{"id":807398,"date":"2026-10-19T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807398\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:54:09","slug":"smith-vs-puello-date-ringwalk-uk-time-undercard-weight-venue-records-how-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807398\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith vs Puello: Date, ringwalk, UK time, undercard, weight, venue, records &#038; how to follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Smith has long been regarded as one of British boxing&#8217;s leading prospects, but victory over Matias moved him onto the world stage and a successful first defence would strengthen his claim to be one of the best fighters in the division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It could also open the door to much bigger fights. Shakur Stevenson holds the WBO title, while Russell is the WBA champion. The IBF title is vacant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is also a domestic rivalry developing with unbeaten Londoner Adam Azim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Azim is 15-0 and has been talked about as a future world champion, but Smith has, for now, moved ahead of him in terms of achievement by winning a recognised world title. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Should Azim reach that level, a future all-British world-title fight could become one of the biggest contests available to both men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Promoter Eddie Hearn has previously talked about the prospect of Smith eventually headlining at Sheffield Wednesday&#8217;s Hillsborough Stadium if his profile continues to grow, while Smith has spoken about wanting to build the kind of travelling support Ricky Hatton enjoyed at his peak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Beating a former champion of Puello&#8217;s quality on home soil would help show whether he can become one of British boxing&#8217;s headline names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith has long been regarded as one of British boxing&#8217;s leading prospects, but victory over Matias moved him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807398","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\/807398","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=807398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}