Andrew Selby: record, next fight and profile →
The BBBoC’s latest championship circulars have been released and have confirmed a slew of potential fights for the British and English titles as well as announcing a European fight after the Board revealed that Andrew Selby will travel to France for his European flyweight title contest against Vincent Legrand.
But he has now revealed that he will be back in the ring on April 14 at the O2 Arena in London, exclusively live on BT Sport and BoxNation, as part of the supporting cast to Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO middleweight world title defence against Martin Murray and Terry Flanagan’s clash with undefeated Texan Maurice Hooker for the vacant WBO title at super-lightweight.
Josh Wale has had his next fight confirmed. The Barnsley bantamweight, who was most recently in action earlier this month, will defend his British crown against the mandatory challenger Ukashir Farooq. Stefy Bull, Wale’s promoter, will stage the fight –– the third defence for Wale, who will get the belt for keeps with a win –– on April 13 at Doncaster Dome.
John O’Donnell vs. Tamuka Muchapondwa will happen on February 16 at the Indigo at the O2. The fight has been mooted for several months and is finally set to happen, with the Board warning that final eliminator status for the British welterweight title will be withdrawn if it happens any later than the given date.
Andrew Selby booked a shot at the WBC flyweight title after winning his eliminator against Mexico's Maximino Flores at London's York Hall. The Welsh boxer took an unanimous 119-109, 117-111, 117-112 decision on the judges' score cards to extend his unbeaten run as a professional to 10-0. "I let him give me a few too many shots because I didn't feel he had power," Selby told Channel 5.
Andrew Selby has had his next fight confirmed. The Welshman’s promotional outfit, Cyclone Promotions, confirmed on Friday that the undefeated 28-year-old will return to the ring next month as he continues his chase to a world title. Selby will box in a final eliminator for the WBC flyweight crown, currently held by Daigo Higa, on October 7 at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.
Andrew Selby (9-0, 5 KOs) had to get off the floor to secure himself a crack at the WBC world flyweight championship by comfortably outpointing Nicaragua’s Cristofer Rosales in Cardiff. Selby is now in line for a fight with world champion Daigo Higa (13-0, 13 KOs), who captured the title last weekend with a sixth round knockout of Juan Hernnadez at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan
Andrew Selby has had his next fight date confirmed. The WBC International, British and IBF Inter-Continental champion was only in action earlier this month but has now been given his next outing date. Selby (8-0, 5 KOs) will face an opponent to be named on March 11.
Olympia, London - Andrew Selby continues his rapid rise through the professional ranks with a comfortable 10 round points win over Ardin Diale. Selby (7-0-0, 5KOs) – younger brother of featherweight world champion Lee Selby – looked a class above as his combination of speed and ring craft helped him pick up the WBC international flyweight title. All three judges scored the contest 100-90.
Kid Galahad has been added to a pay-per-view undercard. As previously reported by Boxing Scene, the former British, Commonwealth and European super-bantamweight champion will be back in action on February 4.