Paul Smith Will Return To The Middleweight Ranks

Paul Smith (29-2, 15KOs) will return to action as a middleweight later this year.

Smigga lost his British super-middleweight title to James DeGale in December.

And when he climbs back between the ropes it will be at 160 pounds.

Smith began his career at middleweight before going up to super-middleweight to first win, and then retain, the British title.

But his defeat against DeGale has forced him to reassess his career, and he believes dropping down to middleweight - where he held the English title before losing in controversial circumstances to Steve Bendall - best suits him.

The 28-year-old Liverpudlian is targeting a Lonsdale belt in his new division, and revealed his switch on his twitter page.