After his fantastic WBO 154 lb title winning effort in Manchester last night, Liverpool’s Liam Smith has admitted he was looking past America’s John Thompson in favour of bigger fights/names, and alluded to the possibility of a future fight with veteran former world champion, Shane Mosley – who continues to fight on at 44.
“I can’t describe how I feel right now, it just hasn’t sunk in but I can tell how much it means to everyone around me,” Smith said immediately post-fight last night.
“I’d be a liar if I said I never looked past Thompson but the situation that it was, I just did. I seen Shane Mosley calling out Cornelius Bundrage last week and he doesn’t even have a world title. I have the world title now, so Shane Mosley should be calling me out.
“These are massive fights and massive names. People chase world titles and I have one so they’ve got to chase me now. I’m excited to see what names I get offered now.
“I don’t really care where I defend my title but I have fulfilled one dream and now another dream is to win a world title in America. I would love to defend it back home too; I’m defending a world title wherever and that’s just amazing.”
The WBC 154 lb strap currently lies vacant, with Cuba’s Erislandy Lara holding WBA honours, and Texan, Jermall Charlo holding the IBF title after effortlessly relieving Cornelius Bundrage of it just last month in Conneticut, US.
Mosley was last seen beating up on a hideously out of shape Ricardo Mayorga in August in their maligned PPV rematch, and continues to assert he will fight anyone at 147-154, presumably including the young Scouser now that he holds a portion of the world title.
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