1. Lee Selby was born on 14 February 1987 and is a retired Welsh former professional boxing world champion who competed from 2008 to 2022.
17 Facts About Lee Selby
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Lee Selby held the IBF featherweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the British, Commonwealth, and European featherweight titles between 2011 and 2014.
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Lee Selby won his next three fights before beating Dai Davies for the Welsh Area title on 30 October 2010 claiming the belt with a second-round knockout.
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On 17 September 2011, Lee Selby claimed the British and Commonwealth titles with a win over then champion Stephen Smith via an eighth-round stoppage at the Olympia in Liverpool.
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On 20 April 2013 Lee Selby dismantled the former unbeaten Australian champion Corey McConnell.
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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.
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In May 2015, Lee Selby won the IBF featherweight title from Evgeny Gradovich.
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Lee Selby retained his IBF featherweight title in October 2015 with a win over Mexican Fernando Montiel in Arizona.
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Lee Selby dedicated the win to his childhood friend Darren Bray, who had recently died.
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In July 2017, Lee Selby made his next defence of his IBF featherweight crown.
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Just weeks before the fight, Lee Selby received shocking news of his mother's sudden death in Wales, and his family urged him to pull out of the fight.
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Lee Selby decided to continue training days later, and dedicate the fight to his mother.
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On 19 May 2018, Lee Selby defended his IBF featherweight title for the fifth time, against unbeaten Josh Warrington.
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Lee Selby suffered a bad cut over his left eye in the sixth round, but was allowed to continue the fight.
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Warrington managed to be busier than Lee Selby and landed cleaner shots through most of the fight.
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Lee Selby announced his retirement from boxing on 5 April 2022.
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Lee Selby is the brother of GB Boxing's 2012 Olympic flyweight representative Andrew Lee Selby.