By Stanley White: Former junior middleweight title challenger Julian “J-Rock” Williams (23-1-1, 15 KOs) will be fighting tonight against former 154lb. world champion Ishe Smith (29-8, 12 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round fight on Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Jim Dower: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (25-1-1, 14 KOs) overcame a bad start to defeat the previously unbeaten Liam Williams (16-1-1, 11 KOs) by a 9th round TKO on Saturday night in their fight for the vacant WBO interim junior middleweight title at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Both fighters were badly cut. Williams was cut in round 9.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs) and his loyal fans are hoping he doesn’t get tripped up tonight against the talented Russian Petr Petrov (38-5-2, 19 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The fight will be shown on BT Sport and BoxNation in the UK.
By Harry Rowland:
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Jason Sosa (08/04/2017) analysis and prediction
At 29, Vasyl Lomachenko 7-1 (5) is clearly in the prime of his career and seemingly getting better with every bout, having transformed from the complete amateur, to the complete professional in just a handful of fights. Since learning a hard lesson in the necessity to plant his feet and sit down on his punches, in a loss against seasoned professional Orlando Salido in 2014, he has quickly become one of the best fighters on the planet.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (24-1-1, 13 KOs) came in 1 ½ pounds over the 154lb weigh-in limit on Friday in weighing in at 155.9 lbs. for his fight for the interim WBO junior middleweight title against Liam Williams (16-0-1, 11 KOs) for their important bout this Saturday night on April 8 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.