Emanuel Steward is confident that middleweight Andy Lee (17-1, 13kos) will be back in action in New York City this June. The 24-year-old is currently in Limerick but is due to return to Detroit next week to begin preparation for a summer fight in the city.
The 2004 Olympian has had problems for over a year with a cut to his right eye, and the lesion opened up again in the first round of his last fight against Alex Sipos in Dublin on March 21.
However, Steward, who is both trainer and manager to Lee, believes that the eye will heal properly this time out.
“The doctor thinks it is healing for the first time. When it was cut over a year ago (in the Feb 2008 fight against Alejandro Falliga in Limerick) the doctor that stitched it up didn’t really clean the coagulants out of it,” said the Hall of Fame trainer....
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