
Angry Liam Smith ready to punish ‘clever’ Josh Kelly – then Chris Eubank Jr.
“They’ve made a massive mistake,” Liam Smith says of Josh Kelly and Adam Booth ahead of his fight with Kelly at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sept. 21.
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“They’ve made a massive mistake,” Liam Smith says of Josh Kelly and Adam Booth ahead of his fight with Kelly at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sept. 21.

Josh Kelly has warned Liam Smith that he’s ready to beat him because he’s the one who has reached his peak – not because he considers Smith in decline

Liam Smith has known Josh Kelly for years but had never thought of him as a potential opponent. They’ve remained a division apart in recent years, but the fighters are at a point where meeting up makes sense.

Joe McNally wants Liam Smith’s fight with Josh Kelly to be his last – but in the event of victory expects Smith to pursue a third fight with Chris Eubank Jnr

Liam Smith wants to use Josh Kelly as a stepping stone towards another shot at a world title but the former WBO super welterweight champion is aware that he will be fighting for his reputation when he meets the Sunderland man at Wembley Stadium on September 21st.

Liam Smith has warned Josh Kelly he has made a mistake in agreeing to their fight on September 21


Ben Shalom staged the two fights between Liverpool’s Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr., who is now living in Las Vegas, and both fighters are presently free agents.

Liam Smith believes that Jaime Munguia has a “massive chance” of dethroning Saul Alvarez as the undisputed super-middleweight champion on Saturday night. The Mexican rivals fight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend, and “Canelo” Alvarez is considered a sufficiently strong favourite that Edgar Berlanga is in Sin City in an attempt to promote a potential date with him in September. Smith was competitive in fights with Alvarez in 2016 and Munguia two years later, and has since monitored their progress – including in Alvarez’s victory in 2020 over his brother Callum.

Liam Smith has revealed that he has had discussions with Matchroom Boxing for a potential fight with welterweight star Conor Benn later this year. Smith hasn’t boxed since his stoppage defeat in his rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. last September, after previously knocking out Eubank seven months earlier. Smith blamed the defeat on an injury that delayed the rematch from its original date in June. Eubank decided to face Smith in their first contest after his fight with Benn was called off on fight week due to adverse findings in Benn’s drugs tests. Benn, who maintains his innocence, is in an ongoing battle to be able to box in the U.K. following two underwhelming performances in the United States.