Lee Selby vs. Gustavo Lemos | Premier Sports - 26 March 2022

[margaret thatcher]

gustavo lemos sounds like an exotic appetizer

[stujones]

To be fair Selby's stock rose with the Kambosos win over Lopez. He ran Kambosos close and I dont have an issue with that base on the closness of that fight. In fact in some ways it's good cos no way will a promoter give him a meaningful fight

[margaret thatcher]

i think his stock didnt rise at all with him being out for as long as he has and not winning since 2019. maybe just lee and his family are sitting here today and going on about how impressive it is that lee ran kambo close (which mickey bey did too right before - 3 splits in a row for george)

actually fighting and winning almost always takes precedence over competitively losing to someone who then won a big fight. hardly anyone talking about mickey bey for the same reason

i have to rate my level of interest in lee selby's career pretty low atm, i thought kambo beat him clear too btw.

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Lee Selby: Welshman to fight Gustavo Lemos in Argentina

Former IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby will fight in Argentina as he faces the undefeated Gustavo Lemos in a final eliminator to meet lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr.

The fight is scheduled for Saturday, 26 March at Luna Park in Buenos Aires.

Selby lost a split decision to Kambosos at Wembley Arena in October 2020.

Lemos, 25, has won all of his 28 fights as a professional and is ranked third by the IBF, while 35-year old Selby is ranked fourth by the organisation.

The fight will be hosted in Argentina after Lemos' promoters won the purse bid and gives Selby a chance to become the first two-weight world champion from Wales.

"My final eliminator for the IBF Lightweight World Title is all set for 26 March at the historic Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina," Selby said.

"Trust me I'm ready and hungrier than ever to secure that world title shot."

Australian Kambosos stunned American Teofimo Lopez on a split decision in New York in November to hold the WBA, WBO and IBF lightweight belts.

[margaret thatcher]

i know that selby-kambosos 2 is the big title fight we'd all been hoping for at 135

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Fight Week!!

[Fray Bentos]

Last Welshman who fought an Argentinian for a world title (yes, I know this is a world title eliminator!) at Luna Park was Dai Dower who faced the great Pascual Perez and it went a round!

I am sure Selby will do better but it is going to be a hard ask out there, not an easy place to go out and win - big props for him taking it.

NB: He actually didn't fight at Luna Park but at San Lorenzo's stadium - I used to live about a mile away from there.

[Rockytony67]

This is being shown on Premier Sports.

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This is being shown on Premier Sports.

Not bad..

Daft o clock ?

[Rockytony67]

It says 11 pm on Sky Planner.

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Press Release

Premier Sports announced that their platform will have coverage of Welshmen Lee Selby’s (28-3, 9 knockouts) fight versus the undefeated Gustavo Lemos (27-0, 17 knockouts), which takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina this Saturday night – on Premier Sports 1.

The 35 year old from Barry will take on Lemos in an IBF final eliminator in a bid to earn a world title shot against unified lightweight champion George Kambosos.

Selby previously lost to Kambosos in October 2020 via a split decision and is currently ranked fourth by the IBF while his opponent Lemos is ranked third.

The fight will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina following Lemos’ promoters winning the purse bid and held in the Estadio Luna Park. The Argentinian has been fighting professionally for five years and his last fight took place last April as he defeated fellow Argentinian Maximiliano Ricardo Veron via TKO.

Speaking ahead of the fight, Selby commented: "My final eliminator for the IBF lightweight world title is all set for 26 March at the historic Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trust me, I'm ready and hungrier than ever to secure that world title shot."

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Richard Webb, COO of Premier Sports said, “We are delighted to broadcast Lee Selby’s final eliminator matchup versus Gustavo Lemos this weekend live from Buenos Aires. There is huge interest in this event from fans in the UK especially Wales and we’re pleased to make it live and exclusive to Premier Sports customers.”

[Cholo_cws]

This show is just startng on Bnation now. Paul Dempsey commentating.

[Cholo_cws]

Good opening fight. Plenty going on. Favourite down in the first. Good exchanges.

[margaret thatcher]

lee got stopped in the 5th, shades of jcm stopping andrew in 5 in mexico

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lee got stopped in the 5th, shades of jcm stopping andrew in 5 in mexico

Same round too..

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Lee gonna retire now?

[Boxerbeetle]

Fight here if anyone hasn’t seen it. Selby has always had a good chin, but body shots chopped him down. Definitely needs to consider retiring.

[tigermoth87]

Always said Selby was overrated. He got whooped

[Oiky]

Reckon he'll hang 'em now

[handsofstone]

Promising start from Selby, good movement and shooting out the jab and hitting Lemos with a few nice rights but Lemos kept coming and began landing rights of his own and kept the pressure on Selby who's always had a good chin and heart, Lemos proved too much though with those body shots, put Selby down at end of 4th with a left hook downstairs then kept the heat on, another whipping left had Selby down again in the 5th before a right hand to the body finished him off, Lemos looked good, strong and bull like, surely that's Selby done now

[Ezzard]

Looked like Lee didn't have the power to get Lemos's respect. Selby looked good when he boxed but Lemos stepped it up and Selby just couldn't keep him off.

[margaret thatcher]

lemos looks quite the explosive banger

[KiwiRider]

Fight here if anyone hasn’t seen it. Selby has always had a good chin, but body shots chopped him down. Definitely needs to consider retiring.

Thanks BB, there was a bit of boxing on the weekend that caught my attention ahead of this.
Agree re: hang 'em up. Decent career, but when he can't keep lions off him with either power or movement, he is going to ship a lot of shots.

[skanksta]

No shame in not having the power to keep lions off !

[NoScoutingReports]

Fight here if anyone hasn’t seen it. Selby has always had a good chin, but body shots chopped him down. Definitely needs to consider retiring.

Thanks for this, just watched. Lemos looks a real handful, powerful fcuker and was relentless once he had Lee hurt.