Liverpool’s Liam Smith retained his WBO World Super-Welterweight title with a second round stoppage win over Montenegro’s Predrag Radosevic at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday night to take his record to (23-0-1, 13 KOs) – Watch the fight above.
‘Beefy’, making the second defence of his world title in his own city, dropped his challenger with a left hook to the body, followed by a clipping left uppercut to his jaw, halfway through the second round. He failed to get up from the canvas and the referee counted him out.
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“I knew the first body shot hurt him so I went for him a little bit. I knew I’d get a reaction as soon as I did it again. It was a good performance and a good stoppage; Joe (his trainer) said it was a proper world champion’s performance.” said Smith.
“Everyone is seeing the names that are getting thrown at me. If I was offered one of those fights I’d take it. I was massively up for this fight as I knew what a win would mean. Retaining a world title in my own city was a special experience.”
Full Results from the night
Ryan Farrag | L | TCO | 3/12 | Karim Guerfi |
Liam Smith | W | KO | 2/12 | Predrag Radosevic |
Zolani Tete | W | TCO | 7/12 | Victor Ruiz |
Liam Williams | W | TCO | 3/8 | Gustavo Alberto Sanchez |
Thomas Stalker | W | UD | 10/10 | Antonio Joao Bento |
Steven Lewis | W | TCO | 8/8 | Marek Laskowski |
Josh Leather | W | TCO | 3/4 | Henry Janes |
Declan Geraghty | W | DQ | 6/6 | Eusebio Osejo |
Kevin Satchell | W | PTS | 6/6 | Brett Fidoe |
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