THE profession of Chris Billam-Smith is now reaching a stage of “making reminiscences” in accordance with the WBO cruiserweight champion.
On Saturday evening the 33-year-old retained his title to stage the rating at 1-1 in his rivalry with Richard Riakporhe 5 years on from their authentic encounter.
Billam-Smith’s second defence was one other big-time occasion outdoor at Selhurst Park the house of Riakporhe’s favorite soccer crew Crystal Palace. The champion upset the percentages although delivering a tactically astute efficiency in opposition to his heavy handed challenger.
With almost seven years as an expert fighter below his belt in a profession the place there have been a share of powerful and demanding fights Billam-Smith desires even greater nights to look again on.
“For me now it’s about making reminiscences and looking out again on a profession which I actually loved,” he instructed Boxing Information yesterday (June 16).
“Everybody desires to combat in America and my subsequent few fights, if I had a magic wand, can be “Zurdo” [Ramirez] in America and [Jai] Opetaia wherever. That’d be superb. Zurdo is on no account a simple combat. A really proficient fighter. Solely misplaced to [Dmitry] Bivol. Had an awesome win in opposition to [Arsen Goulamirian] however he’s clearly Stateside.
“While you’re a child you need to combat in your crew’s soccer stadium and you then get to do this after which another person’s soccer stadium. And the place do you go from there? Dream massive desires as I realized from the movie ‘Sing’. That’s it for me. I simply need to make reminiscences. A combat over there after which Opetaia can be implausible.”
As issues stand elsewhere within the cruiserweight division Gilberto Ramirez holds the WBA title, Opetaia is the IBF champion and Noel Mikaelian has the WBC belt.
