Appleby-Lindsay live from 8.15

Catch Paul Appleby defend his British featherweight title against Martin Lindsay in Belfast live on Setanta Sports 1. Young British Boxer of the Year Appleby understandably goes into the bout as favourite but his last defence against Esham Pickering revealed some frailties as well as displaying his undoubted talents. For a time in the third quarter of the bout Pickering, though past his best and fighting a bigger man, used his veteran skills to frustrate him and had some success, tagging the Scotsman in the ninth round. If it had been Lindsay throwing this punch, Appleby may not be able to recover. Lindsay is a totally different challenge to Pickering for Appleby, a man who the champion will not have to go looking for. Roared on by the Ulster Hall crowd Lindsay will expect the fight to play out similarly to his battle with Derry Mathews where after having difficult moments against a slick boxer his punching power ended the bout. Although he will not expect such a sickening one-punch knockout that his left hook provided, which he himself admits to not liking watching, he will feel confident of getting to Appleby and taking advantage of a possible weakness in stamina. The clash in styles could potentially provide another classic Lonsdale title bout to rival Hayemaker's last televised headline show between Tony Quigley and Tony Dodson. With a potential world title fight against IBF champion Cristobal Cruz looming for the winner it could be that Appleby rises to the occasion and edges an action-packed bout. Andy Kerr and Steve Bunce will present the show live from the Ulster Hall at 8.15pm on Setanta Sports 1. -Setanta Sports