Lee Selby
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Selby in 2015
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| Rated at | Featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (174 cm) |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
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14 February 1987 Barry, Wales |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 9 |
| Losses | 1 |
Lee Selby (born 14 February 1987) is a Welsh professional boxer. He has held multiple titles at featherweight, where he is the current IBF champion, a title he won in 2015. Previously he held the British title from 2011 to 2014; the Commonwealth title from 2011 to 2013; and the European title in 2014.
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.
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.
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.
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