British boxing legends Ricky Hatton and Naseem Hamed are both struggling to find a winner for Saturday's clash between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders.
Ireland's Lee defends his WBO world middleweight title against unbeaten mandatory challenger Saunders in Manchester on Saturday night, live on Box Nation.
Manchester legend Hatton, a four-time and two-weight world champion, said, "For big blockbusters at the Manchester Arena, Lee v Saunders is up there with the best.
"You've got the raw, tough, aggression of Lee who's got the power to turn things around with one punch, matched against the master boxer in Saunders who has the slick and technical ability. This is a real 50/50 fight and for once I'm stumped on picking a winner."
Sheffield showman Hamed, a three-time world featherweight champion, who lit up the arena with his own brand of fireworks, added: "This is the fight of the year for me because in my eyes you've got two guys who are going to have a real fight, not like Floyd Mayweather Jr or Manny Pacquiao, they're not interested in offense.
"But you know these two guys aren't going to run. It's a 50/50 fight."
Lee v Saunders headlines Frank Warren's 'X-Mas Cracker', with WBO world super-welterweight champion Liam Smith making his first title defence against Jimmy Kelly.
A further six titles are on the line with Mitchell Smith defending his WBO intercontinental super-featherweight title against George Jupp, while Paul Butler challenges for the vacant WBO European super-flyweight championship against Silvio Olteanu.
Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Liam Williams and Kris Carslaw clash with the vacant British title also on the line; Jack Catterall defends his WBO intercontinental super-lightweight championship, and Adrian Gonzalez defends his WBO intercontinental lightweight championship.
The undercard features Merseyside favourite Derry Mathews in an eight-round contest ahead of his WBO world lightweight title challenge against Terry Flanagan in February, Indian superstar Vijender Singh and top Manchester prospects Jack Flattley and Dale Coyne.
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