On December 19, 2015, the 31-year-old WBO middleweight world champion, Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs), faced a 26-year-old British boxer Billy Joe Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Lee came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 8 days. Saunders was on a 22-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Billy Joe Saunders defeated Andy Lee via majority decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Saunders improves his record to 23-0, while Lee adds a loss to his record at 34-3-1.
On June 16, 2012, a 28-year-old Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBC title held by 26-year-old Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs).
Lee came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days. Chávez Jr. was on a 22-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 12 days.
Julio César Chávez Jr. stopped Andy Lee via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC middleweight title. Chávez Jr. improves his record to 46-0-1 (32 KOs), while Lee adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On March 21, 2008, a 23-year-old Andy Lee (15-0, 12 KOs) and Brian Vera met in the ring.
Lee came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 19 days.
Andy Lee lost to Brian Vera via TKO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 15-1.