Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Beterbiev vs. Smith will appear live this Saturday, January 13 at 10:00 pm ET/ 7:00 pm PT, on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ from the Videotron Center in Quebec. Canada.
In the main event, WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev will defend his crown against former world champion Callum Smith.
Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs), who resides in Montreal, is the only current world boxing champion with a 100 percent knockout ratio. He has made seven title defenses since capturing the IBF belt in November 2017. Smith (29-1, 21 KOs), of Liverpool, England, and a WBC mandatory challenger, has won two fights by knockout since losing one decision in a 2020 title. Unification fight against Canelo Álvarez.
On the card, which begins at 5:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm ET exclusively on ESPN+, Australian Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (26-2, 19 KOs) will defend his WBO bantamweight world title against Mexican-American challenger Saúl Sánchez. (20-2, 12 KOs), who enters his first world title challenge.
The callers of the action will be: Joe Tessitore of ESPN, Hall of Fame member Timothy Bradley, Jr., Mark Kriegel and Bernardo Osuna.
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