Mike Lee´s recovery worthy of Fighting Irish roots
(WorldNews Sport)

Mike Lee one minute felt like a kid, the next like an old man. It was late 2012, and Lee was 11-0 and sparring at a gym in Houston. As he explained in a story he penned for the Players’ Tribune, suddenly his back gave out and he fell to the canvas as if he had been clobbered. It was his first clue something was amiss. It took nearly two years for doctors to make the diagnosis. When they did, they informed Lee he was suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. It’s an auto-immune condition that primarily affects the spine, leading to incredible pain, fatigue and debilitation. Yet, here Lee is, only two weeks out from the biggest boxing match of his life. The Notre Dame grad will...