San Diego (January 29, 2014)--Thus Saturday afternoon at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, Lee Selby (17-1, 6 KO's) will defend his British Featherweight and vie for the vacant European Featherweight crown when he takes on Rendall Munroe (27-3-1, 11 KO's) that will headline a fantastic afternoon of boxing on AWE. The show begins at 3pm est / 12 noon pac and will feature a Lightweight bout between Gary Buckland (27-3, 9 KO's)and former world champion Gavin Rees (37-3-1, 18 KO's) as well as an appearance by 2012 Olympic Gold Medal winner Anthony Joshua (3-0, 3 KO's) Selby of Barry Wales has been having a solid camp and is taking nothing lightly. "Training is going well. He is a southpaw but everything is on track,"said Selby. "Munroe is very tough and experienced and has only lost to world champions. It will be a very credible win as he has defeated guys who have gone on to win world championships." Lee Selby Knowing that the European belt is a gateway to world supremacy, Selby feel that he is close to realizing a dream. "All I need is a win and after this it's on the road to a world title. Once I win this title, I want to defend it one or two times and look for a world title eliminator. I feel that I am very close as a guy I already defeated in Viorel Simon is being mentioned as a possible opponent for WBC champion Jhonny Gonzalez." "Gonzalez is the guy I would like to fight as I consider the WBC belt the highest regarded title." Selby feels that a big performance on Saturday will enhance himself to the American fight fans. "This is a massive opportunity to showcase my talent and for people can see me across another continent. Hopefully the American fans can see my style that I like to mix it up and good I have boxing skills." About AWE Live Boxing For 2012, AWE earned 2 of the 6 Boxing Writers Association of America nominations for "Fight of the Year" candidates, beating out all other networks except HBO which earned three. AWE also showcased live all 2012 David Price fights. In 2013 AWEhas featured the stunning upsets of Tony Thompson over Price, bouts with Adonis Stevenson and Tony Bellew, who just fought each other for the Light Heavyweight championship; 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner James DeGale and possibly the two most controversial bouts which saw Ricky Burns keep his Lightweight title against Ray Beltran as well as the debatable stoppage that saw Carl Froch retain his title against George Groves. The network is available nationally on Verizon FiOS TV channel 169 and 669 in HD, AT&T U-Verse TV channels 470 and 1470 in HD, along with over 100 cable systems across the country and worldwide. AWE is the premier lifestyle and entertainment network -the destination for exclusive and original programming, simultaneously transmitted in high definition and standard definition. AWE delivers informative shows to its viewers, providing invaluable insights on what every American dreams of - from travel secrets to fast cars, from outrageous homes to live boxing events, and much more. The network fills a television vacuum by delivering intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking entertainment and always-unbiased news from an insider's perspective. For more information, please visit www.awetv.com
AWE seem to be showing a lot more international fights these days for Americans, seems like a good little channel
Selby vs. Munroe is very cool but not even the main attraction on the card, IMO. Buckland vs. Rees may not officially be the main event but that is what intrigues me the most. :deal
Good match up . I like selby, but in his fight against Walsh he was getting hit more than usuall and timing was off, as for Monroe ,another good fighter who s just fallen short at the highest level, think he s come up a weight , i expect Selby to mash him up for a few rounds before trying to get the ko mid fight , Monroe wont be a push over though, Gary Buckland suffered a brutal ko to one of the Smith bro , so i think the blueprint is out for him, Rees should come through this fight but he badly tires in fights, Buckland will be looking to drag hom onto the later rounds , if rees losses its game over for him.
