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IT'S destination Las Vegas for Britisii and
Commonwealth featherweight champion
Lee Selby. Stunning victories over
acclaimed duo Stephen Smith and John
Simpson surprised everyone but Team
Selby last year, and now he finds himself
in Floyd Mayweather's gym sparring
classy Cuban Yuriorl<is Gamboa.
"It's a great opportunity and I'm
looking forward to being
there and learning
a lot from watching
Mayweather train," said
Selby on Monday night
(April 16), the day before
he was due to fly out to
Sin City. "I'm a fan of
Gamboa but a bigger
fan of Mayweather. I'm
hoping I get to spar with him too."
The 25-year-old gets the chance to
train with two of the finest pound-forpounders
in the game through manager
Chris Sanigar, a friend of the Mayweather
gym, and he plans to stay Stateside for
a week.

SHANE MCPHILBIN has a quick
opportunity to take revenge
over British cruiserweight boss
Enzo Maccarinelli in June, In
Wolverhampton when they meet on
a Frank Warren show/. The vi/lnner
is In line to face the victor from
this Saturday's English title fight
between Matty Askin and Jon-
Lewis Dickinson In Oldham.
LICHT-HEAVYWEICHT
David Coldwell promotes Tony
Bellew's April 27 British title
defence against Danny Mcintosh
at Liverpool's Echo Arena. Bob
Ajisafe defends his English crown
against Travis Dickinson on May
19 at AIntree.
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
George Groves Is scheduled to
defend against Kenny Anderson
on a June 30 Warren show.
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Billy Joe Saunders and Tony Hill
meet at the Royal Albert Hall on
April 28 for the vacant English belt.
LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT
Matthew Hall takes on Sam Webb
In a final eliminator on the Warren
April 28 Royal Albert Hall show and,
on May 3 at the LImehouse Troxy,
Bradley Pryce and Steve O'Meara
meet In an eliminator promoted by
Andy Ayling. Meanwhile, on May
26 In Nottingham, Eddie Hearn
promotes Erik Ochieng's English
defence against AA Lowe.
WELTERWEIGHT
Colin Lynes defends against
Junior Witter on a Mick Hennessy
production at Hillsborough on
May 12 with the winner to meet
the victor of the May 18 Ronnie
Heffron-Liam Smith eliminator,
promoted by Andy Ayling at Oldham.
LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT
Ashley Theophane defends
against Steve Williams on the
Maloney May 19 AIntree card.
Lenny Daws and Adil Anwar meet
In an eliminator on the same bill.
Another eliminator, promoted by
Coldwell on June 8 at Rotherham's
Magna Centre, pits Curtis
Woodhouse against Dale Miles
SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT
Gary Buckland defends against
Stephen Foster Jnr on a Ricky
Hatton Promotion

• BEST BOXER: WhHe the nation's top ligMwelgtits
from the CB squad may be otherwise engaged, josh
leather looked fantastic.
Honourable mention: Jack Bateson.
• BOUT OF^ THE NIGHT: The heavies and superheavies
were the outstanding bouts in terms of
excitement, with the Joyce-Clarke contest for its
triumph and heartbreak, the pick of the bunch.
Honourable mention: Barclay-Brldet.
Kelvin Fawa^'s aerial 'supermari' punch, it is a talking
point. Raising your feet oft the ground is an eccentric
decision at the best of times but Fawa? managed to
land it on a quality boxer like Cunningham.
Honourable mention: The straight Bridet left that fired
) BEST PUNCH: Yes, despite the debatable wisdom of Barclay to the canvas.