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It was my pleasure to welcome Oscar De La Hoya and his team from Golden Boy Promotions to London for the second leg of the media tour to publicise the forthcoming WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship fight between our own Liam Smith and the marauding Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
LOS ANGELES - Tickets for the mega event between former two-division world champion and Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) and WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion Liam "Beefy" Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) are on sale now.
Former two-division world champion Canelo Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) and WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion Liam "Beefy" Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) today concluded their two-city international press tour at The Landmark Hotel in London ahead of their world championship showdown.
Legendary promoter Frank Warren has compared Liam Smith to fellow Brits Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton before the Liverpudlian travels to Dallas, Texas to defend his WBO World Title against Canelo Alvarez.
Liam Smith Video Interview - Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Mexican challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for a second time at today's final stop on the Canelo vs. Smith international press tour. 'Beefy' puts it all on the line against pound-for-pound superstar Alvarez at the breath-taking AT&T Stadium on Saturday 17th September, exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Joe Gallagher Video Interview - Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Mexican challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for a second time at today's final stop on the Canelo vs. Smith international press tour. 'Beefy' puts it all on the line against pound-for-pound superstar Alvarez at the breath-taking AT&T Stadium on Saturday 17th September, exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Canelo Alvarez Interview - Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Mexican challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for a second time at today's final stop on the Canelo vs. Smith international press tour. 'Beefy' puts it all on the line against pound-for-pound superstar Alvarez at the breath-taking AT&T Stadium on Saturday 17th September, exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Mexican challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for a second time at today's final stop on the Canelo vs. Smith international press tour. 'Beefy' puts it all on the line against pound-for-pound superstar Alvarez at the breath-taking AT&T Stadium on Saturday 17th September, exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Mexican challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for a second time at today's final stop on the Canelo vs. Smith international press tour. 'Beefy' puts it all on the line against pound-for-pound superstar Alvarez at the breath-taking AT&T Stadium on Saturday 17th September, exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Canelo vs. Smith London Photos - The 27-year-old has made two routine defences - beating Jimmy Kelly and Predrag Radosevic - but despite fighting in a state which Alvarez's promoter Oscar De La Hoya called "his second home", Smith feels that he won't be overawed by the occasion at the AT&T Stadium.