{"id":618538,"date":"2026-06-03T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618538\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:06:09","slug":"chris-billam-smith-says-he-can-stop-ryan-rozicki-in-bournemouth-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618538\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Billam-Smith Says He Can Stop Ryan Rozicki In Bournemouth Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery fight I go into, I want to do the best job on someone and a better job than anyone else has done. He has been hurt in the past,\u201d said Billiam-Smith to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports Boxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bell went at the end of the first against Oscar Rivas and that probably saved him from a knockdown and maybe even a stoppage if there had been 30 seconds left, but there wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got through it, and he rumbled on, does what he does. I think I can get it done inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments came after an intense face-off between the two fighters on Bournemouth seafront earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Rozicki has made no secret of his approach for Saturday\u2019s fight, repeatedly stating that he does not expect to leave the judges with any role in deciding the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully shorter. I\u2019m very confident,\u201d said Rozicki. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try not to take as much damage while we\u2019re going for the knockout. If it does go to points, I lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not getting a points decision here. We all know that, so it\u2019s a knockout or get knocked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billam-Smith dismissed those remarks as something he has heard many times before from visiting opponents at the Bournemouth International Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard people say it before. It\u2019s irrelevant come fight night,\u201d said Billiam-Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had plenty of people in the past think exactly the same and fully believe the same thing, especially people that have come here to the BIC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have thought they\u2019re coming in here and are going to do a number of me, so I can do what I always do here and win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s fight headlines Zuffa Boxing\u2019s first event in the United Kingdom, with Billam-Smith aiming to restart his pursuit of another world title opportunity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"497\">Dan Ambrose is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24, recognized for his direct analysis and extensive coverage of the global fight landscape. His reporting focuses on major bouts, divisional developments, and the sport\u2019s most discussed storylines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cEvery fight I go into, I want to do the best job on someone and a better job&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-618538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}