All the details you need to watch the Callum Smith vs John Ryder world title fight
‘Mundo’ will defend his super-middleweight crowns to the ‘The Gorilla’ next and BBN have provided all the details you need to tune in and watch the domestic world title clash on the same proud day in British history that Lewis Hamilton won his second F1 World title, five years ago, in 2014:
Date
The bout takes place on November 23
Venue
It will be held at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, giving the champion the home advantage over the Essex boy
Rounds scheduled
12 three-minute rounds at the 168lbs super-middleweight limit
Titles
Smith’s WBA ‘Super’ world title and WBC Diamond belt is on the line, as well as The Ring Magazine belt
Ringwalks
UK fight fans can expect the pair to make their ringwalks any time around 10pm (GMT)
TV Coverage
Coverage starts at 7pm on Sky Sports Action and then on Sky Sports Main Event from 8pm, live and exclusive, and DAZN in the US
Live Stream
You can watch online via the Sky Sports website here: https://www.skysports.com/watch
There is one other way that you can watch if you are not a Sky TV customer, or if you are just out and about on Saturday night by simply finding a suitable pub that is showing the event by visiting pubfinder.sky.com
Price
Free to view for Sky Sports subscribers
Tickets
Tickets are priced £40, £60, £80, £100, £150, £200, £300, £500 and £800 VIP.
General Sale tickets are available to purchase NOW from StubHub (www.stubhub.co.uk)
Undercard Highlights
Liverpool favourites Anthony Fowler (10-1); Tom Farrell (17-2); Craig Glover (10-2); and Thomas Whittaker Hart (2-0) are all sharing the bill
Related Articles
Everything you need to know about Smith vs Ryder HERE
Press Conference Quotes
Callum Smith: "He is a good fighter on a good run of form but so am I, I am number one in the world for a reason and the best version of me beats every Super-Middleweight on the planet and that includes John Ryder." – other quotes from the presser HERE
Background
Smith (26-0, 19 KOs) landed the WBA World title and was crowned World Boxing Super Series Champion following a stunning seventh round knockout victory over British rival George Groves in Saudi Arabia last September – a win that also saw the Liverpudlian claim the vacant Ring Championship.
He put those titles on the line for the first time against two-time Olympian and former Middleweight World ruler Hassan N’Dam on his US debut at Madison Square Garden in New York earlier this year, flooring the French-Cameroonian three times in three rounds as he delivered a clinical display.
Ryder (28-4, 16 KOs) earned the number-one ranking with the WBA with a seventh round technical knockout win against previously undefeated Russian Andrey Sirotkin in their final eliminator clash at the Copper Box Arena in London last October.
'The Gorilla' stopped Bilal Akkawy to win the vacant interim WBA Super-Middleweight title last time out on the undercard of Saul Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and in doing so kept himself in line for Smith's crown.
Betting Odds Supplied by 888Sport
1/12 Callum Smith39/4 John Ryder
25/1 Draw
Read BBN's resident betting expert Jordan Neild's review HERE
Weights
Both champion Callum Smith and challenger John Ryder tipped the scales at the exact same weight.
All the weights HERE
Running Order
17:00 FIRST BELL:
Marcos Molloy vs Jamie Quinn
4×3 Lightweight contest
Stephen Smith vs Jonny Phillips
4×3 Super-lightweight contest
18:00 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS FACEBOOK:
James Tennyson vs Craig Evans
12×3 Final eliminator for British lightweight contest
19:00 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS:
Tom Farrell vs Sean Dodd
10×3 super-lightweight contest
Anthony Fowler vs Harry Scarff
10×3 Super-welterweight contest
Craig Glover vs Chris Billam-Smith
12×3 Vacant Commonwealth crusierweight title
MAIN EVENT:
Callum Smith vs John Ryder
12×3 WBA ‘Super’ world & WBC Diamond super-middleweight titles
FLOATS:
Thomas Whittaker Hart vs Josip Perkovic
6×3 Light-heavyweight contest
Tom Aitchison vs Matija Petrinic
4×3 Welterweight contest