LAS VEGAS – Joe Smith Jr. has a new date, a new site and even a new opponent for his next fight. Bob Arum, Smith’s co-promoter, told BoxingScene.com on Wednesday that Smith will make a voluntary title defense against England’s Callum Johnson on Janua...
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Joe Smith Jr. will have to wait a little longer for his first title defense. The reigning WBO light heavyweight titlist will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after recently testing positive for COVID. The development puts on hold a pla...
Frank Warren hopes a fight between Anthony Yarde and Emin Atra will take place at the third attempt in late August. The pair were supposed to clash first in April, only for Yarde to withdraw with a tooth abscess. Then the unbeaten German pulled out o...
Former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), currently a highly ranked light heavyweight contender, will have a lot on the line July 9th against world light heavyweight title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KO...
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WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith is keen to face unified world champion Artur Beterbiev next and believes he has all the tools to beat him. Smith claimed a maiden world title on his second attempt, edging Maxim Vlasov by majority decision on...
CALLUM JOHNSON is hoping for the first crack at new WBO World Light-Heavyweight champion Joe Smith. Fan-friendly Johnson excited American fans on two previous appearances in the United States and hopes Smith’s promoter Bob Arum contacts Frank Warren...
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It was mission accomplished for Joe Smith Jr., or at least the first step of his intended journey. The heavy-handed light heavyweight claimed his first major title, earning a 12-round majority decision over Russia’s Maxim Vlasov to win the vacant WBO...
The handlers for Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) have filed a protest with the World Boxing Organization over the officiating for this past Saturday's fight in Tulsa, where the Russian boxer lost a twelve round majority decision to Joe Smith (27-3, 21 KO...
More than 500,000 viewers watched Joe Smith Jr.’s close championship victory over Maxim Vlasov on Saturday night. Nielsen Media Research released statistics Tuesday that indicated an average of 506,000 viewers watched Smith’s 12-round, majority-decis...
A late round surge by Joe Smith Jr. proved to be the difference in an otherwise dead even fight. The bruising light heavyweight from the Mastic Beach section of Long Island, New York claimed the vacant WBO 175-pound title following a 12-round majorit...
Maxim Vlasov told anyone who would listen that he had Joe Smith Jr. all figured out well ahead of their WBO light heavyweight title fight. After 12 brutal rounds in their ESPN-televised main event, the Russian ring veteran doesn’t feel he was too far...
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