Liam Williams: record, next fight and profile →
With the WBO Interim World Super-Welterweight Title now at stake for Saturday’s much-anticipated showdown between Liam Smith and Liam Williams, the winner could be bang in line to fight Miguel Cotto. Canelo Alvarez seems highly likely to vacate, so not only will the winner be upgraded to full Champion, a mandatory defence against the highest ranked competitor, currently Cotto could well be in the offering.
Saturday’s salivating WBO Super-Welter interim title shoot out between seasoned Scouse star Liam Smith and rising Welsh warmonger Liam Williams at the Manchester Arena promises skill and savagery in equal measure.
Lauded Welsh trainer Gary Lockett says undefeated British Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Williams is a better boxer and harder puncher than Liverpool's Liam Smith. The fierce Anglo-Welsh rivals clash in a mouth-watering matchup at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
The former WBO super welterweight champion says he is a level above his Welsh rival ahead of their April 8 showdown that is live on BT Sport. Liam Smith has warned boxing pundits they will “look silly” if they tip Liam Williams to beat him.
Everyone, it appears, has a take on the forthcoming shootout between feuding super-welters Liam Smith and Liam Williams who clash for the WBO ‘interim’ title on the mega Manchester Arena fight festival on April 8th, but ex world title challenger Jimmy Kilrain Kelly’s opinion is more informed than most, writes Glynn Evans.
The eagle-eyed among boxing fans quickly cottoned onto the fact that Liam Smith took part in a little sharpener in Barcelona at the weekend. It turned out to be a shrewd move by Liam, who hasn’t seen action since losing his WBO world title to Canelo Alvarez in September. Even then he wasn’t operating at full throttle because his training was so severely disrupted by a cut sustained during preparations.
Welsh warlord Liam Williams scoffs at recent insinuations from Liam Smith that he cowers whenever the pair come together, writes Glynn Evans. The rivals collide at Manchester Arena on April 8th in a salivating Anglo-Welsh clash to determine Britain’s best at 154lbs with BT Sport and BoxNation screen live.
The World Boxing Organisation today sanctioned the bout between Liverpool's Liam Smith and Clydach Vale's Liam Williams for the WBO Interim Super-Welterweight World Title. Smith and Williams' mouth-watering showdown will take place at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April, broadcast live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
2015 Ring Magazine Trainer of the Year Joe Gallagher says Gary Lockett would rather be in Liam Smith's corner if his mouth-watering showdown with undefeated British Champion Liam Williams descends into a war.
Former WBO Super-Welterweight boss Liam Smith says his mouth-watering matchup with undefeated British Champion Liam Williams is far from a 50-50 fight. Smith and Williams lock horns at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.