Chris Billam-Smith vs Richard Riakporhe LIVE!
Chris Billam-Smith remains the WBO cruiserweight champion of the world after dominating Richard Riakporhe in Saturday night’s much-anticipated all-British main event at Selhurst Park. ‘The Gentleman’ was in inspired form to produce arguably the best performance of his career to date on enemy territory at the home of Premier League football club Crystal Palace, claiming a fully deserved unanimous decision victory to successfully defend the belt he took from Lawrence Okolie in unforgettable fashion for the second time.
As well as keeping hold of his title and setting up a potential lucrative unification fight in America in the future, Billam-Smith was also delighted to avenge the only loss of his professional career to date, having been narrowly outpointed by the hard-hitting Riakporhe when the two rivals first met five years ago on the Dillian Whyte-Oscar Rivas undercard at the O2 Arena.
On Saturday night’s Boxxer bill, Ben Whittaker eased to victory over Ezra Arenyeka to pick up the IBF international light-heavyweight belt and Jack Massey outpointed Isaac Chamberlain in a thriller to collect the vacant European and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles. Dan Azeez could only just draw with Hrvoje Sep in a shock result, but rising star Francesca Hennessy was victorious again following early wins for Lewie Pochetty, Deevorn Miller and Mitchell Frearson. Follow all tonight’s boxing action live below!
