Lee Selby outclasses Eduardo Ramirez to set up Josh Warrington fight

Lee Selby retained his International Boxing Federation featherweight crown with a typically skilled outing against Los Mochis Mexican Eduardo Ramirez, and will go on to face mandatory challenger Josh Warrington, in Leeds, in the spring.

Selby won 118-110, 119-109, and 116-112 on the cards, but met an unbeaten Latino fighter who was unusually precluded by the Boxing Board of Control last Tuesday from challenging for the title after arriving in the UK 8lbs outside the 126lb featherweight limit.

Unusually, the title fight went ahead, but Selby would have kept the belt had he won or lost.

Knowing that, Selby - known as the 'Welsh Mayweather' - went through his repertoire of skills against the bearded, previously unbeaten 24-year-old southpaw, alternating between clever body and head shots.

Earlier, exciting 20-year-old heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois maintained his unbeaten record and moved to 6-0 with a second-round knockout of Dorian Darch, dropping the Welshman four times. Anthony Joshua, the current IBF and WBA heavyweight champion, also defeated Darch in his fourth contest by second round knockout.

'Triple D' Dubois used his jab effectively early on before unleashing heavy right hands in the second stanza to destroy the Aberdare man.

Most impressive about the Londoner, who trains out of the Canning Town Peacock Gym, is his patience at picking his punches. And his power is undeniable. "I'm delighted with Daniel's progress and it's key we don't rush him," said promoter Frank Waren. "But he's such an impressive young fighter and is the most powerful puncher I have ever seen at this stage as a heavyweight."

Anthony Yarde, another rising talent in Warren's stable, retained his WBO European light-heavyweight title against the highly-experienced Montenegrin Nikola Sjekloca.

Yarde, who stopped the visitor in the fourth round, was tested early on, but put his foe down with a right uppercut and right-cross combination late in the second round before dominating the contest to show his developing base and take his unbeaten record to 14 fights with 13 knockouts.

Impressive for Yarde is that last time out his opponent was good enough to draw with former WBO super-middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz in a European light-heavyweight title challenge, and Sjekloca had never been stopped prior to this in 37 fights.

This was to be a 'boxing' test for the powerful Hackney man - but the fighter known as 'The Beast' came through with flying colours.