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Other names | Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Light-welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dalton Smith (born 8 February 1997) is an English professional boxer. He held the British super-lightweight title between 2022 and 2024 and the Commonwealth title in 2023. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division, and won the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.
As an amateur Smith won multiple national titles at the junior and senior level, [2] including the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight. [3] At the international level he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division. [2] He also competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships, reaching the quarter-finals; [4] the 2014 World Youth Championships, losing in the round of 8; [5] and the 2016, [6] 2017 [7] and 2018 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts. [8]
After deciding to forgo the 2020 Olympics – due to rule changes regarding weight categories, along with several injuries suffered throughout his amateur career – Smith signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing in May 2019, [9] making his professional debut two months later on 10 May, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Luka Leskovic at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. [10]
In his next fight he defeated Ibrar Riyaz with a second-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) on 21 July as part of the undercard for Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas. [11] Smith became only the fourth man to stop Riyaz, [12] a career journeyman who at the time had a record of 6–165–4. [13] Three months later he travelled to Italy, defeating Marko Radenovic via third-round technical knockout (TKO) [14] before ending the year with a third-round TKO win against Michael Carrero in November. [15]
His first fight of 2020 came against Benson Nyilawila in March, winning by fourth-round TKO in a bout that was streamed live on Facebook. [16]
On March 23, 2024 in Sheffield, England, Smith was scheduled to face Jose Zepeda. [17] [18] He won the fight by knockout in the fifth round with body shot. [19]
Smith is scheduled to face Jon Fernandez for the vacant European super lightweight title in Sheffield, England on September 28, 2024. [20]
16 fights | 16 wins | 0 losses |
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By knockout | 12 | 0 |
By decision | 4 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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16 | Win | 16–0 | Jose Zepeda | KO | 5 (12), 1:25 | 23 Mar 2024 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Won vacant WBC Silver light-welterweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Sam Maxwell | TKO | 7 (12), 1:34 | 1 Jul 2023 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Retained British light-welterweight title; Won Commonwealth light-welterweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Billy Allington | UD | 12 | 18 Feb 2023 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England | Retained British light-welterweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Kaisee Benjamin | UD | 12 | 12 Nov 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained British light-welterweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Sam O'maison | TKO | 6 (12), 2:55 | 6 Aug 2022 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Won vacant British light-welterweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Mauro Perouene | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 4 Jun 2022 | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales | Retained WBC International Silver light-welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Ray Moylette | TKO | 10 (10), 0:49 | 26 Mar 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver light-welterweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Brian Pelaez | UD | 10 | 10 Sep 2021 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Lee Appleyard | TKO | 6 (10), 2:44 | 15 May 2021 | AO Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant English light-welterweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Ishmael Ellis | RTD | 3 (10), 3:00 | 13 Feb 2021 | The SSE Arena, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Nathan Bennett | KO | 5 (8), 2:57 | 1 Aug 2020 | Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Benson Nyilawila | TKO | 4 (6), 0:18 | 7 Mar 2020 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Michael Carrero | TKO | 3 (6), 2:47 | 2 Nov 2019 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Marko Radenovic | TKO | 3 (6) | 11 Oct 2019 | PalaTrento, Trento, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Ibrar Riyaz | RTD | 2 (4), 3:00 | 20 Jul 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Luka Leskovic | PTS | 4 | 10 May 2019 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England |
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Born | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Light-welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dalton Smith (born 8 February 1997) is an English professional boxer. He held the British super-lightweight title between 2022 and 2024 and the Commonwealth title in 2023. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division, and won the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.
As an amateur Smith won multiple national titles at the junior and senior level, [2] including the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight. [3] At the international level he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division. [2] He also competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships, reaching the quarter-finals; [4] the 2014 World Youth Championships, losing in the round of 8; [5] and the 2016, [6] 2017 [7] and 2018 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts. [8]
After deciding to forgo the 2020 Olympics – due to rule changes regarding weight categories, along with several injuries suffered throughout his amateur career – Smith signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing in May 2019, [9] making his professional debut two months later on 10 May, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Luka Leskovic at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. [10]
In his next fight he defeated Ibrar Riyaz with a second-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) on 21 July as part of the undercard for Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas. [11] Smith became only the fourth man to stop Riyaz, [12] a career journeyman who at the time had a record of 6–165–4. [13] Three months later he travelled to Italy, defeating Marko Radenovic via third-round technical knockout (TKO) [14] before ending the year with a third-round TKO win against Michael Carrero in November. [15]
His first fight of 2020 came against Benson Nyilawila in March, winning by fourth-round TKO in a bout that was streamed live on Facebook. [16]
On March 23, 2024 in Sheffield, England, Smith was scheduled to face Jose Zepeda. [17] [18] He won the fight by knockout in the fifth round with body shot. [19]
Smith is scheduled to face Jon Fernandez for the vacant European super lightweight title in Sheffield, England on September 28, 2024. [20]
16 fights | 16 wins | 0 losses |
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By knockout | 12 | 0 |
By decision | 4 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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16 | Win | 16–0 | Jose Zepeda | KO | 5 (12), 1:25 | 23 Mar 2024 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Won vacant WBC Silver light-welterweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Sam Maxwell | TKO | 7 (12), 1:34 | 1 Jul 2023 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Retained British light-welterweight title; Won Commonwealth light-welterweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Billy Allington | UD | 12 | 18 Feb 2023 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England | Retained British light-welterweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Kaisee Benjamin | UD | 12 | 12 Nov 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained British light-welterweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Sam O'maison | TKO | 6 (12), 2:55 | 6 Aug 2022 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Won vacant British light-welterweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Mauro Perouene | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 4 Jun 2022 | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales | Retained WBC International Silver light-welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Ray Moylette | TKO | 10 (10), 0:49 | 26 Mar 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | Won vacant WBC International Silver light-welterweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Brian Pelaez | UD | 10 | 10 Sep 2021 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Lee Appleyard | TKO | 6 (10), 2:44 | 15 May 2021 | AO Arena, Manchester, England | Won vacant English light-welterweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Ishmael Ellis | RTD | 3 (10), 3:00 | 13 Feb 2021 | The SSE Arena, London, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Nathan Bennett | KO | 5 (8), 2:57 | 1 Aug 2020 | Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Benson Nyilawila | TKO | 4 (6), 0:18 | 7 Mar 2020 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Michael Carrero | TKO | 3 (6), 2:47 | 2 Nov 2019 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Marko Radenovic | TKO | 3 (6) | 11 Oct 2019 | PalaTrento, Trento, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Ibrar Riyaz | RTD | 2 (4), 3:00 | 20 Jul 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Luka Leskovic | PTS | 4 | 10 May 2019 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England |