Lee Selby makes mandatory defense vs. Jonathan Barros on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas

[Ruthless-RKO]

Featherweight world titleholder Lee Selby, out of action for nearly a year, will return to make a mandatory defense against former titlist Jonathan Victor Barros on Jan. 28 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, organizers announced on Monday.

The addition gives the card three world title bouts as Selby-Barros will take place on the undercard of the much-anticipated rematch between featherweight world titleholder Carl Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) and former titleholder Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs), who waged the 2016 ESPN.com fight of the year on July 30.

"My mandatory challenger is experienced, dangerous and I will not take him lightly," Selby said. "I've had a strong training camp and I am 100 percent focused on putting on a show for the American fans and the traveling fans from the U.K. My No. 1 objective is to bring my world title back to Wales."

Selby (23-1, 8 KOs), 29, of Wales, claimed his 126-pound world title by one-sided eighth-round technical decision from Evgeny Gradovich in May 2015.

Selby made his United States debut in his first defense in October 2015 as he won a unanimous decision against former three-division titleholder Fernando Montiel in Glendale, Arizona. Selby's second defense came in London in April 2016, when he got knocked down for the first time in his career in the second round but rallied to win a unanimous decision against Eric Hunter.

By fighting in Las Vegas, Selby will fulfill one of his career goals.

"It's been a dream of mine since I was a young kid to box in a world title fight in Las Vegas, the mecca of boxing," Selby said. "I've seen U.K. fighters like Lennox Lewis, Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe and Amir Khan box in Las Vegas and I always knew that's where I wanted to fight."

[Jmashyaka]

Barros is very underwhelming he's gunna get schooled or stopped late. Selby whilst being slick is really gunna have to step up the levels, he's been inactive and looked like crap against Montiel and although he came back strong he was dropped heavily by Turner in his last fight.