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Paul, Liam and another brother who is a professional boxer, Stephen, are all making the long journey with Callum to Texas for the fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio. There’s a little bit of history there and it will be nice to get revenge, but first and foremost I’ve got a job to do and that’s beat Canelo Alvarez.

“I did it with Groves for Paul,” Smith told The Associated Press in a video interview, “hopefully I can do it with Canelo for Liam.

And it wouldn’t be the first time: In 2018, he knocked out George Groves, who had previously beaten Smith’s oldest brother, Paul, to capture the WBA super-middleweight title. He would take great satisfaction, too, from taking down a conqueror of one of the siblings from a Smith family steeped in boxing. It would go down as one of the most sensational victories in British boxing history, catapulting Smith - an unbeaten 30-year-old fighter from Liverpool - into superstardom. Smith will compete in the biggest fight of his career on Saturday when he attempts to do what only one man, the great Floyd Mayweather, has achieved - beat Alvarez, a four-division world champion who, for many, is the best pound-for-pound boxer around. “So I knew then, and I know now, how good a fighter he is.”įour years later, it’s time to take some family revenge. “He finds gaps and holes that you don’t know you’re leaving,” Smith said of the Mexican boxer. Ringside at a raucous AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Smith can recall in particular the accuracy of Alvarez’s punches, the way he maneuvered his big brother, Liam, into a position to drop him on three occasions - the final time with a brutal body shot. The government has directed the mosque preachers to allocate a sermon next Friday to warn people against Tablighi Jamaat.Callum Smith had a front row seat to see his brother dismantled by Canelo Alvarez in a bruising light-middleweight title fight in 2016. Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it 'one of the gates of terrorism' The incident took place in Bandipora's Gulshan Chowk this evening, the officials said, adding, security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation Jammu and Kashmir: Two cops killed in militant attack in Bandipora So it will take at least a year before he reaches that stature," he added. "He can't just go and challenge for a world title fight right away, he has to have good rankings and his rival also has to agree. Before that, we are planning a bout for him in March-April in Delhi," he said. "We are targetting an Asian title bout for him in the next six months and may be a world title bout in one year's time. His India promoters Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS) CEO Neerav Tomar confirmed that an Asian title bout would be on cards for Vijender in six months' time. Hopefully my fourth or fifth bout would be in India, in Delhi may be," he added. "Before that, I want to fight on home turf in front of my people. Because a title bout cannot be four rounds," said the middleweight boxer, whose next bout is scheduled for December 19 in Manchester against a yet-to-be-named opponent. "Right now I am fighting four-round contests, I will gradually move ahead and increase the rounds to six and 10 and challenge for the Asian title in six months time. Spelling out his plans going forward, Vijender said he would not make a rush for a title bout just yet and wait for six months to get a stronghold in the circuit.

"My trainer (Lee Beard) is a fantastic guy and we have developed a good relationship." I am adapting pretty quickly to the set-up," he added. However, I am a tough guy and will get over it. "I can say a part of the tough phase is over and some more is left before I become fully comfortable with the set-up. I led a particular life for 15-20 years in the amateur level, all that has suddenly changed and it's not easy making the adjustments," Vijender told PTI. There is hardly any social circle there for me. I trained for hours and hours amid people I did not know. "It's not at all as easy as it looked on TV. The Haryana-lad won both the contests he fought in the last couple of months, notching up impressive knockout wins, the latest coming in less than three minutes.