WINNER: St Joseph's ace Lee Selby
ST JOSEPH’S star Lee Selby beat Viorel Simion in Hull tonight to win the WBC international featherweight title.
The Barry boxer, who trains with Tony Borg at St Joes in Newport, earned a unanimous points victory over the previously unbeaten Romanian who is fourth in the WBC world rankings.
Selby dominated for the first seven rounds and survived a late rally by Simion to win 118-110, 115-113 and 116-112 on the judges’ scorecards.
With the 17th win of his pro career the 26-year-old added the WBC international featherweight belt to his British and Commonwealth titles.
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