Lee to make pro debut with Atlantic City fight

Simon Lewis

The Athens Olympics light-middleweight quarter-finalist had previously been pencilled to kick off his career in the paid ranks in Detroit last weekend but his handler, legendary trainer Emanuel Steward, felt that the Irishman needed more time to prepare.

Lee, 21, will debut as a middleweight in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 24 on the undercard of an HBO show at the Boardwalk Hall featuring Wladimir Klitschko’s WBO/IBF heavyweight title eliminator against Samuel Peter, aka “The Nigerian Nightmare“.