‘There was a long line of girls around the block just queuing up to see Fury’

Andy Lee this year called time on his ground-breaking, 39-fight career which ultimately gleaned the world middleweight title but he is never too far from the sport which enveloped his life for the best part of three decades. This weekend, the Limerick man is in Los Angeles as his long-time friend Tyson Fury challenges bookmakers’ favourite Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight title and Lee is not ruling out an upset, writes Declan Taylor

Q: It is now over three years since Fury memorably beat Wladimir Klitschko to become world champion. Are his two low-key comeback fights in 2018 enough to prepare him for a challenge like Wilder?