Callum Smith is a name we might be hearing a lot more of over the coming years.
The Liverpool boxer is just 25 years old, but the British Super Middleweight champ has now added a European belt to his collection, and in some style.
Smith secured a first-round TKO against Hadillah Mohoumadi, stopping the Frenchman in just two minutes to take his career record to 19-0-0 with 14 knockouts.
BEAST MODE ✅ @CallumSmith23 pic.twitter.com/Zdzemdlaxy
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) April 2, 2016
The victory sees Smith climb to third in BoxRec’s world super middleweight rankings, and ensures he is now a mandatory challenger for the WBC world title.
Following the impressive success, fellow Liverpudlian Wayne Rooney congratulated Smith on the knockout – his second successive first-round win after seeing off Rocky Fielding for the British super middleweight title last year.
Callum’s brother Liam is already a world champion at light middleweight, but could we see two world title belts in the family before long?
@CallumSmith23 wow incredible world champion very soon. Well done lad
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) April 2, 2016
