Martin Lindsey boxing against Lee Selby On Belfast Fight Night
By SecondsOut, special to Doghouse Boxing (Aug 9, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By SecondsOut.com on Doghouse Boxing. Martin Lindsay will challenge Lee Selby for the British and
Commonwealth featherweight titles at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on
September 22.
The Belfast man welcomes the Welshman into his hometown on a huge
night of action with their title clash part of the huge bill topped by
Carl Frampton’s European super bantamweight title clash against Kiko
Martinez.
Welshman Selby is no stranger to the hostile atmosphere of a hometown
fighter having ripped the titles he defends against Lindsay away from
Stephen Smith in Liverpool with a dominant eight round stoppage win in
September 2011. The 25 year old has had back-to-back fifth round
stoppage wins since that great night on Merseyside, defending both belts
against John Simpson in December at York Hall in east London and then
defending the Commonwealth title against Patrick Okine in Newport in
May.
Lindsay is gunning to regain the British belt he won in against Paul
Appleby in April 2009 and defended against Jamie Arthur in March 2010
before losing it to Simpson in December 2010. The 30 year old returned
to action in March after 15 months out of the ring since the Simpson
defeat with a six round points win in east London before an impressive
fourth round stoppage of Mickey Coveney at the King’s Hall in Belfast on
the all-Irish Prizefighter undercard in May.
“I am delighted to have won the purse bid for this great fight,” said show promoter Eddie Hearn.
“We all know how popular Martin is in Belfast and this is a great
opportunity for him to regain his British title and add the Commonwealth
strap on what promises to be an epic night in his hometown.”
Lindsay’s title tilt is part of a great undercard for Frampton’s
biggest test of his promising career. Paul McCloskey is aiming to get
back on track after his defeat to DeMarcus Corley in May, Eamonn O’Kane
won the Betfair all-Irish Prizefighter tournament on the same bill in
Belfast that night and he features on the card as do unbeaten Belfast
prospects Jamie Conlan and Dee Walsh. Team GB stars Scotty Cardle, Kal
Yafai and Martin Ward all continue their pro education in Belfast.
This article provided by SecondsOut.com to Doghouse Boxing.
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