On May 19, 2018, Lee Selby (26-1, 9 KOs), the featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against British challenger, Josh Warrington (26-0, 6 KOs).
Lee Selby is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Eduardo Ramirez, 5 months and 10 days ago. Josh Warrington is on a 26-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Dennis Ceylan, 6 months and 28 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.2-20.8 in favor of Josh Warrington. It is going to be a competitive fight and Lee Selby will put up a very good fight, but Warrington will prevail.
Josh Warrington defeated Lee Selby via split decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Warrington improves his record to 27-0, while Selby adds a loss to his record at 26-2.