CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH can see a path which takes him to a battle for the undisputed cruiserweight championship in 2025.
Regardless of dropping his WBO title to Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, 47-1 (30 KOs), of their November 16 unification bout in Riyadh all isn’t misplaced for the Brit.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman lately mentioned of Billam-Smith, “We’ll definitely rank him and he has the potential of combating for a title.”
As issues stand Noel Mikaelian is the present WBC world champion however is unable to defend his title as a consequence of a authorized case with promoter Don King. On December 7 in Canada Ryan Rozicki, 20-1 (19 KOs), will face Yamil Alberto Peralta, 17-1 (9 KOs), for the interim belt. There’s a chance that the winner could also be elevated to full champion standing if Mikaelian can not meet the WBC’s necessities as champion.
Billam-Smith, 20-2 (13 KOs), spoke to Boxing Information this week about when he plans to return to the ring and the way he can land an undisputed title battle.
“The opposite belts are all going to be tied up for now. Zurdo’s bought [the] WBA and WBO and Opetaia’s bought the IBF and he’s combating in January. He’s bought his necessary [challenger] in [Hussein] Cinkara. If he can come by means of that then I think about him and Zurdo will battle most likely comparable time to after I’ll battle in Might. That’s what I’m taking a look at is Might time realistically. So, I feel the WBC route can be the route I’d like to go down.
“Clearly a really established belt and actually wanted. After which [that] will get me again at World degree. I imply in a great world I can battle for that on the similar time they battle for his or her three belts after which I can battle the winner.
“This stuff can occur and I imagine this loss will probably be an enormous alternative for me to only strip issues again, work on some fundamentals which [I] most likely haven’t labored on as a lot over time as a result of they actually concentrate on my strengths and so they’ve bought me to the place I’m. However they weren’t sufficient on battle evening this time round so gotta return and actually polish up on some weaknesses. However yeah that’d be the route I take.”
