Commonwealth lightweight champion Lee McAllister is planning to use the David Haye v John Ruiz heavyweight title fight as an opportunity to attract the attention of America. The Aberdeen Assassin will make the third defence of his title against Ben Murphy on the undercard of the WBA world heavyweight fight at Manchester’s MEN Arena on April 3.The fight will be broadcast live on Sky Box Office in the UK and will provide the 27-year-old with a platform to demonstrate his talents both at home and in the US.
However, the Aberdonian will be hoping to put on a better show than his last performance on Sky, which saw him put on a lacklustre display to outpoint Ghanaian Sam Amoako last month.
McAllister, 31-2 (7 KOs), is on a three fight winning streak and has thrilled audiences with his knockouts of Godfriend Sowah, to claim the Commonwealth title, and Scottish champion Charlie King. The lightweight apologised for his performance after the Amoako fight and will be eager to make amends.
With the world watching McAllister will have all the motivation he needs to give it his all against the inexperienced Murphy and plans to take advantage of the attention.
“We’ve got bigger and better things now,” said McAllister. “We’ve got a massive stage of world boxing – David Haye versus John Ruiz.
“I’m on the undercard in one of the chief supporting fights so it’s looking good. We are hoping to get big feedback from the Americans and hopefully get a big stage fight over there.”
The headline bout will see Haye defend his WBA heavyweight strap for the first time against American challenger Ruiz. The Hayemaker faces the mandatory challenger en route to a unification bout with either Klitschko brother - that is, of course, if he gets past the durable and experienced Ruiz.
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