{"id":630530,"date":"2026-06-10T05:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:04:22","slug":"chris-billam-smith-ryan-rozicki-released-from-hospital-after-brutal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630530\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Billam-Smith, Ryan Rozicki Released From Hospital After Brutal Fight"},"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>Billam-Smith later reassured fans with a message posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been taken to hospital but it is very precautionary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely fine, they are just going to do some tests but all is well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your support tonight. Another unbelievable night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove you all, thank you so much, and see you all soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image shared by Zuffa Boxing on Sunday showed the extent of the damage suffered by both men. Billam-Smith and Rozicki posed together after the fight with badly marked-up faces following one of the most punishing cruiserweight contests of the year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ABSOLUTE WARRIORS \ud83e\udee1 \ud83e\udd4a<\/p>\n<p>Nothing but respect between Chris Billam-Smith and Ryan Rozicki! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ZuffaBoxing07?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#ZuffaBoxing07<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CoPqJGLdG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5CoPqJGLdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Zuffa_Boxing\/status\/2063593512306631029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White explained that neither fighter was allowed to speak to the media after the bout as he wanted both men checked immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent them both to the hospital, they\u2019re both getting checked out,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got my guy, Dave Lewis, and I said, no interviews, no nothing. I want both these guys to go straight to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White added that fighter safety remains one of his biggest priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 30 years of the UFC, there\u2019s never been a death or serious injury. And it\u2019s important for me to keep that run alive, especially with boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victory puts Billam-Smith in line for another major fight at cruiserweight. However, after the amount of punishment absorbed by both fighters during the seven-round war, many fans will be interested to see how long the Bournemouth native takes before returning to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billam-Smith later reassured fans with a message posted on social media. \u201cI have been taken to hospital but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-630530","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\/630530","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=630530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}