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JOSH WARRINGTON UPSETS LEE SELBY TO EARN THE IBF FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE IN FRONT OF HOMETOWN FANS LIVE ON SHOWTIME SPORTS SOCIAL PLATFORMS FROM LEEDS, U.K.

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WATCH THE FULL FIGHT: https://s.sho.com/2L5dV4G

 

NEW YORK (Mejju 19, 2018) – Josh Warrington became the new IBF featherweight world champion by upsetting Lee Selby in a split-decision victory. The bout was streamed live to U.S. audiences via the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page from Elland Road Football Ground in Leeds, U.K. L-imħallfin skorja l bout 116-112, 115-113 u 113-115.

 

 

 

Warrington (27-0, 6 Kos), from Leeds, used the energy of the home crowd and established control of the fight from the onset. He was the more aggressive fighter, catching Selby with a clean left hook to the jaw and an equally powerful right hand in the second round. In the same round, Selby, who was making the fifth defense of the IBF title that he earned in 2015, suffered a substantial cut above his left eye from an accidental headbutt. The cut would plague him for the remainder of the fight. In the middle rounds, Warrington continued the barrage to the head of Selby, who was taken to the corner in the sixth round for inspection after a second accidental headbutt but was allowed to continue. (Ikklikkja HERE to watch the accidental headbutt)

 

 

 

Selby (26-2, 9 Kos), of Cardiff, Wales, showed the experience and skills that made him champion in the later rounds despite the blood flowing down his face. He was able to regain his composure, establish his jab and land several impressive combinations, doing enough to earn the win in the eyes of one judge. But in the eyes of Warrington, who becomes Leeds’ first ever world champion, it was clear who the victor was. (Ikklikkja HERE to watch Warrington’s reaction to victory)

 

 

 

“I can’t put into words how I feel. I got into the ring tonight with the expectation of the city on my shoulders,” said Warrington. “I outboxed the boxer tonight.

 

 

 

“I’m overcome with emotion. We worked on gameplans but that all went out of the window and it was sheer grit and determination and this crowd got me through tonight.”

 

 

 

Following Carl Frampton’s rebħa fuq Nonito Donaire aħħar xahar, Warrington’s victory was the second of four high-stakes featherweights’ fights in quick succession on SHOWTIME platforms featuring seven of the consensus top-10 ranked featherweights, including three world champions and four former multi-division champions. Also on Saturday night, WBC Dinja Champion Gary Russell Jr. tiddefendi ċinturin tiegħu kontra Joseph Diaz live on SHOWTIME and on June 9, Leo Santa Cruz u Mares Abner will meet live on SHOWTIME in a highly anticipated rematch for the WBA Featherweight World Title.

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LEE SELBY vs. JOSH WARRINGTON FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES IN ADVANCE OF IBF FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

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Dan IS-SIBT, Mejju 19 LIVE on SHOWTIME Sports® YouTube Channel & SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page

 

NEW YORK (Mejju 15, 2018) – Featherweight world champion Lee Selby and undefeated contender Josh Warrington took questions from the media at Tuesday’s final press conference days ahead of their clash for the IBF Featherweight World Title this Saturday, Mejju 19. The main event bout from Elland Road Football Ground in Leeds, England will stream live to U.S. audiences via SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel u SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page. (See links and embed codes below).

 

 

 

The SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL® livestream will begin at 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT with coverage provided by BT Sport and BoxNation and featuring commentary by U.K. sportscasters John Rawling (blow-by-blow) and former featherweight world champion Barry Jones (analiżi).

 

 

 

Selby (26-1, 9 Kos), of Cardiff, Wales has held the IBF Featherweight Title since 2015 when he wrested it from Evgeny Gradovich with an eighth-round TKO. He has since made four successful defenses, the latest being a unanimous decision over Eduardo Ramirez last December.

 

 

 

Warrington (26-0, 6 Kos), who will be fighting in his hometown of Leeds, won the British Featherweight Title in just his twelfth outing in 2012 and the Commonwealth Championship in 2013. He defeated Dennis Ceylan via stoppage in the 10th round in his last outing to earn his shot at the IBF title.

 

 

 

Following Carl Frampton’s rebħa fuq Nonito Donaire aħħar xahar, this will be the second of four high-stakes featherweights’ fights on SHOWTIME® platforms featuring seven of the consensus top-10 ranked featherweights, including three world champions and four former multi-division champions. Also on Saturday night, WBC Dinja Champion Gary Russell Jr. will defend his belt against Joseph Diaz live on SHOWTIME and on June 9, Leo Santa Cruz u Mares Abner will meet live on SHOWTIME in a highly anticipated rematch for the WBA Featherweight World Title.

