Switching the WBO World Middleweight title fight between champion Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders from Limerick to Manchester has not been easy decision to make.
Both Lee’s manager Adam Booth, with whom I was co-promoting the event, and myself thought long and hard about disappointing the Irish fans but common sense had to prevail.
With Lee hit by a virus which has interrupted his training, and despite his hope he might shake it off in a couple of weeks, the risk of him not doing so was too great.
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Both Lee’s manager Adam Booth, with whom I was co-promoting the event, and myself thought long and hard about disappointing the Irish fans but common sense had to prevail.
With Lee hit by a virus which has interrupted his training, and despite his hope he might shake it off in a couple of weeks, the risk of him not doing so was too great.
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