Lee Selby (20-1, 8 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO over previously unbeaten Joel Brunker (27-1, 15 KOs) in an IBF featherweight eliminator on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Selby outboxed Brunker from the opening bell, and by the fourth he was picking off the Australian at ease. Although the Welshman was always in command, Brunker was tough and soaked up a lot of punishment.
It was by the seventh that Selby was starting to wonder if he could produce the stoppage that…