Dioufy wrote:Any negative comment aimed towards an Irish fighter on here, whether justified or not, is jumped on by the Irish. In this case, Lee deserves all he gets. It's a nothing fight and it should be portrayed like that.
If someone wrote like Bennie did about any British fighter(other than Hatton or Anthony Small) he'd have been jumped on by fans aswell.......although it probably would of been different fans.
Listen if he just berated the fight then that's fair enough, but you can't just use exaggerated criticism in describing a large part of someone's career just because you don't like their next fight. I mean if Haye signed to fight Audley Harrison now it wouldn't be fair to go and say he looked terrible against John Ruiz and was lucky to come away with a stoppage win, that just wouldn't be true.
I can't believe other people are saying it would be better not to fight at all either. Getting to stay sharp is a real positive for Lee as he often has a long waiting time between two fights. But the main point of this fight is the coverage on ESPN. American fans have forgotten who Andy Lee is, and Andy is trying to rebuild himself in America. So a fight which can be seen all over the whole country(and in countries outside it such as the UK) will be a real boost to Lee in terms of re-establishing himself as a name over here. It's likely Lee won't be out for long after this fight, and should have a much better opponent and hopefully another tv date next time out.
As for Cook not being ranked on boxrec, that's because he's been inactive more than 12 months. All fighters who haven't fought in the last twelve months aren't ranked.
