Lee wins and now wants crack at Golovkin

Limerick’s former WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee returned to the ring with an unanimous decision victory over KeAndrae Leatherwood at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

Lee wins and now wants crack at Golovkin

Despite a low-octane affair which was punctuated by boos from the infamously impatient New York audience, the 32-year-old still fancies a crack at the 160-pound Kazakh colossus that is Gennady ‘Triple G’ Golovkin, who retained his lineal title with a hard-earned decision victory over Brooklyn’s Danny Jacobs at the same venue on Saturday – ending his run of 23 consecutive knockouts.

“I’m ready for the fight if it ever came my way,” Lee said. “I know you wouldn’t believe it on that performance, but I know I’m ready, and it’s about levels and the competition you’re in with.

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