WBA featherweight king Carl Frampton has backed Andrew Selby to become a world champion.

However, unbeaten Frampton, who defends his own crown in a rematch with Leo Santa Cruz next January, believes Selby would be a “superstar” if he was campaigning at a different weight.

Frampton was speaking following Selby’s seventh-round stoppage of Jake Bornea at Wembley Arena on Friday night, a win that saw the Welshman secure the IBF inter-continental lightweight title.

British champion Selby, who trains at St Joseph’s gym in Newport, had no problems seeing off the man from the Philippines to make it seven wins in as many outings in the professional ranks.

Frampton, working as a ringside pundit for Channel 5, said about Selby: “He’s one of my favourite fighters to watch, I just think he’s in the wrong weight division.

“If he was a welterweight or light-welterweight he would be a superstar.

“It was a good performance and there’s no doubt in my mind he will be a world champion.”

Meanwhile, former WBC super-middleweight world champion Richie Woodhall added: “I think he’s got all the tools to (be a world champion), and I think he’ll be fast-tracked.

“Because he had so much experience as an amateur and was world number one, he has brought that style into the professional game and it’s working.

“He’s probably got to sit on his shots a little bit more and improve his power, but certainly I think he’ll be boxing for a world title within five or six contests.”

In beating Bornea, Selby displayed all the skills that have seen him make a lightning start to his career in the pro game.

He switched from orthodox to southpaw stance throughout and kept up a high work rate and tempo from the first round onwards.

Bornea had little to give in response, though he did well to absorb a lot of the punishment that came his way.

Elsewhere, Pontypool’s Kieran Gething got his professional career up and running with a 38-38 draw against 150-fight journeyman Kevin McCauley.

Gething felt he did more than enough to win the four-round light-middleweight contest but the referee saw otherwise, leaving the Welshman and his army of fans disappointed.

Two St Joseph’s boxers are in action on Monday night as Gavin Gwynne and Morgan Jones look to preserve their unbeaten records at the Sheraton Grand Park Hotel in London’s Mayfair.

Lightweight Gwynne and super-middleweight Jones face journeymen Andy Harris and Jevgenijs Andrejevs respectively, with both bouts scheduled for four rounds.