Andy Lee's first defence of his WBO middleweight belt will now be a non-title bout.

The challenger Peter Quillin came in 1.4 pounds overweight at the weigh-in, and failed to shed the excess weight in the allotted time.

Quillin apologised to Lee and his fans after the decision:

A message to my fans... pic.twitter.com/gkD7OHk5aK

— Peter Quillin (@KIDCHOCOLATE) April 10, 2015

'Kid Chocolate' had until 8pm Irish time to cut weight, rendering the bout a non-title feature.