York Hall - Royston Barney-Smith (8-0, 4 KO’s) teed off on Colombia’s Maicol Velazco (10-14, 3 KO’s). The promising super featherweight looked strong and moved Velazco around the ring at will, using his southpaw jab as a range finder and firing in a very accurate left hand to head and body. It quickly became apparent that the smaller Velazco had no hope of winning and although he was brave, he lacked the knowhow to get close to Barney-Smith and protect himself.
Velazco couldn’t avoid the punches. Barney-Smith hurt Velazco with a straight left hand, followed up with a clean right hook and then dropped him with a picture perfect step back left hand. It was one sided, but Barney-Smith was making it look classy.
