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Andy Lee full of confidence in generational talent Paddy Donovan

Andy Lee full of confidence in generational talent Paddy Donovan

Published Thu Feb 27, 2025, 6:00 PM UTCBy Tris Dixon

BELFAST – For the second consecutive week, trainers Andy Lee and Billy Nelson will pit their wits against one another.  Last Saturday, in Saudi Arabia, Lee’s heavyweight Joseph Parker emphatically stopped Nelson’s Martin Bakole, so this week the Scot will be hoping to draw a measure of revenge when his welterweight contender, Lewis Crocker, meets Lee’s Paddy Donovan. It is an enthralling match, with Nelson confident his man wins based on Crocker’s experience in with better competition. Lee, however, is adamant his fighter is the goods and has again referred to Donovan as “a generational talent.” “I’m probably biased as well, but everything I say and whatever I might predict or if I say someone’s going to win a fight unrelated to me, eventually it’ll be confirmed and proven right,”