Andy Lee World Champion

RINO87

RikkFlair wrote: »

Fair play to him, he's a breath of fresh air. Whenever I hear him talk I hear a well spoken, down to earth young man, who's content to let his ability do the talking unlike that aforementioned loudmouth Steve Collins who I could never warm to, World Champion or not.

A good Limerick story to end the year with.

Great post!! Andy does all of his talking in the ring, where it matters, an anomaly in the world of pro boxing these days. So happy for him that his hard work and dedication paid off, a true champ and an inspiration!

Iranoutofideas

He's being interviewed now on newstalk

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Nothing says serious cool, classy guy than being a gent outside the ring and doing the job in the ring.

A great ambassador.

Iranoutofideas

Surprised he wasn't on the Late Late

washman3

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Surprised he wasn't on the Late Late

He would have the join the continuous queue of rugby players to get on that show..;)
Anyway, an appearance from Andy may effect Christmas sales of Tommy Boooooooow's designer collection of menswear...:D

Charlie George

washman3 wrote: »

He would have the join the continuous queue of rugby players to get on that show..;)
Anyway, an appearance from Andy may effect Christmas sales of Tommy Boooooooow's designer collection of menswear...:D

Talking of rugby players and the like,im just back from the fight in Vegas,thought id see Limerick leader and 95fm at weigh in,no sign,if it was the ruggers len dineen would be all over them,super achievement by a super guy and Limerick has a world champion,nuff said.

Cookiemunster

Charlie George wrote: »

Talking of rugby players and the like,im just back from the fight in Vegas,thought id see Limerick leader and 95fm at weigh in,no sign,if it was the ruggers len dineen would be all over them,super achievement by a super guy and Limerick has a world champion,nuff said.

It was in Las Vegas, not Cardiff. Small regional papers don't send reporters half way around the world. They devoted the full front page to Andy the Monday after fight and covered the homecoming extensively.

seachto7

There is no way Live 95 would pay a reporter to go to Vegas. Did RTE?

But as the expression goes: "you're nothing without cauliflower ears in this town"

Vanquished

seachto7 wrote: »

But as the expression goes: "you're nothing without cauliflower ears in this town"

Very true. I doubt we'll see any pictures of Andy Lee adorning the walls of city pubs!

Silentcorner

Vanquished wrote: »

Very true. I doubt we'll see any pictures of Andy Lee adorning the walls of city pubs!

There is a picture of him hanging on the wall in O'Dwyers pub, a well known rugby haunt, and it has been there a while.

This time the boxer is a World Champ...it will be interesting to see how this will be recognised by all and sundry, we haven't had one of them before.

We couldn't have asked for a better role model/champion.

Vanquished

He's deserving of far greater recognition in his home town. He's had an international profile for some time now!

Hopefully his achievements will begin to be appreciated at this stage!

Cookiemunster

Vanquished wrote: »

He's deserving of far greater recognition in his home town. He's had an international profile for some time now!

Hopefully his achievements will begin to be appreciated at this stage!

???? He's had plenty of recognition locally. As someone who's not into boxing I only know of him due to all the attention he's had in local media over the years.

Swiper the fox

Not sure if it warrants a new thread as it's not certain but it's being widely reported that Andy Lee will fight Billy Joe Saunders I Thomond Park in September.
Hope his team stand firm on this now and are not convinced to have it in England, it seems to make sense to have it here.
Great bloke and the inevitable sell out will be a proper tribute to what he has done for Limerick. Pity the other guy is so good:(

Charlie George

Who said BJS was good,fight more than likely in London with upton park and the excel arena being mentioned as probable venues,sky will have the final say and that will probably mean London.

Swiper the fox

Charlie George wrote: »

Who said BJS was good,fight more than likely in London with upton park and the excel arena being mentioned as probable venues,sky will have the final say and that will probably mean London.

Sorry, I'm not a big fight fan any more, I was only going on what I read this morning:o

You could be right about London but I hope not, does Lee have any aces to play to bring it to Limerick?

Charlie George

Just seen on boxing website that fight is to be held in Thomand pk september 19th,super news.

Cookiemunster

Newstalk just said they contacted Thomond Park who say it's untrue and they have no idea where this story came from.

EDIT. Frank Warren has debunked it too. Says talks are still on going. No date or venue decided.

A2LUE42

http://www.live95fm.ie/news/andy-lee-to-make-first-world-title-defence-at-thomond-park/22590

ANDY LEE TO MAKE FIRST WORLD TITLE DEFENCE AT THOMOND PARK


Saturday 20 June 2015

It's been confirmed that Andy Lee's first world title defence will take place at Thomond Park.
The Limerick fighter will take on England's Billy Joe Saunders at the venue on September 19th.
Andy Lee confirmed the news of the date and venue of the fight on his twitter account earlier.
Speaking exclusively to Limerick's Live 95fm the champion admitted it's a dream come true...

A2LUE42

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/other/andy-lee-title-defence-set-for-thomond-park-682766.html

zweton

How to get tics ?

Jofspring

zweton wrote: »

How to get tics ?

Details yet to be announced but I'd imagine there will be no problem getting tickets.

Clareman

zweton wrote: »

How to get tics ?

I think Thomond Park is affiliated with Ticketmaster so you'll be able to get tickets through their normal outlets, maybe even in TP itself.

I wouldn't imagine there will be much trouble getting tickets though, Munster couldn't sell the place out for a Pro12 semi final and there'll be more tickets available for a boxing match.

Charlie George

All hotels nearby nearly all sold out,looking like this will be super night for everybody.

Clareman

Charlie George wrote: »

All hotels nearby nearly all sold out,looking like this will be super night for everybody.

Great news, boxing is a great sport and Limerick is a great sporting city so hopefully it'll all come together for a great night.

bazz26

Looks like this fight has now been moved to Manchester in October:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2015/0812/720849-andy-lee-billy-joe-saunders-thomond-park/

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/other/andy-lees-fight-postponed-and-moved-to-manchester-690758.html

betonit

why not re-schedule in limerick... whats about the "fans" ???? why wasnt katie taylor fight accomadated..... money people havin their say

1800

betonit wrote: »

why not re-schedule in limerick... whats about the "fans" ???? why wasnt katie taylor fight accomadated..... money people havin their say

Katie Taylor is irrelevant to this.

I feel for the fans who bought tickets but the rumours are about 8-11k tickets were sold. Theres no doubt this has been moved due to poor ticket sales. Its bad for Limerick and I doubt at this stage of his career Lee will fight in Thomond again.

Its just typical Irish sports fans, all event junkies and bandwagoners. If this was being hyped by Sky it would have sold out.

Jofspring

I didn't think the pricing structure was great to be honest. Back of the stand was €60. I spent a season at the back of that stand watching rugby and for €60 it's pretty far away from the action and not great value.

I always thought Thomond Park was a big stretch for the fight. I think they were going to be accommodating 30,000 people.

finbarrk

Anyone know how do we go about getting tickets refunded?

callaway92

betonit wrote: »

why not re-schedule in limerick... whats about the "fans" ???? why wasnt katie taylor fight accomadated..... money people havin their say

Only 5000 tickets had been sold.