Joe Smith Jr.
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Bivol Sides With Beterbiev To Topple Joe Smith - Wants To Unify With Winner
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is motivated to become the undisputed beltholder at 175-pounds. Next month at the Hulu Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York City, Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith will collide in WBC, WBA, WBO three be...
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Bivol: Beterbiev Will Win Against Joe Smith; He's Not Just Power, Has Good Boxing Skills
LAS VEGAS – If everything goes according to Dmitry Bivol’s blueprint Saturday night, the unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion will keep a close eye on what happens June 18 at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater.
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Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Official For June 18 at Hulu Theater in MSG
Three belts and light heavyweight supremacy will be at stake when WBC/IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev meets WBO champion Joe Smith Jr. in a highly anticipated unification showdown Saturday, June 18, at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
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Hearn Lays Into Yarde, Warren: You Could've Fought Buatsi…But You're Waiting'
Promoter Eddie Hearn thinks Anthony Yarde may be wilting away on the vine. In a recent interview, the head of Matchroom Boxing lambasted Yarde, the British light heavyweight contender and top contender in the WBO, and Yarde’s promoter Frank Warren, f...
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WBC Prez Explains Why Artur Beterbiev is Not Barred From Defending Belt
World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman recently discussed why his organization is not barring their light heavyweight world champion, Artur Beterbiev, from moving forward with a planned summer unification with WBO champion Joe Smith a...
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Frank Warren on Anthony Yarde Against Winner of Beterbiev-Smith
British promoter Frank Warren realizes that he needs to be extra prudent in the matchmaking for his charge Anthony Yarde, since it appears that the hard hitting light heavyweight contender is on the cusp of another shot at a divisional title – or pos...
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Beterbiev Trainer Says Smith Talks Ongoing, Responds to Claims of Ducking
Artur Beterbiev is on the same page as Joe Smith Jr. Beterbiev, the WBC/IBF light heavyweight titleholder from Russia, wants to unify the belts in the division as much as Smith, the WBO light heavyweight titleholder from Mastic, New York, does, accor...
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Warren Hits Back at Hearn on Yarde-Buatsi Offer Claim, Suggests Callum Johnson or Smith
Frank Warren sniffs a whiff of desperation from Eddie Hearn’s latest matchmaking proposal. The Queensberry Promotions head gave this thoughts on Hearn’s recent claim that he “made a very big offer” to light heavyweight contender and Warren client Ant...
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DeGuardia: I'm Not Gonna Sit Around & Wait For Beterbiev; I Want Joe Smith Back In The Ring
If Artur Beterbiev truly wants to fight Joe Smith Jr. next, he had better act fast. That’s the message Joe DeGuardia, Smith’s co-promoter, delivered after Smith stopped Steve Geffrard early in the ninth round Saturday night at Turning Stone Resort Ca...
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Joe Smith’s Co-Promoter: Yarde's Not The Mandatory Right Now; WBO Might Not Order It
Joe DeGuardia isn’t convinced that the WBO will make Joe Smith Jr. fight Anthony Yarde next. DeGuardia, Smith’s co-promoter, informed BoxingScene.com that the WBO hasn’t determined if England’s Yarde is the mandatory challenger for Smith’s light heav...