Lee Selby

Selby wants Santa Cruz-Frampton winner or Russell Jr.

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By Scott Gilfoid: After milking his IBF title for the last two fights against lesser opposition, IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) has finally decided he wants to test himself against the best fighters in the featherweight division.

The 29-year-old Selby would like to fight the winner of next month’s clash between WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) and Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs), or face WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (27-1, 16 KOs).

Selby believes if he beats the likes of Santa Cruz and Russell Jr., he’ll become a huge star in the U.S. I hate to break the news to Selby, but those guys aren’t huge stars in the U.S. I mean, Russell Jr. doesn’t have much of a fan base at all, period, from what I can see.

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Lee Selby decisions Eric Hunter

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By Jim Dower: IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) was forced to get up off the deck after getting knocked down in the 2nd round to come back to defeat #3 IBF Eric Hunter (21-4, 11 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night on Sky Box Office pay-per-view from the O2 Arena in London, UK.

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Lee Selby vs. Eric Hunter on April 9 at O2 in London, UK

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selby45By Scott Gilfoid: IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) will be making what should be another ridiculously easy defense of his title next month against #3 IBF Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 KOs) on April 9 at the O2 Arena in London, UK. This fight has disqualification written all over it. The Selby-Hunter fight will take place on the Sky Box Office pay-per-view card headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin vs. Britain’s own Anthony Joshua.

It’s unknown yet where Selby’s promoter Eddie Hearn will place the Selby-Hunter fight on the card, but my guess is it’ll be the third or fourth fight from the main event. I can’t see Hearn placing a featherweight contest like Selby-Hunter as the co-feature due to the potential of a buzz-kill due to Selby’s spoiling fighting style.

The British boxing fans are going to want to see nonstop action on the night, and it might be a real downer if Selby is running and holding all night long.

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Martinez decisions Alexander; Selby defeats Montiel – Live Results

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EW5G6759(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/PBC) By Scott Gilfoid: We may have seen former two division world champion Devon Alexander’s career effectively ended tonight with him losing a 10 round unanimous decision to journeyman Aaron Martinez (20-4-1, 4 KOs) on Wednesday night on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from the Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona. The final judges’ scores were 96-94, 97-93 and 97-93, all for Martinez.

You hate to say that Alexander’s career is over with, but with him losing 3 out of his last 4 fights, I think you can make an argument for that possibility. Alexander’s punishing loss to Shawn Porter in 2013 seems to have taken something out of him because he hasn’t looked the same since then. Alexander was beaten by Amir Khan by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision last December. Alexander then stayed out of the ring for 10 months until coming back to fight Martinez tonight. Alexander looked worse in this fight than he did in the Khan fight if you can believe it.

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Selby expecting tough fight against Montiel

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8 KOs) will be facing the aging 36-year-old former three division world champion Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39 KOs) tomorrow night on Wednesday on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from the Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona.

This is a fight that is hard to really like because of Montiel being so much smaller and older than Selby. The 5’4” Montiel started his career out as a flyweight, and it was only recently that he moved up to featherweight. #10 IBF Montiel clearly doesn’t belong in the ring with someone as tall as the 5’8 ½” Selby.

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IBF Champ Lee Selby faces tricky US title defence

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By Matt Plumridge: IBF featherweight belt holder Lee Selby (21-1, 8 KOs) is set for his US debut when he takes on former three-weight world champion Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39 KOs) in the latest installment of the PBC boxing series this coming Wednesday at the Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona.

Selby, who beat IBF Fighter of the Year Evgeny Gradovich to take the crown in May, has been keen to match his fighting talk with his actual fights when stating that he was only keen on being involved in tough defences in order to establish himself as a top level world champion.

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Lee Selby: I can beat any featherweight

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selby45By Scott Gilfoid: IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8 KOs) will be making his first defense 16 days from now against 36-year-old Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39 KOs) at the Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona.

Selby feels that he’s absolutely going to win the fight without any doubt. In fact, Selby thinks he can beat any featherweight in the division, including Vasyl Lomachenko, Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz, and Gary Russell Jr.

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Lee Selby wants to fight all the top featherweights

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selby45By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Lee Selby (21-1, 8 KOs) has the IBF featherweight title in his possession, he says he wants to fight all the top featherweights in the division like Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares. Selby says he wants to fight the top dogs, but unfortunately he’s not doing that for his next fight.

Selby is taking on the aging 36-year-old former flyweight Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39 KOs) on October 14th on Premier Boxing Champions at the Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona. This fight is the equivalent of Selby facing little Jorge Arce, a fighter who also started his career out in the flyweight division.

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Devon Alexander vs. Aaron Martinez on October 14th on ESPN

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alexander342By Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion Devon Alexander (26-3, 14 KOs) will be fighting next month on October 14th against 33-year-old Aron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs) in a 10 round fight on Premier Boxing Champion on ESPN at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

#11 IBF Alexander is trying to work his way back into position for a title shot after suffering a crushing one-sided 12 round unanimous decision loss to Amir Khan last December at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Lee Selby vs. Fernando Montiel: is it a competitive bout for you?

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montiel334By Gerardo Granados: Everybody is entitle to his own opinion but I think that fellow Boxingnews24 writer Scott Gilfoid might have rushed to write off Kochulito Montiel before he fights IBF featherweight title holder Lee Selby next October 14. I am willing to bet to Mr. Gilfoid 3 to 1 that Fernando Montiel will win; if I lose I won’t write or post any article for three months and if Gilfoid loses then he doesn’t gets to write or post for only one month.

This bout isn’t only the first defense of Selby´s IBF feather belt; it is also the last chance that Montiel might get to win his fourth divisional title which would allow him to become only the fourth Mexican fighter to achieve such feat.

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