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Once one of us lands, it’s going to be retaliation and some heated exchanges. “It’s just a matter of imposing myself on the fight early. “It could be a firefight or it could be a boxing match,” Lee said of his match with Quillin. Plenty of tickets remain on sale at the usual outlets. Lee-Quillin has a chance to upstage a main event, which features super lightweight champion Danny Garcia of Philadelphia taking on Lamont Peterson of Washington in a 143-pound non-title bout. Now that’s up to him to do the same thing and have that pressure.” “I’ve done that three or four times having the belt.

“I’m actually going to let Andy Lee have that pressure on him to be able to perform like the champion,” Quillin said. It figures to be an intriguing matchup, though Quillin insists he feels no added pressure to regain his crown. Lee figures to need his skills as a puncher and boxer against the talented Quillin (31-0, 22 KOs), a Brooklyn resident, who won the WBO middleweight title in 2012 and defended it three times before vacating the crown last year for personal reasons. I think I’m performing better in the gym, and I’m looking forward to putting on a show in Brooklyn.” “I think it showed in the Korobov fight and even now in the gym.

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“It took me a long time to learn the technique of how to squat and fight from a lower position,” said Lee, a tall middleweight at 6-foot-2. Lee also credits his new London-based trainer Adam Booth for teaching him how to become more of an inside fighter, skills he used to outslug Korobov. Aside from my parents, he’s probably the biggest influence in my life.” “He was a big influence on my life from the way I cook my eggs to the way I tie my laces,” Lee said. He knew I could do it, and I was so happy to finally win the championship and dedicate it to him. “He always believed in me even after the losses. “He started me on this journey,” Lee said of Steward, whom he met in 2002. Winning the title fulfilled Steward’s early prediction the gangly Irishman would one day be a middleweight champion. Lee (34-2, 24 KOs) will be making his first title defense after capturing his crown by a sixth-round stoppage over Matt Korobov this past December in Las Vegas. “I’ll definitely be going for the knockout.” Adonis Stevenson AP Photo/The Canadian Press “My mentor Emanuel Steward always told me that as soon as I enter the ring the knockout is what sells,” Stevenson said. Stevenson, who will be defending his title for the fifth time, carries Steward’s words with him each time he enters the ring. Stevenson and Lee honed their skills under Steward at the famed Kronk Gym in Detroit.

Then, on April 11, Andy Lee will defend his WBO middleweight title against former champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, broadcast on NBC from Barclays Center. Legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward died in October 2012, but his influence will resonate across the boxing landscape for the next couple of weeks as two of the boxers he helped groom defend their titles on network television.Īdonis “Superman” Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) will risk his WBC light heavyweight title Saturday against Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs) of Australia, on CBS at 4 p.m.

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