Lee Selby v Jonathan Barros

Lee Selby: Welshman to defend title on undercard of Frampton v Santa Cruz

Lee Selby will defend his world IBF featherweight title against mandatory challenger Jonathan Barros in Las Vegas on 28 January at the MGM Grand Hotel.

The Welshman's third mandatory title defence will become the third world title fight on a bill topped by Carl Frampton's WBA world featherweight title rematch with Leo Santa Cruz.

The 29-year old from Barry is being lined-up to fight the winner of Frampton v Santa Cruz in 2017.

"I want the winner," said Selby.

Northern Irishman Frampton claimed a points win over Santa Cruz of Mexico in July.

Montenegrin Dejan Zlaticanin defends his WBC lightweight title against Mikey Garcia of the United States in the third world title fight scheduled for the bill in January.

Selby had previously told the BBC he expected his next title defence to be in the USA.

Lee Selby: Welshman to defend title on undercard of Frampton v Santa Cruz - BBC Sport

Selby is still alive? Blimey. Since he gave Eddie the elbow - to crack America with Al - he went right off the radar. A fight in the UK against Frampton would be terrific. In fact there's plenty of top fights for him in the UK.

Three world title fights on one show? This whole Haymon PBC thing is weird. He's got fighters sitting around for ages like Selby and then he bungs three title fights on the same night. Then they'll probably be sat on their arses for another six months or so.

Hey, for me it looks like its going to be a really good night of sport though. Will have to make sure I fill up the fridge with beer for this one!