 

 

 

The livestream of Selby vs. Warrington will precede Saturday evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® split-site telecast (10:05 p.m. ET / PT) that features Russell Jr. vs. Diaz from the MGM National Harbor in Maryland and WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis Stevenson defending his title against two-division world champion Badou Jack from Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

 

 

 

Below is what Selby, Warrington and their respective trainers had to say at today’s press conference:

Lee Selby

“I’m the world champion and a world champion should be ready and willing to defend his title anywhere in the world. It’s only five hours up the road from where I live so it’s not so much of a lion’s den to me.

 

 

 

“This is just another defense for me. It’s another fight. I treat every opponent the same. I don’t train for a certain style or a certain opponent. I prepare to get myself right and whatever happens that night, I know I’ve done the best I can to make myself ready.

 

 

 

“Some experts say that his style is going to give me a problem but other experts say his style is tailormade for me. That’s the great thing about boxing. It’s an opinionated sport.

 

 

 

“I’m no Muhammad Ali, I can’t predict the round I’m going to win in, but I just see myself winning. Jekk I ma, then I shouldn’t be here. If you’re a professional boxer and you don’t have the determination to become a world champion, then you shouldn’t be in the game.

 

 

 

“Having Carl Frampton in attendance won’t be a distraction at all. But if I come out on top on Saturday, he is who I want next. I would want to go straight into that fight in Belfast.

 

 

 

“I’m not going to instigate an argument like he’s been doing. I’m a humble guy. He was running his mouth in the first press conference. Maybe the guys in Leeds want you to win, but the rest of the country is hoping that I win. People dislike you.”

Josh Warrington

“I’m very relaxed. We had a bit of fun at the last press conference and the interviews. I feel like I don’t need to say anything else. The past few months, I’ve put my body through hell. I give absolutely everything I have every time I go into the gym. I jagħtu 100 mija. After all the talk about me and Lee potentially fighting, it came down to this camp and I gave it everything.

 

 

 

“I talk a lot about destiny. Ftit snin ilu, we had the chance to fight for a world title and it didn’t come off for me, and now I have an opportunity again. With how things have gone, anything could have happened in those couple of years. Lee could have moved weight or gotten beat but it’s come around how I always dreamed it and planned it. I always wanted to fight for a world title at Elland Road and it’s here.

 

 

 

“I’ve dreamt about this so many times, Jien biss lesta li tmur. There’s no more need for talking. Nhar is-Sibt bil-lejl, I get to punch him in the face. This is beyond dreams, especially since I’ve been written off. I’m just carried on going and the fans have stuck behind me. They’re very loyal and we do this together. After Saturday night I’ll be known as Leeds’ first world champion.

 

 

 

“I’m able to adapt to any style. I’m known as a come-forward pressure fighter but I’ve always been able to adapt and do what I have to do to win. I’m willing to go so far. I just want this so bad. For everything I’ve been through, it all leads up to this fight. I’m going to give every ounce of energy in my body to win that world title.

 

 

 

“Carry on with your pictures and everything else with that belt this week, because it’s staying here pal. Once it comes here, that world title is staying.”

 

Tony Borg, Lee Selby’s Trainer

“Training has been first class. He’s put everything into it, he doesn’t mess around outside of the gym. His life is all boxing. Training has gone perfectly as it always does. I think a lot is being put on how he’s going to deal with this hostile crowd – he’s going to thrive on it, nemmen lili.

 

 

 

“I’m not just confident, Jien 101 percent certain that Lee Selby will go out there and thrive on the hostilities. Josh is very good fighter, but Lee’s an elite fighter. He’s a level above Josh, I believe.”

Sean O’Hagan, Josh Warrington’s Trainer

“Every trainer will tell you that they’ve had the best camp ever. What I will say is that you prepare for the fight in front of you. We’re preparing for Lee specifically. This camp has been so relaxed, it’s flowed so well. There’s been no flaws. We’re all very relaxed.

 

 

 

“We’ve done a little bit extra sparring because Lee has a style that requires it. Let’s not forget, he’s a very good fighter. Our preparation has been so good. We’ve had really good sparring and have covered every aspect of training. We’ve done more. We’ve thought about it more. We’ve gone deeper into things. I can count on one hand the amount of times he’s been hit clean in all of the rounds we’ve done of sparring.”

