Money may lure Andy Lee title fight to London

Talks about Andy Lee’s summer world title defence will begin this week after the World Boxing Organisation today sent out letters instructing all parties to get the ball rolling on his mandatory challenge from Billy Joe Saunders.

Lee is still waiting to make the first defence of his belt after the weekend’s clash with Peter Quillin became a non-title fight when the American failed to make the 160lb middleweight limit at Friday’s weigh-in.

It meant that the southpaw from Limerick would have retained his title with any result in New York, although the draw that he battled valiantly for would have been enough to do so anyway.