{"id":71571,"date":"2018-05-15T17:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T22:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=71571"},"modified":"2018-05-15T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T22:06:49","slug":"lee-selby-vs-josh-warrington-press-conference-gets-heated-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=71571","title":{"rendered":"Lee Selby Vs Josh Warrington Press Conference Gets Heated – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Featherweight world champion Lee Selby and undefeated contender Josh Warrington took questions from the media at Tuesday\u2019s final press conference days ahead of their clash for the IBF Featherweight World Title this Saturday, May 19. The main event bout from Elland Road Football Ground in Leeds, England will stream live to U.S. audiences via SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page. (See links and embed codes below).<\/p>\n

The SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL\u00ae livestream will begin at 5:00 p.m. ET\/2:00 p.m. PT with coverage provided by BT Sport and BoxNation and featuring commentary by U.K. sportscasters John Rawling (blow-by-blow) and former featherweight world champion Barry Jones (analysis).<\/p>\n

Selby (26-1, 9 KOs), of Cardiff, Wales has held the IBF Featherweight Title since 2015 when he wrested it from Evgeny Gradovich with an eighth-round TKO. He has since made four successful defenses, the latest being a unanimous decision over Eduardo Ramirez last December.<\/p>\n

Warrington (26-0, 6 KOs), who will be fighting in his hometown of Leeds, won the British Featherweight Title in just his twelfth outing in 2012 and the Commonwealth Championship in 2013. He defeated Dennis Ceylan via stoppage in the 10th round in his last outing to earn his shot at the IBF title.<\/p>\n

Following Carl Frampton\u2019s victory over Nonito Donaire last month, this will be the second of four high-stakes featherweights\u2019 fights on SHOWTIME\u00ae platforms featuring seven of the consensus top-10 ranked featherweights, including three world champions and four former multi-division champions. Also on Saturday night, WBC World Champion Gary Russell Jr. will defend his belt against Joseph Diaz live on SHOWTIME and on June 9, Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares will meet live on SHOWTIME in a highly anticipated rematch for the WBA Featherweight World Title.<\/p>\n

The livestream of Selby vs. Warrington will precede Saturday evening\u2019s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING\u00ae split-site telecast (10:05 p.m. ET\/PT) that features Russell Jr. vs. Diaz from the MGM National Harbor in Maryland and WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis Stevenson defending his title against two-division world champion Badou Jack from Air Canada Centre in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Below is what Selby, Warrington and their respective trainers had to say at today\u2019s press conference:<\/p>\n

Lee Selby<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the world champion and a world champion should be ready and willing to defend his title anywhere in the world. It\u2019s only five hours up the road from where I live so it\u2019s not so much of a lion\u2019s den to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just another defense for me. It\u2019s another fight. I treat every opponent the same. I don\u2019t train for a certain style or a certain opponent. I prepare to get myself right and whatever happens that night, I know I\u2019ve done the best I can to make myself ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome experts say that his style is going to give me a problem but other experts say his style is tailormade for me. That\u2019s the great thing about boxing. It\u2019s an opinionated sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m no Muhammad Ali, I can\u2019t predict the round I\u2019m going to win in, but I just see myself winning. If I didn\u2019t, then I shouldn\u2019t be here. If you\u2019re a professional boxer and you don\u2019t have the determination to become a world champion, then you shouldn\u2019t be in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving Carl Frampton in attendance won\u2019t be a distraction at all. But if I come out on top on Saturday, he is who I want next. I would want to go straight into that fight in Belfast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to instigate an argument like he\u2019s been doing. I\u2019m a humble guy. He was running his mouth in the first press conference. Maybe the guys in Leeds want you to win, but the rest of the country is hoping that I win. People dislike you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Warrington<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very relaxed. We had a bit of fun at the last press conference and the interviews. I feel like I don\u2019t need to say anything else. The past few months, I\u2019ve put my body through hell. I give absolutely everything I have every time I go into the gym. I give 100 percent. After all the talk about me and Lee potentially fighting, it came down to this camp and I gave it everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talk a lot about destiny. A few years ago, we had the chance to fight for a world title and it didn\u2019t come off for me, and now I have an opportunity again. With how things have gone, anything could have happened in those couple of years. Lee could have moved weight or gotten beat but it\u2019s come around how I always dreamed it and planned it. I always wanted to fight for a world title at Elland Road and it\u2019s here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve dreamt about this so many times, I\u2019m just ready to go. There\u2019s no more need for talking. On Saturday night, I get to punch him in the face. This is beyond dreams, especially since I\u2019ve been written off. I\u2019m just carried on going and the fans have stuck behind me. They\u2019re very loyal and we do this together. After Saturday night I\u2019ll be known as Leeds\u2019 first world champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m able to adapt to any style. I\u2019m known as a come-forward pressure fighter but I\u2019ve always been able to adapt and do what I have to do to win. I\u2019m willing to go so far. I just want this so bad. For everything I\u2019ve been through, it all leads up to this fight. I\u2019m going to give every ounce of energy in my body to win that world title.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarry on with your pictures and everything else with that belt this week, because it\u2019s staying here pal. Once it comes here, that world title is staying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony Borg, Lee Selby\u2019s Trainer<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining has been first class. He\u2019s put everything into it, he doesn\u2019t mess around outside of the gym. His life is all boxing. Training has gone perfectly as it always does. I think a lot is being put on how he\u2019s going to deal with this hostile crowd \u2013 he\u2019s going to thrive on it, believe me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not just confident, I\u2019m 101 percent certain that Lee Selby will go out there and thrive on the hostilities. Josh is very good fighter, but Lee\u2019s an elite fighter. He\u2019s a level above Josh, I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean O\u2019Hagan, Josh Warrington\u2019s Trainer<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery trainer will tell you that they\u2019ve had the best camp ever. What I will say is that you prepare for the fight in front of you. We\u2019re preparing for Lee specifically. This camp has been so relaxed, it\u2019s flowed so well. There\u2019s been no flaws. We\u2019re all very relaxed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done a little bit extra sparring because Lee has a style that requires it. Let\u2019s not forget, he\u2019s a very good fighter. Our preparation has been so good. We\u2019ve had really good sparring and have covered every aspect of training. We\u2019ve done more. We\u2019ve thought about it more. We\u2019ve gone deeper into things. I can count on one hand the amount of times he\u2019s been hit clean in all of the rounds we\u2019ve done of sparring.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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