Billy Lyell: Nobody’s “Opponent” – Part II

Sam Rossi (The following is the second in a two-part piece on Middleweight Title Contender Billy Lyell. Lyell was interviewed just a week before his scheduled fight with IBF Champ Sebastian Sylvester in Neubrandenburg, Germany) Like virtually every fighter to have entered the professional ring, Billy Lyell has long dreamt of the moment he would…

Youngstown’s Lyell to fight for middleweight crown

Columbus Boxing ExaminerSamuel Rossi Youngstown’s own Billy Lyell (22-7, 4 KO) has just signed to square off against IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester (32-3 15 KO) next Saturday night in Neubrandenburg, Germany. A 2002 graduate of Niles McKinley High School and recent graduate of Youngstown State University, Lyell is currently ranked #14 by the IBF. The fighter’s handlers entered a…