JAKARTA - An exciting duel will be presented at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, 18 June. Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. will fight in the ring.
The two boxers will duel for the unification of the three WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight (79.3kg) world titles. Reported by the official WBC website, this match was promoted by Top Rank, in collaboration with Star Boxing Joe DeGuardia.
Beterbiev is the only world title holder unbeaten in 17 matches with a knockout ratio of 100 percent. The Canadian boxer has been a world champion since defeating Enrico Koelling for the IBF belt at Save Mart Arena, Fresno on November 11, 2017.
Since then, he has defended the title five times. Including the victory over Callum Johnson and the IBF and WBC title unification duel against Oleksandr Gvozdyk at the Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, October 18, 2019.
In 2021, Beterbiev entered the ring twice, beating Adam Deines and Marcus Browne. Now, he will return to fight for the first time in 2022 against Smith who holds the WBO title, as reported by Antara.
Smith earned recognition as the world's top boxer after a successful knockout victory over living legend Bernard Hopkins in 2016 and scoring incredible victories over Jesse Hart and Eleider Alvarez in 2020.
Then he officially bears the WBO title after defeating Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino, Tulsa, April 10, 2021.
Since then, he has once successfully defended the title by winning a nine-round knockout victory over Steve Geffrard at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, January 15, 2022. Throughout his professional career, Smith bagged 28 wins (22 KOs) and three defeats.
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