Callum Smith retains super-middleweight title with TKO

Close X

To Start receiving timely alerts please follow the below steps:

Click on the Menu icon of the browser, it opens up a list of options.
Click on the “Options ”, it opens up the settings page,
Here click on the “Privacy & Security” options listed on the left hand side of the page.
Scroll down the page to the “Permission” section .
Here click on the “Settings” tab of the Notification option.
A pop up will open with all listed sites, select the option “ALLOW“, for the respective site under the status head to allow the notification.
Once the changes is done, click on the “Save Changes” option to save the changes.

New York, June 2: Callum Smith delivered a devastating third-round TKO against Hassan N'Dam to defend his WBA super-middleweight belt.

On the Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz Jr undercard at Madison Square Garden, Smith mercilessly stopped the former middleweight champion in the third round on Saturday (June 1).

Smith (26-0) was fighting for the first time since his knockout of George Groves in Saudi Arabia in September and the undefeated British boxer was far superior in New York.

The 29-year-old set the tone by sending Cameroonian opponent N'Dam to the canvas with 20 seconds remaining in the opening round.

N'Dam (37-4) was left seriously hurt by the hook and another hook at the start of the second round floored him again.

The 35-year-old got up but it only delayed the inevitable as Smith landed a huge shot that left N'Dam shaky, with the referee stopping the bout.

"It was good to be back in there, it's been a long time," Smith said afterwards. "Tonight was all about the performance; now I want to stay active and push on to prove I'm the best super-middleweight in the world."

Story first published: Sunday, June 2, 2019, 8:51 [IST]

Sporting Buzz

Callum Smith retains super-middleweight title with TKO

Callum Smith delivered a devastating third-round TKO against Hassan N'Dam to defend his WBA super-middleweight belt.