WBO #2, IBF #3, WBA #5, WBC #8 cruiserweight Chris Billam-Smith (16-1, 11 KOs) retained his European and Commonwealth titles against IBF #8 Isaac Chamberlain (14-2, 8 KOs) via twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. An all-out war erupted in round one and both fighters were rocked in the early rounds. It turned into a battle of attrition with hometown hero Billim-Smith pulling ahead. Scores were 117-111 3x.
Unbeaten super welterweight terror Joe Pigford (20-0, 19 KOs) stopped Raphael King (15-2-1, 13 KOs) in round three of a contest for the WBO Euro belt.
2020 Olympic light heavyweight silver medalist Ben “B£NZO” Whittaker easily won his pro debut against Greg O’Neil (6-7-1, 1 KO). The entertaining Whittaker outclassed O’Neil until he laid him out with a right hand 21 seconds into round two. Whittaker is trained by Sugar Hill Steward.
2020 Olympic super heavyweight bronze medalist Frazer “Big Fraze” Clarke (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a second round KO against Ariel Esteban Bracamonte (11-9, 6 KOs). Bracamonte gave a good account of himself against Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller last month in Argentina, but Clarke dropped him with a left hook and the referee waved it off even though Bracamonte beat the count. Time was 2:57.
Kudos to both men for putting up a good job. CBS clearly won, but good job by Chamberlin too. The Sauce will knock out CBS.
If Frazer Clarke was to fight Big Baby in his 3rd fight, I honestly feel Clarke would win in the 4th round. Maybe the 5th. Miller is on the back 9.
CBS is supposedly really good friends and training partners with Okolie. I don’t know if they’d fight despite the fact that CBS is probably about to be his mandatory.
I watched this last night and have to say Smith and Chamberlain put everything on the line and gave all the fans an action packed night along with the great undercards.
Jake Paul and his circus act should learn from this and take note that this is what real fights are about.