Lee McAllister Has Placed a Target on Mezaache's Title

By Terence Dooley

Aberdeen’s Lee McAllister took care of Motherwell’s Charlie King in seven-rounds on Saturday night and the 26-year-old super-featherweight Commonwealth champion is now hoping to secure a showdown with EBU boss Anthony Mezaache – who dethroned Norwich’s Jon Thaxton back in February.

Lee thrilled the fans at the Ballroom, Aberdeen by dispatching his Scottish rival with a right hand at 1:23 of round seven.  McAllister has come back well from his British title defeat to John Murray back in January; Lee is 3-0 (2) since losing via body-shot stoppage in the eighth-round of that war.

Tommy Gilmour and Barry Hearn, who both co-promote McAllister, are hoping to secure home advantage for Lee should the Mezaache fight come off, they will put forward a £100,000 purse in order to make the fight a reality.  “I am in discussion with my co-promoter Barry Hearn from Matchroom Sport and we are just waiting for confirmation of the date from the television companies,” said Gilmour. 

“They are ready to press the button and it will be all systems go.  Barry knows this fight will be box office and that is why the money is so high.  The fight will take place in Glasgow, simply due to the fact we can get a stronger undercard down there.”

Lee is a popular figure up in Scotland; the jubilant stylist has declared that he would travel to Paris in order to secure the fight with Anthony, he also travelled down to Manchester when challenging Murray; however, his promoters look to have come through on his behalf by tentatively pencilling in a home clash for early-2010.

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