{"id":631705,"date":"2026-06-10T19:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631705\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:21:22","slug":"ryan-rozicki-says-he-would-have-fought-to-the-end-against-chris-billam-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631705\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Rozicki Says He Would Have Fought To The End Against Chris Billam-Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.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 East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=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 East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always said I\u2019d rather be stopped in an exciting fight than win a boring one,\u201d Rozicki said on Instagram following the bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongrats to Chris Billam-Smith and his team, an absolute honour to share the ring. A true world champion and absolute gentleman. We both ended up in the hospital. I wish you nothing but the best. Enjoy your family time now champ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the result did not go his way, Rozicki delivered on his pre-fight promise of an action fight. The bout quickly developed into a punishing battle, with both men taking damage before the contest was halted after seven rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to Zuffa Boxing for giving me the opportunity to have the kind of fight I been wanting for many years,\u201d Rozicki continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have went to the death last night but my coach made the decision that I will never protest. My corner saw something they didn\u2019t like even though we all know I would have kept going to the end. Live to fight another day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rozicki also thanked fans who watched the contest and stood by his pre-fight prediction that the matchup would deliver action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope everyone enjoyed the fight. Like I said, it was going to be violent and I believe that it delivered. Thank you everyone for the support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Rozicki, the outcome appeared secondary to the experience itself. Even after a trip to the hospital and a stoppage defeat, he described the fight as the kind of opportunity he had been seeking for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI always said I\u2019d rather be stopped in an exciting fight than win a boring one,\u201d Rozicki said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-631705","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\/631705","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=631705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}