Billam-Smith Prepared for Battle with Puncher Glanton, Eyes Ramirez or Opetaia

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billiam-Smith needs to look good defeating Brandon Glanton of their 12-round undercard combat this Saturday, on DAZN PPV, and use the victory to get a fast world title shot. Billiam-Smith vs. Glanton are preventing on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

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The principle card begins at 5 pm BST / 12 pm ET / 9 am PT. Billiam-Smith (20-2, 13 KOs) misplaced his WBO title to Gilberto Ramirez on November sixteenth final yr in a massacre combat. He landed some big pictures on Ramirez all through the combat, however was outmaneuvered.

Billiam-Smith is ranked #4 WBC and #4 WBO. So, he ought to get pushed up the rankings with a victory over #3 WBA Glanton (20-2, 17 KOs). This combat will likely be extra of a battle than Chris’ final one in opposition to Ramirez, as a result of Glanton, 33, is a puncher and will likely be making an attempt to knock him out.

Undercard Line-up

– Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur– Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna (Middleweight)– Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton– Viddal Riley vs. Cheavon Clarke

“Brandon Glanton, I’ve seen just a few clips of him. He comes ahead with an entertaining model, a giant puncher, which might solely make for an important combat,” stated Chris Billiam-Smith to Punchout Boxing about his opponent for Saturday, Glanton.

Brandon is the kind of opponent that Billiam-Smith, 34, has performed effectively in opposition to throughout his profession. The one query is whether or not the scar tissue over his eyes has had sufficient time to heal from his combat in opposition to Ramirez. If Billiam-Smith begins bleeding far and wide, Glanton will benefit from it.

Title Aspirations

“We’ve performed our homework. Coaching has been good, and we’ve had a great camp,” stated Billiam-Smith. “We’ve had related top and sparring companions that we’ve flown in. Now, it’s simply as much as me to go in and do the job. We’ll have to attend and see,” stated Billiam-Smith when requested when he thinks he’ll be preventing for a world title.

“Yeah, realistically, I feel Jai [Opetaia] and [Gilberto] Ramirez are in all probability going to combat. If I had been both of them, I’d be precisely the identical factor. So, it is sensible. Yeah, I’m excited about getting a world title again. Both a kind of champions, I’ll be after Saturday.

“The plan is to get the win on Saturday, look good, and straight again to the world titles. I’m with the governing our bodies’ rankings, and in addition what I’ve performed in my profession, I feel I’ll be straight again in there,” stated Billiam-Smith to Secondsout.