 

Sibt ĠLIEDA: 5:00 p.m. U / 2:00 p.m. PT (nota: start time is approximate)

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Joel Brunker Set għall Flip l-Script fl-Ingilterra Għada Night Kontra Unbeaten Warrington

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"Selby vs. Warrington se jkollhom jistennew. Huwa ser jiġi me Selby Next tqabbil mill-ġdid.”
Konkorrent featherweight Awstraljan Joel Brunker jgħid li kollha jitkellmu ta 'l-avversarju li jmiss tiegħu, undefeated Josh Warrington, jiffaċċjaw Champion IBF attwali Lee Selby fi Showdown kollha UK se jkun irrilevanti meta hu f'idejn Warrington ewwel telfa tiegħu għada lejl (IS-SIBT, Settembru 5).
Brunker (28-1, 16 Kos) minn New South Wales se jiffaċċjaw eroj Hometown Warrington (21-0, 4 Kos) għall-WBC Internazzjonali u tal-Commonwealth (British Empire) Kampjonati featherweight Fl-ewwel Direct Arena, Leeds, Yorkshire fir-Renju Unit.
“Il-midja minn hawn jżomm jitkellem dwar ġlied Josh Warrington Lee Selby jmiss fi Showdown kollha Ingliż, iżda mhumiex jiffokaw biżżejjed fuq x'hemm sejjer iseħħ,” Said Brunker. “Jien ġejjin fil għada lejl li tieħu Warrington l!”
Telf Brunker tal-karriera biss kien li Selby f'Ottubru 2014. Fl-aħħar ġlieda tiegħu, Brunker telgħet il-Boxing Organizzazzjoni Oċeanja Super featherweight Kampjonat Internazzjonali billi twaqqa u l-waqfien Ray Laspinas tal-Filippini f'żewġ rawnds Frar li għadda fil-Kazin Richmond fil Richmond, New South Wales, Awstralja.
“Dak li għandha tkun jkollna lest għall huwa rematch tiegħi ma Selby għaliex dan huwa dak li għaddej biex jiġri u dan iż-żmien jien ser tkun lesta għalih,” Brunker kompliet.
“Dawn jidhru li jkunu tinjora Joel kemmxejn minn hawn u jitkellem dwar il-ġlieda Selby bħallikieku huwa konklużjoni ovvja,” qal ko-promotur Brunker ta, Greg Cohen ta Promozzjonijiet Greg Cohen (flimkien ma 'Adam Wilcock tal Promozzjonijiet FightCard). “Huwa żball kbir min-naħa tagħhom biex jinjoraw Joel għaliex hu ġejjin fil hawn biex jitwaqqaf rematch ma Selby billi rebħu dan Guy undefeated.”
Dwar Promozzjonijiet Greg Cohen
Wieħed mill ħwejjeġ promozzjonali premier boxing l, Promozzjonijiet Greg Cohen (GCP) huwa isem tajjeb rispettati għall waqfien avvenimenti ta 'klassi dinjija boxing professjonali u promozzjoni ġellieda professjonali elite madwar id-dinja.
Fundatur u CEO Greg Cohen kien involut ma boxing professjonali fil-kapaċitajiet varji mill-1980 tard, imsin dgħajjes tiegħu u li jistabbilixxi lilu nnifsu bħala negozjant shrewd boxing internazzjonali.
Distinti mill-kapaċità tiegħu biex spot u jiżviluppaw it-talent prima, Cohen ewwel magħmula aħbarijiet promozzjonali għall-gwida espert tiegħu ta, fost ħafna oħrajn, ex WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Nru Dubju” Trota, li Cohen għenu gwida mis mhux magħruf prospett New Mexico to-pay per view superstars livell elite.
Minbarra l-Trota, Promozzjonijiet Greg Cohen ħadem ma 'ismijiet stabbiliti bħal eks champion unifikata u żewġ time heavyweight Hasim “Il Rock” Rahman u l-great-time-piż multipli champion klassi dinjija James “Dwal Out” Toney.
Cohen bħalissa tippromwovi champion dinja multipli u boxing superstar Zab Judah, boxing superstars tan-nisa Amanda Serrano, u eks champion dinja Kendall Holt, kif ukoll kontendenti ratata fid-dinja attwali inklużi cruiserweight undefeated top Lateef Kayode, żmien twil middleweight elite “Jfissru” Joe Greene, artist KO ħfief Ismael Barroso, featherweight super top Arash Usmanee, Kanadiżi eroj azzjoni ħfief u TV Tony Luis; WBA u ħames time Irish National Champion Amateur, Dennis Hogan; u l-prospett ħfief Awstraljan Josh King.
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