


In a local contest between Limerick’s Derek Duhig (St. The night started with two absorbing support bouts. The only pity is we only got 300 people, this show deserved 3,000. “Each one showed their class tonight and I’m very proud to be associated with each of them. I would be surprised if there is a better night of boxing in Ireland this year,” said Moore. “I called on all these Irish great boxers and not one lad said no to me and what we got was a top night’s boxing. Irish Olympian John Joe Joyce was among the star attractions and he didn’t disappoint with a win over Ukrainian light middleweight Oleksander Ivanev. Francis was one of the driving forces behind a top class amateur exhibition in the South Court Hotel in Raheen on Friday night between an Irish selection and a Eastern European selection. Meanwhile Lee’s former amateur coach Ken Moore of St. While all in the Kronk Gym continue to eye a world title fight for Lee a return back to Ireland has not been ruled out for this side of Christmas. That bout will take place in the Horseshoe Casino in Indiana - a venue where Lee defeated Anthony Shuler in August 2009. It has also been confirmed that Andy Lee will take on Troy Lowry on October 2. He demonstrated great maturity in the ring.” He fought a very smart and disciplined fight. We want Andy to fight for the title by March and he’s right on schedule.” I was satisfied because I wanted him to get some rounds in. Manager Emanuel Steward declared himself happy with Lee’s progress after the weekend win: “The other man came to fight. “I always felt fully confident from the moment the bout was signed,” said the confident Limerick man. I knew I’d wear him down in the end,” said Andy Lee after he brought his unbeaten record to eight fights. “He might have been outpointing me, but all the while I was hitting him with shots. While Lee appeared to dominate the early rounds Walker held his ground and could very well have been ahead on points when the referee stopped the fight.

Francis Boxing Club Olympian stopped the hometown fighter after two minutes and three seconds of the eighth round. The Castleconnell 26-year-old maintained his push for a world title bout after defeating Michael Walker at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. That was the promise of his manager Emanuel Steward after the Limerick man brought his career record to 23 wins from 24 bouts on Friday night in Chicago. LIMERICK pro-boxer Andy Lee could fight for a world middleweight title by next March.
