Stephen Smith (boxer)

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Stephen Smith
Statistics
Real name Stephen Smith
Nickname(s) Swifty
Rated at Featherweight
Super Featherweight
Height 1.73 m
Nationality British
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985
Liverpool
Boxing record
Total fights 19
Wins 18
Wins by KO 11
Losses 1
Draws 0
No contests 0
Stephen Smith
Medal record
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2006 Melbourne Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze 2006 Plovdiv Featherweight

Stephen Smith (born 22 July 1985) is an English professional boxer from Liverpool, England, competing in the super featherweight division. He is currently promoted by Matchroom Sport. He is the reigning British super featherweight champion and former British and Commonwealth featherweight champion.

Amateur career

A distinguished amateur with over 150 fights, Smith represented Rotunda ABC and achieved fame at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne when he defeated Mehrullah Lassi in the final to win Commonwealth Gold. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, losing in the semi-final of that tournament to Albert Selimov. He also won the ABA championships in 2005 and 2006, the Four Nations in 2006 and Gold at the 2007 Commonwealth Federation Championships held in Liverpool.[1]

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, USA he was defeated in the first round losing 20:14 to German Marcel Herfurth, in a tournament in which he had been expected to perform well.[2]

Professional career

Smith turned professional on 21 June 2008 and stopped Shaun Walton in the 3rd round at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.[3] Like his brother he signed for Warren's Sports Network[4] and has since had a further 11 fights, all wins.

Smith became Commonwealth featherweight champion after he edged a points verdict over John Simpson in a tight scrap in Glasgow on 4 September 2010. A 114-116, 116-114, 116-112 decision was announced following a gruelling battle. During the re-match on 27 April 2011, Smith once again won on points with judges scores of 114-114, 115-114 and 118-112. However Simpson argued the judges scores were off target.

Smith fought the Welsh challenger Lee Selby on 17 September 2011, in a British and Commonwealth title defence at the Olympia, Liverpool where he was stopped in the 8th round by a Selby left hand.

Since losing to Selby, Smith fought Arpad Vass in the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on 18 February 2012 winning via KO in Round 1. On 2 March 2012 Smith fought Ben Jones at The Troxy in London winning that fight via TKO in Round 1. On 1 June 2012 Smith fought for the third time in 2012 against Jose Luis Graterol at the York Hall winning again this time on points over 8 rounds.

Smith was due to fight on 8 March 2013 on the undercard of Yaqub Kareem v Paul Butler at the Liverpool Olympia however the fightt was rescheduled to 12 April 2013. On 8 April 2013 Frank Warren confirmed that the event had been cancelled.

Smith fought for the first time in 13 months on 28 June 2013 against Eddie Nebitt of Belfast at the Liverpool Olympia and won via KO in Round 1. His next fight will be on 17 August 2013 against Gary Buckland at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Smith won the British Super featherweight title after he KO'd Buckland in Round 5.

Promotions Change

In October 2013 Smith announced he was breaking his contract with Frank Warren and signing with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom organisation. Warren took action through the courts and with the British Boxing Board of Control against Smith's contract termination.

On 31 October 2013 Smith was ordered by the British Boxing Board of Control to fight on 7 December 2013 in Liverpool under the Frank Warren promotion, Smith refused and relinquished his belt, the following day Smith was suspended by the BBBoC pending further investigation into his and Eddie Hearn's conduct in the switch.

On 15 November 2013 Smith was handed back his license by the BBBoC and his first fight under Matchroom promotions was confirmed to be against Sergio Manuel Medina on the undercard of the Carl Froch v George Groves at Manchester's Phones 4u arena on 23 November 2013, Smith won the fight via KO in Round 8 and won the vacant WBC International Silver super featherweight title.

Professional boxing record

18 Wins (11 knockouts, 7 decision), 1 Losses, 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 18-1 Argentina Sergio Manuel Medina KO 8 (10) 23 November 2013 England Phones4u Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom Won vacant WBC International Silver super featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17-1 Wales Gary Buckland KO 5 (12) 17 August 2013 Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales Won BBBofC British super featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 16-1 Republic of Ireland Eddie Nesbitt KO 1 (6) 28 June 2013 England Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 15-1 Venezuela Jose Luis Graterol PTS 8 1 June 2012 England York Hall, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 14-1 England Ben Jones TKO 1 (12) 2 March 2012 England The Troxy, London, England Won WBO Intercontinental super featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 13-1 Hungary Arpad Vass KO 1 (8) 18 February 2012 Germany Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 12-1 Wales Lee Selby TKO 8 (12) 17 September 2011 England Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England Lost BBBofC British featherweight title, Commonwealth featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12-0 Scotland John Simpson MD 12 27 April 2011 England Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England Won BBBofC British featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11-0 Scotland John Simpson SD 12 4 September 2010 Scotland Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Won Commonwealth featherweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 10-0 Wales Jason Thomas TKO 1 (8) 12 March 2010 England Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9-0 England Chris Riley PTS 4 5 December 2009 England Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8-0 Scotland Gavin Reid PTS 8 30 October 2009 England Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7-0 Hungary Zsolt Nagy PTS 6 22 May 2009 England York Hall, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6-0 England Steve Gethin RTD 1 (4) 28 February 2009 England National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-0 England Anthony Hanna PTS 4 12 December 2008 England Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4-0 England Sid Razak TKO 3 (4) 31 October 2008 England Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3-0 England Robin Deakin TKO 2 (4) 10 October 2008 England Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2-0 Moldova Wladimir Borov TKO 1 (4) 6 September 2008 England MEN Arena, Manchester, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-0 England Shaun Walton KO 3 (4) 21 June 2008 England National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Professional debut

Genealogical information

Stephen Smith is the younger brother of the boxer; Paul Smith, and the older brother of the boxers; Liam Smith, and Callum Smith.[5]

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