Promoter Frank Warren is keen on staging a St Patrick’s weekend showdown between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders. Lee claimed the vacant WBO middleweight world championship with a sixth-round stoppage win over Russian Matt Korobov on Saturday night, with the victory setting him on a collision course with European champion Saunders. While Lee will celebrate the win at a civic reception in his native Limerick on Wednesday, Warren is already planning for a spring blockbuster with his man Saunders, the WBO’s No 1 contender, and he could yet have a major say in fight plans as the promoter of the mandatory challenger when he sits down with Lee’s manager and trainer, Adam Booth, and US promoter Lou DiBella.
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Andy Lee beat Matt Korobov to win the WBO middleweight title
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The winner was contractually bound to fight Billy Joe Saunders
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Promoter Frank Warren wants to put the fight on in March
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Lee is desperate to defend his title for the first time in Ireland
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