
Callum Smith Withdraws From Stepien Clash With Injury, Show To Move Forward
An injury has forced Callum Smith out of his Light-Heavyweight clash with Pawel Stepien at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday March 11.
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An injury has forced Callum Smith out of his Light-Heavyweight clash with Pawel Stepien at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday March 11.

As BoxingScene.com recently reported, Callum Smith fights in Liverpool for the first time since 2019 when he faces undefeated world-ranked Pole Pawel Stepien at the M&S Bank Arena on Saturday March 11, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).

On March 11, The WBC’s No.1 ranked Light-Heavyweight contender Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KOs) returns home to face undefeated Pole Pawel Stepien (18-0-1, 12 KOs) at the M&S Bank Arena as he looks to secure a showdown with unified WBC, WBO and IBF ruler Artur Beterbiev later in the year.

Friday (March 25) Babilon Promotions staged a show headlined by super middleweight Lukasz Stanioch (8-0) who outscored Frenchman Hadillah Mohoumadi (23-6-1) on a split decision. After eight the judges had it 77-75 for the Pole and 78-74 for the visitor.

Italian lightweight Michael Magnesi (18-0) stopped Swiss-Rwandan Patrick Kinigamazi (32-3) on Friday night in Fondi (Italy) and won the vacant IBO title. Kinigamazi, a former WBFed champ, was heavily floored in the fifth by a right hook and it was stopped. Kinigamazi was down in the third as well

A year after their first fight, Polish light heavyweight Pawel Stepien erased the only blemish of his career by overcoming fellow prospect Marek Matyja with a split decision – which in fact should have been a unanimous one – over ten rounds.

Norwegian light heavy Tim-Robin Lihaug (20-4) won the vacant WBFed title last night in Bergen (Norway) with a unanimous decision over Vartan Avetisyan (18-3-1). It was scored 116-112 and 117-111 twice in favour of Lihaug after what is described as a tough, relatively even fight.

IBO cruiserweight world champion Kevin Lerena stopped Sefen Seferi in three rounds at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa on Saturday night. Lerena controlled the entire contest, with Seferi not doing much of anything on the contest. During the third round, Lerena (24-1, 11 KOs) landed a left hand that sent Seferi down. The referee would initiate a count and then waved off the contest as Seferi (23-3-1, 21 KOs) appeared to be uninterested in fighting any further.

Rzesszow, Poland - In the main event of this big Knockout Promotions´s card, rising heavyweight Lukas Rozanski (11-0, 10 KOs) knocked out Izu Ugonoh (18-2, 15 KOs) in the fourth of a scheduled non-title ten rounder. According to bokser.org Rozanski dominated the fight and floored Ugonoh twice in the fourth - but with the final punch landing with Ugonoh already down so it was a controversial ending. The referee did not penalize Rozanski for the final blow and counted Ugonoh out.

In an all-Polish main event of the night, notorious heavyweight Artur Szpilka (22-3, 15 KOs) barely continued his comeback with a positive note after a thin split decision over an aging colossus, named Mariusz Wach (33-4, 17 KOs).