Liam Smith: record, next fight and profile →
After winning and retaining his WBO light-middle belt across the M62 in Manchester, unbeaten Scouse champ Liam Smith finally secures a home tie this Saturday when he defends his belt at The Echo Arena, writes Glynn Evans.
If Saul 'Canelo Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) decides to return to the junior middleweight division, World Boxing Organization (WBO) President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel has no issue with sanctioning a world title fight against beltholder Liam Smith (20-0-1, 12KOs).
This weekend sees the innovative free to air TV channel Dave continue their coverage of live sport. The BDO World Darts Trophy, a marathon three-day event of live darts will be live and exclusive on Dave over the bank holiday weekend. The tournament will see the top players from the BDO contest for over £150,000 in prize money. It follows hot the heels of their latest boxing event, headlined by David Haye’s capitulation of his grossly overmatched opponent, Andrei Gerjei.
Liverpool’s unbeaten WBO light-middle boss Liam Smith invested a few hours on reconnaissance in the wee hours of Sunday morning, scrutinising his three rival 154lb belt holders as they performed before BoxNation cameras at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Tom Stalker has had his next opponent revealed. The Liverpool lightweight returns to title action in his home city next month, exclusively live on BoxNation. He’ll come up against 39-year-old Antonio Joao Bento (30-15-2, 18 KOs) on June 4 at the ECHO Arena for the vacant WBO European title. Stalker vs. Bento comes in support of Liam Smith’s WBO super-welterweight title defence against Predrag Radosevic.
Matty Fagan and Romeo Romaeo will clash next month. The all-British domestic dust-up will now take place on Friday, June 9 at Bethnal Green’s York Hall venue.
WBO World Super-Welterweight king Liam Smith wants a huge domestic showdown with Kell Brook after he’s dealt with Predrag Radosevic. Undefeated Smith makes a hero’s return to Liverpool to make the third defence of his world title on an action-packed night of boxing at the Echo Arena on June 4th, live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Liam Smith finally has a challenger for his homecoming appearance next month. The WBO super-welterweight world champion will next defend his crown versus 31-year-old Montenegrin Predrag Radosevic (30-1, 11 KOs) on June 4 at ECHO Arena in Liverpool, England. The show –– billed ‘The Homecoming’ –– will air exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation.
Merseyside maverick Liam Smith makes a hero’s return to Liverpool this summer to make the second defence of his WBO World Super-Welterweight title at the Echo Arena on Saturday 4th June against an opponent to be announced.
Former WBA world champion Austin Trout (30-2, 17KOs) has no problem with packing up his suitcase and traveling over to the UK to challenge unbeaten Liam 'Beefy' Smith (22-0-1, 12KOs) for the WBO junior middleweight championship.