Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-30, good fight between Evgeny Gradovich and Lee Selby: it gets three stars.The undefeated Evgeny Gradovich entered this fight with a boxing record of 19-0-1 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Nicholas Walters). He won the Ibf Fw belt in 2013 beating Billy Dib (=Dib vs Gradovich) and he successfully defended it four times but in his last bout he drew with Jayson Velez (=Gradovich vs Velez).
His opponent, Lee Selby, has an official record of 20-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss in 2009 when he faced Samir Mouneimne, since then he has won 16 consecutive bouts beating Joel Brunker in his last one (=Selby vs Brunker). Gradovich vs Selby is valid for the IBF World featherweight title (Gradovich’s fifth defense); undercard of Kell Brook vs Frankie Gavin. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-05-30
Where: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Title: IBF World featherweight title
Gradovich’s previous fight: Evgeny Gradovich vs Jayson Velez
Selby’s previous fight: Lee Selby vs Joel Brunker
Selby’s next fight: Lee Selby vs Fernando Montiel
Gradovich’s next fight: Evgeny Gradovich vs Aldimar Silva Santos
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Well first – the result listing above is backward.
Selby won – not Gradovich. Selby did a fine job.
He sure did. Simply superb work and never a dull moment.
Only 28, so with luck we will see him for years to come.
result fixed, thanks!
I just discovered Selby and I really enjoy his style. I’m looking foward to his next fight!
In spite of the doctor’s stoppage Selby a much more technical boxer than Evgeny fully deserves winning the fight. He moves very well in the ring and was able to support the pressure that Evgeny put during the whole fight. Garcia has a lot of work to do to improve the actual fighting technics of Evgeny otherwise his future carrier may be compromised.
The judges cards given Selby 79-73 were totally correct.