Callum Smith | “Boxing’s just a popularity contest now… look at Ryan Garcia”

Up Front

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode we are joined by the youngest of four brothers from one of the most famous boxing families. Fighting out of Liverpool and coached by Joe Gallagher, Callum Smith went on to gain British and European success at super middleweight before overcoming George Groves for the WBA Strap.

His continued rise within Boxing led him face to face with Cancelo Alvarez, which unfortunately for Smith became his first loss. Smith dusted himself off and aimed to become two-weight world champion but fell short against Artur Beterbiev, leaving his career at a crossroads.

Callum Smith joins the show to talk about what his career now holds in store, and reflect on his unique background and incredible success. He discusses the pitfalls of the often murky world of professional boxing, his thoughts on his more brash and vocal peers and opens up on his plans for the future.

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Warning: This episode may contain strong language and references to violence. Listener discretion advised.

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0:00.0	the young kid who turned professional,
0:01.4	who just failed to make the Olympics.
0:02.9	If I'd have said,
0:03.5	you win English, British, European,
0:05.3	world titles and say,
0:07.1	ain't enough money,
0:08.3	then I'd have bit your hand off for them.
0:10.1	The sport nowadays with social media,
0:11.8	it's a, no popularity contest,
0:13.8	and people with the biggest following are getting the biggest,
0:16.0	like Ryan Garcia this weekend,
0:18.2	he's getting opportunities that his ability doesn't quite marry.
0:22.0	Just out of kiosi,
0:22.7	what do you make of Whittaker?
0:24.4	He's starting to be like Naz
0:25.3	if he,
0:25.9	Naz was doing it at Madison Square Garden
0:27.8	and World Title fights
0:28.7	not against like genuine.
0:30.3	That's what's being mooted around
0:31.8	is that potentially
0:32.7	that you could be fighting
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