ST JOSEPH'S star Lee Selby will defend his IBF world featherweight title for the first time against Mexican Fernando Montiel in the United States in October.

The 28-year-old Barry boxer, who trains at St Joes in Newport with Tony Borg, beat Evgeny Gradovich in May to become Wales' 13th world champion.

He will fight 36-year-old Montiel at the Gila River Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday, October 14.

Selby, who has lost just once in 22 fights, signed up with Floyd Mayweather's advisor Al Haymon in August with the aim of fighting in the United States.

Montiel, a former two-weight world champion, has secured 39 of his 54 wins by knockout, with four defeats and two draws also on his record.