Former WBO Cruiserweight champion Chris Billiam-Smith wants to look good and defeat Brandon Glanton in their 12-round undercad fight this Saturday Dazn ppvand use the win to get a quick world title. Billiam-Smith against Glanton is fighting on the bottom map of Chris Eubank Jr. Against Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
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The main card starts at 17:00 BST / 12 pm et / 9 am pt. Billiam-Smith (20-2, 13 COs) lost his WBO title on November 16 last year in a massacre to Gilberto Ramirez. He landed on Ramirez a few major shots during the whole fight, but was surpassed.
Billiam-Smith is #4 WBC and #4 WBO. So he must be pushed up the rankings with a win over #3 WBA Glanton (20-2, 17 COs). This battle will be more of a war than the last one of Chris against Ramirez, because Glanton, 33, is a puncher and will try to strike him.
Bottom map
– Anthony Yarde at Lyndon Arthur
– Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna (middleweight)
-Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton
– Viddal Riley vs. Cheavon Clarke
“Brandon Glanton, I saw a few tracks from him. He comes forward with an entertaining style, a big puncher, which can only make a big fight, ‘Chris Billiam-Smith tells PUNCHOUT BOX About his opponent for Saturday, Glanton.
Brandon is the type of opponent against which Billiam-Smith, 34, performed well during his career. The only question is whether the scar tissue over his eyes had enough time to heal from his fight against Ramirez. If Billiam-Smith starts bleeding everywhere, glanton will utilize it.
Title aspirations
“We did our homework. Training was good, and we had a good camp,” Billiam-Smith said. “We had a similar length and sparring partners in which we flew. Now it’s just up to me to go in and do the work. We’ll have to wait and watch, ” Billiam-Smith said when asked when he thinks he’s going to fight for a world title.
“Yes, realistic, I think Jai (Opetaia) and (Gilberto) Ramirez are likely to fight. If I were one of them, I would go and look at exactly the same thing. So it makes sense. Yes, I’m interested in getting a world title back. One of the champions I will look at Saturday.
“The plan is to achieve victory, look good and straight back to the world titles on Saturday. I am with the rankings of the governing bodies, and also what I did in my career, I think I will be straight there,” Billiam-Smith said Seconds.
Last updated on 04/22/2025
