Lee Selby: I'll Outclass Gradovich and Stop Him Late!

By Edward Chaykovsky

Mandatory challenger Lee Selby (20-1, 8KOs) is confident of captured the IBF featherweight crown, when he challenges reigning champion Evgeny Gradovich (19-0-1, 9KOs), who retained his title last year with a twelve round draw against Jayson Velez in Oklahoma.

Selby, the current WBC International, British and Commonwealth champion, was ringside for Gradovich's fight with Velez. The challenger is coming off an impressive battering of Joel Brunker in their title eliminator.

Their fight was ordered to take place before the end of April.

“This fight is going to go well and I am going to guarantee I am going to win it,” said Selby to Wales Online. “This is what my life has been gearing towards because lose and I am back to the bottom of the pile. This is what all my training has been building up towards since I was eight years old. This has been my dream and now it’s becoming a reality.

“I am ready for world honours. I am not the finished article yet but I know I will improve with every fight. I don’t think I will struggle at all. Similar to my last fight I will outclass the guy and I am looking at a late stoppage. He is similar to the other guys I have fought, just a tiny step up in class."