Lee’s first outing as a professional in England.

For the most part, his previous 32 fights have taken place in America, where he trained under the legendary Emmanuel Steward, and Ireland, where his family moved when he was 13, and Lee feels a general lack of exposure to the English market has held him back.