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Macklin vs Lee: DiBella aiming to get fight on April 26 HBO slot

A potential clash between middleweights Matthew Macklin and Andy Lee is being pushed by Lou DiBella for a now open April 26 HBO show.

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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

With Gennady Golovkin unfortunately out of his April 26 HBO date due to the recent passing of his father, HBO still wants a fight on that date, and Lou DiBella is proposing a middleweight clash between Andy Lee -- who may have been Golovkin's next foe -- and Matthew Macklin.

Macklin (30-5, 21 KO) was knocked out in three rounds by Golovkin last year, but did come back on HBO in December to beat Lamar Russ over 10 rounds. Lee (31-2, 22 KO) is working on a three-fight win streak over mediocre foes since getting stopped in round seven by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr back in June 2012.

Macklin vs Lee has been a talked-about fight for a while now, particularly among UK fans. Lee is from Ireland, and Macklin represents both Ireland and England, born in Birmingham but with Irish roots.

There was some talk of Macklin-Lee landing on the June 7 Cotto-Martinez pay-per-view, but Lou DiBella says that Cotto's promotional company has the rights to the co-feature that night, and the opening two PPV slots aren't going to be money fights on the Macklin-Lee level.

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