Lee to fight Despaigne

Irish middleweight Andy Lee will meet ex-Pan American Games champion Yordani Despaigne from Cuba in Liverpool on Friday night.

Lee is part of an 11-man Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland, Four Nations boxing team taking on Cuba on Merseyside, and at the National Stadium in Dublin on April 15.

St Saviours’ Karl Brabazon and Neilstown’s Ken Egan, who was narrowly beaten by Despaigne in the world championships in Belfast in 2001, will join Lee.