Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington on BT Sport - 19/5/18 Elland Road

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All the details for Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington this weekend

Welshman Lee Selby (26-1) puts his his IBF World feathweright title on the line this weekend against Josh Warrington (26-0) at Elland Road.
The champion will be walking into the lions' den in Leeds where Warrington is a huge star in the sixth defence of his belt which he won in 2015 against previously undefeated Evgeny Gradovich. Selby comprehensively outboxed the Russian and won a technical decision to step into the division’s elite bracket of fighters.
‘Lightning’ Lee finally faces the ‘Leeds Warrior’ after many months of trash talk, boasts and bad blood, which will be settled in this tasty all-British showdown this Saturday and BBN have provided all the details beloe to ensure you don't miss a single punch:

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Date

The bout takes place on Saturday May 19

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Venue

Elland Road - home to Leeds United FC

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Rounds scheduled

12 three-minute rounds at the featherweight limit

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TV Coverage

Coverage starts live on BT Sport and Box Nation TV at 7:30pm.
You can also use the BT App to live stream on the go on your tablet or mobile.
You can subsribe to Box Nation via Sky (427); Virgin Media (546); BT TV (415); TalkTalk (415); Freeview (26.

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Undercard highlights

Ohara Davies (16-1) fights for the first time on BT Sport under the Queensberry Boxing banner since splitting with Matchroom Boxing following controversial comments made about Hillsborough and the city of Liverpool. The former WBC Silver titlist tackles tough Frenchman Christopher Sebire (26-10-1) over 10-rounds at the super-lightweight limit.
Ellesmere Port marauder Mason Cartwright (13-0-1) clashes with Bradford’s Darren Tetley (15-0) for WBO European welterweight belt.
Double Olympic Champion Nicola Adams OBE (3-0) will fight for the fourth time as a professional on the undercard. ‘The Lioness’ will fight over 10 two-minute rounds against former Argentinian light-flyweight champion Soledad del Valle Frias (13-11-4) in her second outing as a professional in her home city of Leeds.
Unbeaten prospects in action are Mark Heffron (18-0); Leon Woodstock (10-0); Willy Hutchinson (3-0); Reece Mould (9-0); Jack Bateson (5-0); Danny Wright (8-0); Jack Daniel (2-0); and Fred Evans (4-0).

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This'll have the whole stadium rocking

Leeds United and Frank Warren are delighted to confirm the Kaiser Chiefs will be playing live at Elland Road, during the unmissable night of World Championship Boxing on Saturday 19th May.

Josh Warrington is looking to become IBF World Featherweight Champion when he takes on Lee Selby, in what is set to be one of the biggest sporting events of the summer.

Warrington famously walks into his fights to ‘I Predict a Riot’ and the Leeds Warrior will enter the ring in May with the Kaiser Chiefs playing the track live at Elland Road.

The event will mark nearly ten years to the day since the Kaiser Chiefs played live at Elland Road, with their last appearance at the venue coming on 24th May 2008, in front of a capacity crowd of over 30,000.

[Master]

Selby is the Welsh Floyd Mayweather.

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[Primo Carnera]

I like Warrington, I like his honesty , his desire, and his attitude. Being a Leeds fan myself (Italy and Italian clubs notwithstanding. ), I love the whole Leeds thing, Radebe, Kaiser Chiefs, the crazy fans.
BUT Lee Selby is a serious step too far in class, and I reckon he will school Warrington. I also think he’ll go on to do the same to Frampton. I genuinely think that Selby is the closest thing in Britain to a special fighter. The only drawback has been a bit of a lack of activity, but I reckon this is the start of his career rocketing to where it should be.
Who knows, Millennium Stadium cards with him, his brother , Joe Cordina and maybe even one final fight for Enzo Mac.
Funny, I’m not Welsh, but I really like all of those fighters.

[Alpha]

I see this being a mismatch.

[Master]

I like Warrington, I like his honesty , his desire, and his attitude. Being a Leeds fan myself (Italy and Italian clubs notwithstanding. ), I love the whole Leeds thing, Radebe, Kaiser Chiefs, the crazy fans.
BUT Lee Selby is a serious step too far in class, and I reckon he will school Warrington. I also think he’ll go on to do the same to Frampton. I genuinely think that Selby is the closest thing in Britain to a special fighter. The only drawback has been a bit of a lack of activity, but I reckon this is the start of his career rocketing to where it should be.
Who knows, Millennium Stadium cards with him, his brother , Joe Cordina and maybe even one final fight for Enzo Mac.
Funny, I’m not Welsh, but I really like all of those fighters.

I like Selby and hate Leeds (no issue with Warrington) so hope Lee beats both Josh and Carl.

[Mark TKO]

Warrington has been brilliantly managed by Hearn so far with use of the new arena in Leeds, Leeds United fanbase and his match ups etc. He's made far more than he should have been able to.

Maybe he'll surprise us Saturday who knows but I fear he'll find out he does not belong with the elite at this weight.

Atmosphere will be amazing

[Mark TKO]

my mistake - he's with Warren now obviously.

can't recall when he left Hearn

[Master]

my mistake - he's with Warren now obviously.

can't recall when he left Hearn

About the same time you lost interest in boxing.

Do you want me to delete your account?

[Mark TKO]

please refer to the PM i sent you for my response

[Primo Carnera]

please refer to the PM i sent you for my response

How very diplomatic and controlled of you. I hope your PM was along the lines of “Go F**k yourself!”

[Fenster]

I see a missmatch too, Selby is not just on another level but stylewise this is bread and butter for him, he should stop Warrington, which is 7/2.

This fight should have happened years ago. With so many potential excellent matchups at 126 this is a waste of time, don't blame Selby tough, the bloke doesn't have the fanbase, he'll always play second fiddle throughout his career, just look how little interest this fight has.

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warrington will wear his ass down with that buzz saw pressure (powder puff pressure?) and win on points.