Artur Beterbiev says he’d like to fight Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol, or Joe Smith Jr. for his next fight following his successful defense of his IBF & WBC light heavyweight titles on December 17th against Marcus Browne at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) will be making his first defense of his newly won title against Callum Johnson on January 15th in a Top Rank Boxing promoted show on ESPN at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will be facing either WBO 175-lb champion Joe Smith Jr.
WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) and #3 WBO Umra Salamov (26-1, 9 KOs) have inked contracts for a fight in October or November in a Top Rank promoted fight on ESPN.
Can Danny Jacobs win a world title up at light-heavyweight? According to a news story from Dan Rafael at RingTV.com, we may get an answer this fall.
In a fight result that could have easily gone the other way, #1 WBO Joe Smith Jr (27-3, 21 KOs) rallied late to defeat Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) by a 12 round majority decision to claim the vacant World Boxing Organization 175-lb strap on Saturday night at the Osage in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joe Smith Jr., the common man with the common name, finally reached boxing’s apex. Smith used a furious late rally to edge Maxim Vlasov by majority decision and win the vacant WBO light heavyweight world title Saturday evening at Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joe Smith (27-3, 21 KOs) squeaked by Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) by a narrow 12 round majority decision to win the vacant WBO light heavyweight title on Saturday night in a Top Rank card on ESPN from the Osage Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#1 WBO Joe Smith Jr and #2 Maxim Vlasov both made weight on Friday for their battle for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title on Saturday at the Osage Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Smith Looks To Join Mout Rushmore Of Long Island Boxing Royalty – When Long Island’s, JOE SMITH JR. (26-3 21KO’s) takes on Russian veteran, MAXIM VLASOV (45-3 26KO’s) for the WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship on April 10, on ESPN in Oklahoma, he has the opportunity to engrain his name among Long Island boxing royalty.