The Irish boxing coach and former world champion will be in Joseph Parker's corner on what is being described as the best fight card in history
Andy Lee has opened up on an incredible 24 hours in Riyadh which saw a new opponent found for his fighter Joseph Parker after Daniel Dubois withdrew from their heavyweight IBF title bout due to illness.
It's a huge week for former middleweight world champion and Limerick native Lee, with another of his star fighters, Paddy Donovan, facing Lewis Crocker in a final eliminator for the IBF World Welterweight Title next Saturday in Belfast. On a crazy 24 hours in the Middle East, Lee told iFL TV: "This time yesterday we were fighting Dubois and now we're fighting Bakole, but it's a blessing isn't it? What a turnaround. It shows you what they can do here in Saudi Arabia, what Turki Alalshikh can do.On how they heard of the replacement opponent, Lee explained: "Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine put it out online. We got here, there was no fight, we didn't know what was happening.
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