Andy Lee plans to make it fast and furious

Tonight, Andy Lee will walk out as the ‘away’ fighter in his first world-title defence when he takes on England’s undefeated Billy Joe Saunders at the Manchester Arena. 

It wasn’t meant to be this way, but the champion maintains that a ring is a ring, no matter where the location.

September 19 was set to be a celebratory homecoming of sorts for Lee in a planned ‘Showdown’ against Saunders at Thomond Park, but the plug was pulled on the Limerick promotion a little over five weeks before the scheduled date.