Lee Selby: record, next fight and profile →
Having been ringside assessing the opposition in recent weeks, Josh Warrington is perfectly placed to run the rule over the domestic featherweight scene and he duly takes up the theme in his latest exclusive Fighter Diary column…
Frank Warren is determined to build on a stellar 2017 by pushing on even further in the New Year. The Hall of Fame promoter was speaking to the media on Thursday at a homecoming press conference for Billy Joe Saunders. Saunders, 28, retained his WBO middleweight world title against David Lemieux last weekend at the Place Bell in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, producing a masterclass to outpoint the Canadian in his own back yard, exclusively live on BT Sport in the UK and on HBO in the States.
Leeds Warrior Josh Warrington has hit back at Lee Selby's claims that he is "big-headed", and criticized Selby's performance against Eduardo Ramirez on December 9th. IBF World Featherweight Champion Selby outpointed the tough Mexican at the Copper Box, while his mandatory challenger Warrington worked as a ringside pundit.
Commiserations to Gary Corcoran who was stopped in the eleventh round of his WBO World Welterweight title challenge against Jeff Horn in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. Horn, who was making the first defence of the title he snatched from Manny Pacquiao in July, began the fight in sharp fashion, establishing his jab well in the middle of the ring as he sought to lay down a marker in-front of his hometown fans.
Frank Warren has revealed that he has signed Lee Selby to a promotional deal. The IBF featherweight champion retained his world title with a points win last weekend, exclusively live on BoxNation and BT Sport. Selby outpointed Mexico’s Eduardo Ramirez unanimously at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday, as part of Warren’s ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ card which saw James DeGale lose his IBF super-middleweight title to Caleb Truax.
This past Saturday night at Copper Boxing in London, Welshman Lee Selby (26-1, 9 KOs) secured a unanimous points victory over Eduardo Ramirez to retain his IBF featherweight world title. Selby's belt was not on the line after Ramirez failed to make the weight, but the 30-year-old, who lost his mother just days before he defended his title against Jonathan Victor Barros in July - a fight which had been postponed after the Argentine failed a blood test - appeared keen on putting on a good show.
Copper Box Arena, London - In a non-title contest, IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (26-1, 9 KOs) won a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Eduardo Ramirez (20-1-3, 7 KOs). The scores were 118-110, 119-109 and 116-112. The fight was a non-title contest because Ramirez failed to make the weight on Friday. Ramirez fought to a split draw with Leduan Barthelemy back in September in Las Vegas.
The city of Los Mochis in the northern state of Sinaloa in Mexico has produced a string of top class boxers who have made their names on the international stage by becoming world champions. Fernando Montiel, Antonio DeMarco, Jorge Arce, Hugo Cázares and Humberto Soto are just a few in recent times who boxing followers across the globe will be familiar with. Eduardo Ramírez (20-0-3, 7 KOs), trained by the aforementioned Montiel’s brother, was hoping to add his name to the list this Saturday night in London when he challenges IBF world champion Lee Selby at the Copper Box.
On Saturday at a sold out Theater at Madison Square Garden, dual Olympic champions Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux go mano a mano for the formers WBO Super Feather strap. BoxNation screen live. They’re certainly the best two technicians presently active – possibly ever – but Glynn Evans canvassed 14 leading fight faces as to who they think will emerge ‘Numero Uno’.
DeGale vs. Truax Weights Photos Gallery - James DeGale MBE (23-1-1, 14 KOs) tops an unmissable evening of boxing in the capital when he makes the fourth defence of his IBF Super-Middleweight World Title against American Caleb Truax (28-3-2, 18 KOs); Lee Selby (25-0-1, 9 KO's) defends his IBF Featherweight crown against Mexico's Eduardo Ramirez (20-0-3, 7 KO's);