Rated at Featherweight Wins 22 Parents Lee Selby Sr. Reach 69.5 in (177 cm) Name Lee Selby Division Featherweight | Nationality Welsh Role Boxer Total fights 23 Height 1.74 m Siblings Andrew Selby | |
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Born 14 February 1987 (age 37) Barry, Wales ( 1987-02-14 ) Similar People Andrew Selby, Josh Warrington, Anthony Joshua, James DeGale, Lee Haskins Profiles | ||
Lee selby and andrew selby life as a boxer
Lee Selby (born 14 February 1987) is a Welsh professional boxer. He has held the IBF featherweight title since 2015, and previously the European, British, and Commonwealth featherweight titles between 2011 and 2014. As of May 2017, he is ranked as the world's third best featherweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fourth by The Ring magazine, and fifth by BoxRec.
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- Lee selby and andrew selby life as a boxer
- Exclusive lee selby lockeroom i want carl frampton i want big fights
- Early boxing career
- British Champion
- Selby vs Simion
- Selby vs Gradovich
- Selby vs Montiel
- Selby vs Barros
- Personal life
- References
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Early boxing career
Selby began his professional career on 12 July 2008 with a win over Sid Razak at the Newport Leisure Centre in Wales. He compiled a record of four straight wins before losing for the first time in his career to Samir Mouneimne at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke on 29 May 2009. Selby won his next three fights before beating Dai Davies for the Welsh Area title on 30 October 2010 claiming the belt with a 2nd-round knockout. On 30 July 2011 he met Scotsman James Ancliff for the Celtic featherweight title and claimed the belt with a 6th round stoppage.
British Champion
On 17 September 2011 Selby claimed the British and Commonwealth titles with a win over then champion Stephen Smith via 8th round stoppage at the Olympia in Liverpool. Despite being the underdog going into the fight Selby took control of the centre of the ring and caught Smith with a left hand in the 8th round, a punch from which Smith was unable to recover. Selby said after the fight that the win "feels like I've won a world title" adding "It's something that I have been dreaming about since I was a kid. It's a big achievement and not a lot of people have done it".
On 20 April 2013 Selby dismantled the former unbeaten Australian champion Corey McConnell. McConell's corner threw in the towel in the fifth round.
Selby vs. Simion
On 13 July 2013, Lee Selby took another step towards a world title shot when he faced in Hull the unbeaten Romanian boxer and ranked at fourth by the WBC, Viorel Simion, and won the WBC International featherweight title with a unanimous decision victory. According to some prominent boxing writers, the British rising star passed the toughest test of his career in a very close fight.
Selby vs. Gradovich
In May 2015, Lee Selby won the IBF featherweight title from Evgeny Gradovich. The fight ended in a unanimous TD after Gradovich was cut from an accidental head clash, and was unable to continue.
Selby vs. Montiel
Selby retained his IBF featherweight title in October 2015 with a win over Mexican Fernando Montiel in Arizona. He dedicated the win to his childhood friend Darren Bray, who had recently died from attempting to eat a burger in one go.
Selby vs. Barros
On July 2017, Lee made his latest defence of his IBF featherweight crown. Just weeks before the fight, Selby received shocking news of his mother's sudden death in Wales, and his family urged him to pull out of the fight. Selby decided to continue training days later, and dedicate the fight to his mother.
Personal life
Selby is the brother of GB Boxing's 2012 Olympic flyweight representative Andrew Selby. Lee attended Barry Comprehensive School from 1998 to 2003.