Liverpool's Callum Smith takes on Mathieu Bauderlique in just his second ever light-heavyweight fight on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's world heavyweight title rematch against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday, August 20.
Smith will be fighting for a chance to win a belt of his own in a WBC light heavyweight title eliminator against former Olympic Bronze medalist Bauderlique. Smith, 32 is the former WBA (Super) and The Ring super-middleweight title holder, having lost both of these and his unbeaten career record to Canelo Alvarez in December 2020.
However, he is now back on the scene at the top of the division and takes on Frenchman Baderlique hoping that he can continue to bounce back from defeat to Alvarez, who is rated as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
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His opponent has won his last nine fights and poses a formidable threat to Smith, and with a world title shot against Artur Beterbiev on the cards for the winner it is sure to be a thrilling fight.
What is the UK start time and TV channel for Smith vs Baderlique?
The event will start at 6pm on Saturday, August 20 on Sky Sports Box Office and Sky Sports Box Office HD.
The fight is the penultimate bout of the evening and is expected to take place at around 9pm.
Who is on the Joshua vs Usyk 2 undercard?
- Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2
- Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique (WBC light-heavyweight final eliminator)
- Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera
- Filip Hrgovic vs Zhilei Zhang (IBF heavyweight final eliminator)
- Tyron Spong vs Andrew Tabiti
- Daniel Lapin vs Jozef Jurko
- Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nova
- Ziyad Almaayouf vs Hector Alatorre
