IBF featherweight world champion Lee Selby from Wales returns to action tomorrow night against Leeds’ Josh Warrington and earlier on after the weigh-in had to put up with a lot of abuse from Warrington’s fans.
Selby defends his title in Warrington’s backyard of Leeds this weekend and has had to contend with an onslaught from some of Warrington’s fans in the run up.
Earlier on Boxing Wales reported the following alleged racism incident against Selby and his team:
CONFIRMED:@leeselby126 and his team were physically attacked by @J_Warrington fans as they tried to leave today’s weigh-in.
— Boxing Wales (@BoxingWales) May 18, 2018
This allegedly happened after both fighters weighed in successfully:
⚖ Weighed in 125.75 lbs ??
I wore the IBF World Title, he wore a football scarf. #TeamSelby pic.twitter.com/Iw92RTBXW1
— lee selby (@leeselby126) May 18, 2018
Selby to his credit has shown a lot of class and professionalism throughout some of the abuse he has had to take.
However a video has now emerged from Fighting Pride YouTube (hat tip) of Warrington fans actually ambushing and attacking the car carrying Selby a short time ago away from the arena where the weigh-in took place:
