Comments Thread For: Andy Lee: All of The Pressure is on Peter Quillin

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Ireland's Andy Lee insists the pressure is all on challenger Peter Quillin as he looks to defend his WBO world middleweight title in New York on Saturday.

The fight is taking place in Quillin's home city of Brooklyn and even though 30-year-old southpaw Lee (34-2 24KOs) is the champion he goes into the fight as the underdog.

Quillin vacated the belt seven months ago instead of facing mandatory challenger Matt Korobov, who then boxed Lee for the vacant strap and was halted by a right hook in the sixth round.

Lee, now trained by Adam Booth in London, is naturally brimming with confidence and has no qualms about having to fight in Quillin's backyard.
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[jbpanama]

Lee seems to have found a new understated Swagger...
Q's losing weight problem might weaken him; so Lee
might be a live Dog, in this one...

[Barcham]

Lee is going in with absolutely nothing on the line. No pressure at all. Win or lose, he goes home with the belt. The fight is really meaningless for him now, but if he manages to come out with the win, it will really hurt Quillin's rep.

[racer59]

...it will really hurt Quillin's rep.

Quillin's rep is already dog doodoo.

A good showing for Andy Lee in front of casuals will be great for him. He has everything to win here.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Lee is going in with absolutely nothing on the line. No pressure at all. Win or lose, he goes home with the belt. The fight is really meaningless for him now, but if he manages to come out with the win, it will really hurt Quillin's rep.

Why would Lee not be stripped ?

[bigbeatbaby]

why would he be stripped? The belt is not on the line and Lee made weight.