Hearn planning Selby vs. Warrington fight

selby11By Scott Gilfoid: If #8 IBF Josh Warrington (21-0 4 KOs) defeats #9 IBF Joel Brunker (28-1, 16 KOs) in their fight on September 5th at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, UK, Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn wants to match Selby against Warrington in a fight at Elland Road that he thinks will attract between 40,000 to 50,000 fans.

Warrington is an unproven fighter with a pretty flimsy resume filled with weaker opposition, and he hasn’t done anything to prove that he deserves a world title shot. Brunker is a guy that was recently beaten by Selby last October via a 9th round stoppage loss.

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Warrington Decisions Tuberion – “We Are Leeds”

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Review by Olly Campbell – After some of the injury and sickness pull outs that have plagued this card over recent weeks and days, there was only ever going to be one guarantee going into Eddie Hearn’s return to Leeds, and that was the reception Josh Warrington was to receive from the energetic and partisan crowd that have earned themselves a reputation as some of the most loyal in all of British boxing. For this writer in actual fact, there is only one crowd to rival Leeds at the moment for atmosphere, and that crowd is found in Belfast N.I and they cheer a man called Frampton.

Despite that, the hometown faithful in Leeds did not disappoint, as aided by ex Leeds Utd footballer turned Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones, they cheered their fighters and made enough noise to ably carry their top boy over the finish line.

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