Matthew Macklin has challenged Irish middleweight rival Andy Lee to put up or shut up following Lee’s claims over the weekend that Macklin would be one of his “easier” fights. Lee made the claim after a points win over Anthony Fitzgerald in Belfast having already called out Macklin in a recent radio interview where he said, “That’s definitely the fight I want so now I think it’s time for us to get it on. We’re fighters so why not fight each other. We’re both with the same promoter so there are no obstacles really.”
Both men are under contract to US promoter Lou DiBella and Macklin says it’s time for Lee’s actions to match his words. “Lou has a HBO television date for May 11th and I know he wants to match myself and Andy on that show,” revealed Macklin. “We’re both promoted by Lou so as Andy himself said there are no obstacles to making the fight. It could be made in 5 minutes, Lou has a TV date for it and I want the fight so the only question is does Andy really want it' rest off article on fight-news.
Both men are under contract to US promoter Lou DiBella and Macklin says it’s time for Lee’s actions to match his words. “Lou has a HBO television date for May 11th and I know he wants to match myself and Andy on that show,” revealed Macklin. “We’re both promoted by Lou so as Andy himself said there are no obstacles to making the fight. It could be made in 5 minutes, Lou has a TV date for it and I want the fight so the only question is does Andy really want it' rest off article on fight-news.
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