Mohoumadi vs. Callum Smith Sanctioned As WBC Final Eliminator

By Elliot Foster

Callum Smith will return to the ring in a fight for another title in the spring.

The British super middleweight champion (18-0, 13 KOs) will challenge for the European crown in his home city, live on Sky Sports.

Smith, 25, will face Hadillah Mohoumadi (20-3-1, 15 KOs) for the continental belt after his promotional team, Matchroom Sport, struck a deal for their charge to attempt to add the blue belt to his collection.

And it has been revealed that the showdown, which is set for April 2 at Liverpool’s ECHO Arena, has been sanctioned as a final eliminator for the WBC world title.

The global trinket is currently held by Sweden-born American Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12 KOs), who outpointed Britain’s George Groves at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena last September.

Smith iced Rocky Fielding inside a round to claim the vacant Lonsdale belt at the venue on November 7 and he will go into the EBU clash with the number seven-rated Frenchman, who beat Mariano Hilario (13-5, 5 KOs) for the vacant European title last May, full of confidence.

His promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the news on social media on Friday, tweeting: “[I’m] delighted to announce that [Callum Smith] v European champ [Hadillah] Mohoumadi has been sanctioned by [the WBC] as a final eliminator for [Badou Jack].”

Mohoumadi lost to [IBF super middleweight champion] James DeGale for the same belt in 2012 and before that he lost on points to Nikola Sjekloca, a former world title challenger, who Smith beat convincingly on points.