Promoter Frank Warren says no decision has yet been made on a venue for Andy Lee's WBO middleweight title defence, despite reports that Thomond Park would host the fight.
The Irish Independent had earlier reported that Lee had agreed to meet mandatory challenger Billy Joe Saunders (21-0) in Limerick's Thomond Park on 19 September. Warren said this afternoon that this was "inaccurate."
Warren said the fight would take place in September but that no exact date had been chosen and that "venues in London and Ireland are under consideration".
Warren said that he was in "advanced discussions" with Lee's trainer and manager Adam Booth with a view to finalising details of the fight.
Lee won the WBO belt with a sixth-round stoppage of Matt Korobov in December before drawing with Peter Quillin in an enthralling non-title bout in New York in April.
Speaking on RTÉ's The Late Late Show earlier this year, Lee declared that defending the title in his home town would be a "dream".
"I've had three dreams in my career," he said. "One was to win a world title and two was to bring it back to Limerick. And my third dream would be to defend it in Limerick and hopefully that can be done in the summer."
