Boxing: 'SUPERMAN' ARMSTRONG INSPIRES MAGEE

Brian Magee will be inspired by Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong when he clashes with Robin Reid at Belfast's King's Hall on Saturday.

The super-middleweights meet for the IBO title and champion Magee believes he will have to dig deep to prevail.

The unbeaten Ulsterman knows that 33-year-old former WBC champion Reid, who lost controversially on points in an IBF title fight in December, will provide the acid test of his southpaw skills but he is defiantly self-confident, drawing inspiration from five-times Tour De France winner Armstrong.

"No matter what the sport, there's always doubts. I have been reading Lance Armstrong's autobiography and it's incredible that he came back from cancer to win the Tour and he's going for a sixth win," said Magee.