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Lee - Wants to fight Quillin in New York, April 11th
Co-Main event before Garcia V Peterson,
Both fights broadcast live on NBC
Saunders-Wants the WBO to stop the Lee/Quillin fight.
Forcing Lee to fight him instead as the mandatory challenger.
This fight would take place in Ireland around St Patricks.
Lee would miss out on 1 million dollars of the fight with Quillin is blocked.
There is a 3rd option. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Lee could take up the option to vacate the WBO belt and still fight Quillin (if Saunders tries to block him) If Lee beats Quillin, then his ranking will stay high enough for him to get a title shot against whoever picks up the WBO strap after he vacates it.
Co-Main event before Garcia V Peterson,
Both fights broadcast live on NBC
Saunders-Wants the WBO to stop the Lee/Quillin fight.
Forcing Lee to fight him instead as the mandatory challenger.
This fight would take place in Ireland around St Patricks.
Lee would miss out on 1 million dollars of the fight with Quillin is blocked.
There is a 3rd option. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Lee could take up the option to vacate the WBO belt and still fight Quillin (if Saunders tries to block him) If Lee beats Quillin, then his ranking will stay high enough for him to get a title shot against whoever picks up the WBO strap after he vacates it.