Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-10-07, good boxing match: Gilberto Ramirez vs Joe Smith Jr gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Smith vs Ramirez is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 7th, at the The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 12-round light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-06-18, nice and tough exchanges: the boxing fight Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Smith vs Beterbiev is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC, IBF and WBO World light-heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-10, great performance by both boxers: the boxing fight Joe Smith Jr vs Maxim Vlasov is very close to get four stars!
Vlasov vs Smith is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the vacant WBO World light-heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-08-22, great fight between Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-01-11, pretty good fight between Jesse Hart and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.Jesse Hart entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-2-0 (21 KOs=81%) and he is ranked as the No.8 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dmitry Bivol). He lost to Gilberto Ramirez in 2018 (Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs Jesse Hart 2) but he came back to win against Sullivan Barrera in 2019 (Jesse Hart vs Sullivan Barrera).
His opponent, Joe Smith Jr, has a record of 24-3-0 (20 KOs=83%) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Sullivan Barrera in 2017 (Joe Smith Jr vs Sullivan Barrera) and Dmitry Bivol in 2019 (Dmitry Bivol vs Joe Smith Jr); between these two bouts he beat Melvin Russell (Joe Smith Jr vs Melvin Russell). Hart vs Smith is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-09, pretty good fight between Dmitry Bivol and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.The undefeated Wba light-Hw champion Dmitry Bivol entered this fight with a perfect record of 15-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Gvozdyk). He fought three times last year winning over Sullivan Barrera (Dmitry Bivol vs Sullivan Barrera), Isaac Chilemba (Dmitry Bivol vs Isaac Chilemba) and Jean Pascal (Dmitry Bivol vs Jean Pascal).
His opponent, Joe Smith Jr, has a boxing record of 24-2-0 (20 KOs=83%) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He lost to Sullivan Barrera in 2017 (Joe Smith Jr vs Sullivan Barrera) but he came back to win in 2018 against Melvin Russell (Joe Smith Jr vs Melvin Russell). Bivol vs Smith is valid for the WBA World light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-30, fight not particularly good between Joe Smith Jr and Melvin Russell: it gets two stars.Joe Smith Jr entered this fight with a pro record of 23-2-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson) but he comes off the loss with Sullivan Barrera (Joe Smith Jr vs Sullivan Barrera). Before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Fabiano Pena, Andrzej Fonfara (Fonfara vs Smith) and Bernard Hopkins (Hopkins vs Smith).
His opponent, Melvin Russell, has an official boxing record of 11-4-2 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.301 in the same weight class. He won just one out of his last four fights, against Tahlik Taylor in 2017, after this bout, in 2018, he was defeated by Josh Fisher. Smith vs Russell is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-15, fight not particularly exciting between Joe Smith Jr and Sullivan Barrera: it gets two stars.Joe Smith Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-1-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Eddie Caminero in 2010, since then he has collected 17 consecutive victories beating Fabiano Pena, Andrzej Fonfara (=Fonfara vs Smith) and Bernard Hopkins in 2016 (=Hopkins vs Smith).
His opponent, Sullivan Barrera, has an official record of 19-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost to #1 Andre Ward last year (=Ward vs Barrera) but then he has beat Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (=Shabranskyy vs Barrera) and Paul Parker (=Barrera vs Parker). Sullivan Barrera vs Joe Smith Jr is valid for the WBC International light heavyweight title; undercard of Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good fight between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.The former world champion in two different weight classes Bernard Hopkins (he is 51 years old, 24 years older than Smith) entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 55-7-2 (32 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 8, 2014 when he was defeated by Sergey Kovalev (=Hopkins vs Kovalev). Before this bout, when he was 49 years old, he had won his last world title against Beibut Shumenov (=Hopkins vs Shumenov).
His opponent, Joe Smith Jr, has a record of 22-1-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Andre Ward). He suffered his only loss when he faced Eddie Caminero in 2010, since then he has collected 16 consecutive victories beating Fabiano Pena and Andrzej Fonfara in 2016 (=Fonfara vs Smith). Hopkins vs Smith is valid for the WBC International light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
