TYLDESLEY'S Lee Meiger could box for Jersey in the Commonwealth Games.
This season's ABA featherweight finalist went to live and work on the island last year and would qualify as a resident.
He flew back to his home town last week to meet 1997 ABA champion Steven Bell, from Hyde, on a show organised by Meiger's former club, Centurions ABC.
Bell won a tough five-rounder on points but Meiger's stepfather Steve Walshaw, who runs Centurions, said: "Lee still has a great chance of making the Jersey team for Kuala Lumpur this September.
"We have been told a decision will be announced on June 10 and we are all keeping our fingers crossed for Lee."
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