Stephen Smith (boxer)

Stephen Smith
Smith in 2011
Statistics
Real name	Stephen Francis Smith
Nickname(s)	Swifty
Rated at	Featherweight Super featherweight
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Nationality	British
Born	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	24
Wins by KO	14
Losses	3
Draws	0
Medal record boxing Representing  England [1] Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Featherweight European Amateur Championships 2006 Plovdiv Featherweight

Stephen Francis Smith (born 22 July 1985)^[1] is a British professional boxer. He is the current WBC Silver super featherweight champion and a former British featherweight and British super featherweight champion, he is also a former 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.^[2]

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, US 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.^[3]

Professional career

Smith turned professional on 21 June 2008 and stopped Shaun Walton in the 3rd round at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.^[4] Like his brother he signed for Warren's Sports Network^[5] 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 fight 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 licence 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

24 Wins (14 knockouts, 10 decision), 3 Losses, 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	24–3	Jason Sosa	UD	12	2016-11-12	Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo	For WBA (Regular) Super Featherweight title.
Win	24–2	Daniel Brizuela	TKO	7 (12)	2016-05-29	Goodison Park, Liverpool	Won vacant WBC Silver Super Featherweight title.
Loss	23–2	José Pedraza	UD	12	2016-04-16	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut	For IBF Super Featherweight title.
Win	23–1	Devis Boschiero	TKO	6 (12)	2015-09-19	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool	IBF Super Featherweight title final eliminator.
Win	22–1	Barrington Brown	PTS	6	2015-04-04	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Win	21–1	Jacek Wylezol	PTS	6	2015-03-28	Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, Sheffield
Win	20–1	Pedro Navarrete	PTS	8	2014-06-14	Echo Arena, Liverpool
Win	19–1	Mauricio Javier Munoz	RTD	8 (12)	2014-05-21	First Direct Arena, Leeds	Won WBC Silver Super Featherweight title
Win	18–1	Sergio Manuel Medina	KO	8 (10)	2013-11-23	Phones4u Arena, Manchester	Won vacant WBC International Silver Super Featherweight title
Win	17–1	Gary Buckland	KO	5 (12)	2013-08-17	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales	Won BBBofC British Super Featherweight title
Win	16–1	Eddie Nesbitt	KO	1 (6)	2013-06-28	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool
Win	15–1	Jose Luis Graterol	PTS	8	2012-06-01	York Hall, London, England
Win	14–1	Ben Jones	TKO	1 (12)	2012-03-02	The Troxy, London, England	Won WBO Intercontinental Super featherweight title
Win	13–1	Arpad Vass	KO	1 (8)	2012-02-18	Olympiahalle, Munich
Loss	12–1	Lee Selby	KO	8 (12)	2011-09-17	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Lost BBBofC British Featherweight title
Win	12–0	John Simpson	MD	12	2011-04-27	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Won BBBofC British Featherweight title
Win	11–0	John Simpson	SD	12	2010-09-04	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Won Commonwealth Featherweight title
Win	10–0	Jason Thomas	TKO	1 (8)	2010-03-12	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Win	9–0	Chris Riley	PTS	4	2009-12-05	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
Win	8–0	Gavin Reid	PTS	8	2009-10-30	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Win	7–0	Zsolt Nagy	PTS	6	2009-05-22	York Hall, London, England
Win	6–0	Steve Gethin	RTD	1 (4)	2008-02-28	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
Win	5–0	Anthony Hanna	PTS	4	2008-12-12	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
Win	4–0	Sid Razak	TKO	3 (4)	2008-10-31	Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England
Win	3–0	Robin Deakin	TKO	2 (4)	2008-10-10	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	2–0	Wladimir Borov	TKO	1 (4)	2008-09-06	MEN Arena, Manchester, England
Win	1–0	Shaun Walton	KO	3 (4)	2008-06-21	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.^[6]

References

External links

• Bio
• Euro
• Pro Record